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Christianity EtcRe: What Do Angels Look Like? by CaptainJune: 3:26pm On Sep 12, 2015
menesheh:
All your arguments are logical fallacious appeal to ignorant.

Help yourself and pick any textbook on logic and argument, then detect by yourself those fallacies in your argument one by one.
Then quote me after then
No, you help yourself and use your reason. Those who wrote the textbooks on logic never claimed to offer any conclusive or full explanation behind existence, the world, and the universe. Their essays are but hypotheses at best.

This blind 'faith' in man's limited knowledge (textbooks) is the reason why God has hidden knowledge from the (proud) wise and revealed them to (the humble) babies.

Until you provide a conclusive explanation for your conviction in your scientific belief of the origin of existence, your claim to a reasonable man is just like a schizophrenic's claim to sanity. Again, no insult intended and never will.
Christianity EtcRe: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by CaptainJune: 3:06pm On Sep 12, 2015
Scholar8200:
@ kwenu, It is one thing to pray (merely) it is another thing to prevail in prayer! Jacob did both! In Genesis 32:9-12 he prayed and looking at it,the prayer was well worded but he realised that he had not prevailed hence he separated himself from everyone to pray and ...(you know the rest!)

Likewise Jesus in Gethsemane, Moses on the Mountain, Paul as regards the thorn, etc You dont just merely pray; you pray until you get the answer/ assurance that you have the answer! Gone seem to be the days when people prayed till they found God (oh what bliss!!!) in prayer.
Others that pray do not do so in faith but in fear. You find prayer points, film shows, the sudden turn around/woes of somebody etc replacing the use of the Word in prayer!

In a time conscious, real-time, wait-and -get age, we are fast loosing the very essence of true prayer We approach prayer as though we were doing God a favour! Man wont mind standing in a queue from 6am to 3pm at an embassy just because of visa; he is convinced that his turn will come and he will not be denied, others discuss on phone late into the night till the early hour of the morning yet 30 minutes in prayer is punishment!

And even if the answer will be no (like it came to Paul) we will not be swept off our feet but we receive grace.
This answer to the Op's question is very thought worthy.
Christianity EtcRe: What Do Angels Look Like? by CaptainJune: 2:52pm On Sep 12, 2015
menesheh:
The Question is meant for you to answer not me.
How can any reasonable person believe that there are angels let alone how they look like.
[b]In your words, how can any reasonable person believe that the human race evolved from apes?

How can any reasonable person look at and believe that the sun, the stars and shooting stars, the moon, the mountains, the oceans, trees, the animals, hills and valleys, the volcanoes, their exact positions, and the presence of elements that sustain life on earth, which are all not present in other planets as well as the entire universe with all its planets all sprang from energy that created itself?

How can a right thinking human believe that his existence is meaningless, yet I wonder how an object meant to live a meaningless life came to discover his purpose of empty existence? Isn't he supposed to live and die like any mindless object, i.e. a tree, without knowing his meaningless purpose of existence? How can a person with a mind, life, senses, and with the ability to experience emotions, with creative abilities other animate things lack equate himself with the existence led by squirrels, dogs, elephants, plants, buffaloes, cattle, penguins, etc? This too is meaningless.

How can a reasonable man say there is no other world besides the physical world despite glaring evidence to the contrary? Many scientists without any religious affiliations who have conducted years of experiments on the possibility of the afterlife all came with the same conclusion that consciousness continues even after the brain dies. Yet, the so-called reasonable man insists it is not possible. He has conducted no experiment into the matter but refuses to believe those who have.

Finally, how can a reasonable man doubt the testimonies of a multitude of people from different races, countries, era, ages, language, and geographical locations, all saying the same thing about the reality of heaven, hell, angels and demons? How can a reasonable man say they are all suffering hallucinations when, scientifically, it is impossible given the limitations of time, space, distance, and age, of the possibility of ALL suffering the same specie of hallucination?

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Christianity EtcRe: What Do Angels Look Like? by CaptainJune: 12:53pm On Sep 12, 2015
menesheh:
Angels are mighty monster in your brain wink
How can a blind man know what a monster looks like? No insult intended, Menesheh.
Christianity EtcRe: Should I Encourage My Church Sister To Go Into Polygamous by CaptainJune: 12:32pm On Sep 12, 2015
We Christians easily shout to the hearing of the world that with God all things are possible but our daily lives never reflect our conviction of the power and greatness of God. So unfortunate.

There is no excuse for lies. Tell her the truth. She will be committing a grave sin by getting married to someone already married. I am also of the opinion that the polygamous family are practicing Muslims.

Everything about this lady's decision screams red from the beginning even if the family in question are not Muslims. Her life, her spiritual life, her future, her happiness, her destiny, her children's future and happiness are all at stake in that polygamous setting just simply because she won't wait for God's answer to her prayers for a suitable husband.

Tell her what the Word of God says concerning her decision, the consequences of making that decision and leave her to make her choice. Don't tell her not to get married to the man but give her your thoughts concerning it and let her make her decision. In the end, it is her choice and there's nothing you can do about it.
Christianity EtcRe: The God Of Isreal Not The Same As The God Of Islam by CaptainJune: 8:52am On Sep 11, 2015
DoubleDeeX:
N.aked truth bruh!

You've warned the scoffer enough....This message would be a witness against him on the day of judgement!
Very true bro. I had already determined that my last reply to him will not be followed by another one.

Just as expected, his reply reeks of utter senselessness, exposes his poor level of comprehension, and his incurable ignorance. It just reminds me of an ignorant blind man who refuses to heed the repeated warnings of people being wise in his own eyes (that cannot see). Consequently, he either gets crushed by a moving vehicle or falls into a ditch with none to help him out. There is a way that seemeth right to a (blind) man but the end thereof is destruction.

What is the logic behind God catching the so-called wise in their supposed wisdom like a trap? Simple, He knows that a blind man knows nothing and sees nothing so that he easily walks into a trap being deceived by the very wisdom he relied on so that his end is destruction. It is no mystery, just a simple logic.

Lol. Is he scoffing? Yeah he can scoff all he wants. Will he scoff forever? Where are the scoffers before him? And those before that? God has set a time to shut his proud mouth. He can make noise today because God gave him the power to do so. God has permitted it for a season. When God shuts his mouth can he open it?

Lastly, he even stretches his ignorant thinking to the area of paradise. In his deluded thinking, a perfect paradise/world is synonymous with a perfect man. You see why they will be ever ignorant? He has forgotten that Adam and Eve were created in a perfect paradise but let disobedience rob them of that. He has forgotten that angels were thrown from heaven on two occasions for the sin of disobedience though heaven is the quintessence of perfection. I don't think he has forgotten anything. He is plain ignorant of that fact since he doesn't know the Word of God let alone the essence of paradise. Perfect paradise or world does not make a man perfect. This is why Jesus Christ had to die for man to make him perfect before God. Only a perfect man is suitable for a perfect world. Talk about comprehension disability.

Let the ignorant man persist in his ignorance.

Peace bro.
Christianity EtcRe: The God Of Isreal Not The Same As The God Of Islam by CaptainJune: 9:55pm On Sep 10, 2015
malvisguy212:
thank you very much for this wonderful post. God bless you.
You're welcome bro.
Christianity EtcRe: Roman Catholicism Exposed! Who Is This Mother And Child? by CaptainJune: 7:53pm On Sep 10, 2015
The spirit behind the doctrines of the Catholic church is a strong one of delusion that cannot easily be exposed by reasoning with the adherents of the Catholic religion. It was probably permitted by God to continue deceiving them since they have refused to read and obey the Word of God.

May God have mercy on them and make them see the lies they have been led to believe for many generations now, and to seek the truth that is found in only one person, Jesus Christ.
Christianity EtcRe: The God Of Isreal Not The Same As The God Of Islam by CaptainJune: 7:01pm On Sep 10, 2015
hahn:
Lol @ god's blessings. There are lots of people
who have done or promoted good and have
been victimized because of it. Thousands of
jews died under Hitler and were good. Where
was god then?
In the same way many good Christians, past and present, blessed by God have died in various ways being victims of the wickedness of the world. If God did not want His people to taste physical death, He wouldn't have sent Jesus Christ to die on the cross.

Weren't there good people on earth when god decided to flood the earth and kill everybody? What about all the innocent
women and children that god killed in Sodom
and Gommorah?
In Judgment Day, it will be more tolerable for the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the people in the days of Noah than for you. If their wickedness attracted so great a punishment even when there were only very few preachers of righteousness then, even when there were no manifestations of signs and wonders of God, and even when God had not come down to preach to them in the person of Jesus Christ, how much more punishment will you suffer for your stubbornness in rejecting the message of salvation seeing that there are now more than millions of preachers all over the world, and signs and miracles of God you claim cannot be verified? You haven't seen punishment. You think God is a joker. Wait and see if you are right.

Lol. Keep on deceiving yourself. Even the
people of Israel can't stand blacks let alone
their god.
What has colour of skin got to do with serving God? Are we worshiping Israelites? Is that your understanding of Christianity?


And since Christ came the world has grown worse and is obviously not yet saved. I don't need to read a story book to know that the world is messed up.
Lol. First, what is your understanding of the concept of salvation through faith in Christ? You think it is to keep the world from getting worse? Lol.

Your religion only teaches you to ignore what goes on on earth because you are going to HEAVEN.
Now, you are making baseless conclusion when you say Christians ignore things which go on in earth because they are heaven bound. In fact, how do Christians IGNORE the things in earth? Never heard that before.

To quote a friend, if there was a perfect go who could create paradise for his creation, he would have done it already.
In other words, God should create a "perfect paradise" so that you will believe He exists, so that you will continue your disobedience and wickedness and sin in a "perfect paradise".
Christianity EtcRe: The God Of Isreal Not The Same As The God Of Islam by CaptainJune: 5:06pm On Sep 10, 2015
hahn:
If your god is as wise as you make him out, he would have had the intelligence to create man perfect. What's the point of creating us with sin and then punishing us for it?
So God created you to do evil and wickedness to your neighbours and still punishes you for it, right? How then do you explain those who do good to their neighbours and receive God's blessings?

The god of Israel is what it is, the god of Israel. I don't see why Nigerians are bothering themselves.
Yes. The God of Israel is who He is because the real Israel comprises everybody from every nation of the world who has accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour. That includes Nigerians.

And he was too incompetent to save the jews from Hitler.
Christ came to save the world from eternal damnation, not Hitler. The eternal life He came to bring is not perpetual physical life in the flesh but eternal life with God. He even said in the world, His followers will be persecuted and killed. Did Christ ever promise to save anybody from physical death or persecution? Do you even read the book you criticize? And you even talk about incompetence.
Christianity EtcRe: The God Of Isreal Not The Same As The God Of Islam by CaptainJune: 3:53pm On Sep 10, 2015
malvisguy212:
alright.
Do not bother yourself trying to reach a mind under bolt and lock. They think that God's goodness should completely override His sense of justice and vengeance. How deluded. They expect God to turn a blind eye to the injustice and wickedness of men to their fellow men simply because He is a good God. People can be so wanting in their thought process.

According to their intelligent thinking, a good God should bless unrepentant murderers for taking the lives of many in cold blood, He should protect those who trample on the poor and needy through their position in the society or rank in the military, He should smile on rapists, arsonists, wife beaters, home breakers, sorcerers, idol worshipers, evil schemers and plotters, just because He is a good God. There should be no retribution or punishment of crime and evil because God is a good God.

Malvisguy212, don't waste your time giving any answer to people who don't even understand the question they ask. A bloody waste of time I tell you.
Christianity EtcRe: The Man Who Calls Himself The Living God Dies From Malaria(photo) by CaptainJune: 6:55pm On Sep 09, 2015
Lol. A mere mosquito bite defeated the self-proclaimed god.
Christianity EtcRe: How Could A Loving God Send Me To Hell? by CaptainJune: 10:47am On Sep 09, 2015
Jozzy4:
So silly , how can you use dead body while talking about spiritual death ? Guy , you are the confuse person
Quote my post in question where I talked about 'real death' in relation to spiritual death.
Christianity EtcRe: How Could A Loving God Send Me To Hell? by CaptainJune: 8:58am On Sep 09, 2015
trustman:
Some pertinent scriptures:

Matthew23:33 - "You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?"

Matthew 25:41 - "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Luke12:5 - "But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!"


2 Peter 2:4 - "For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;"
Despite the fact that it is plainly written in the Word of God, not as parable but as a fact, that hell exists as a place of eternal torment, some people without reasoning will interpret a plain language to mean something other than its original meaning thereby deceiving many and dragging them along to their destruction.
Christianity EtcRe: How Could A Loving God Send Me To Hell? by CaptainJune: 8:48am On Sep 09, 2015
MizJanet:
Gosh! use your brain , a dead body is a corpse .
Your difficulty in comprehending basic language in my post stems from your narrow perception of mind. Whatever you understand from what I wrote is strictly - You Are On Your Own.
Christianity EtcRe: Happy Birthday Mother Mary! (photos) by CaptainJune: 8:39am On Sep 09, 2015
kokoA:
you think you know so much when you don't know anything. Keep your mouth shut if you don't understand other people's belief. Must you talk? huh
If you knew even little, you would not be praying to that idol storing up wrath against yourself in judgment.
Christianity EtcRe: Happy Birthday Mother Mary! (photos) by CaptainJune: 8:36am On Sep 09, 2015
Jeromejnr:
Well, even God Himself said His people perish for lack of knowledge

And also

"Because of lack of knowledge My people have gone again into captivity."

There will always be the blind and gullible ones till Jesus comes.
I can imagine that yet looking at the situation I can't help but speak out against their ignorance.
Christianity EtcRe: Happy Birthday Mother Mary! (photos) by CaptainJune: 11:14pm On Sep 08, 2015
Jeromejnr:
All I will say is people should do well to watch their souls cause eternity is forever and there's no second chance.

God will share His glory with no one.

It's not hard to stick to scriptures alone. It's not hard.
This is why I told some dude like that who is strongly of the opinion that the church of Christ is the Catholic church that he should forget whatever he has been taught and read the Scripture from an individual perspective. I mean, is there any algebra or calculus in the gospel of Jesus Christ which makes it difficult for them to understand? Why are they so blind as if they never read the Bible?

Guess what the dude told me. He said the Bible can never be read from an individual lens. That means whatever he knows about the Bible is what the leaders tell him, whether wrong or right. No confirmation of their leaders' teachings with the Word of God, the final authority on any issue related to serving God. They are just comfortable being blind.
Christianity EtcRe: Happy Birthday Mother Mary! (photos) by CaptainJune: 10:53pm On Sep 08, 2015
ProphetUdeme:
you dey waste your time because they wont hear
To tell you the truth, Prophet, I know they won't listen. Nevertheless, I just can't keep quiet at their display of ignorance. Their delusion is something else.
Christianity EtcRe: URGENT: I Need The Responses Of Mature Holy-ghost-filled Christians!! by CaptainJune: 7:25pm On Sep 08, 2015
Question is what happens after that experience when you pray? Do you feel scared or peaceful? Does your prayer feel like a burden or does it seem like it becomes powerful after the experience? Is there a specific kind of prayer you make after which you experience this phenomenon or is it just whenever you pray that you experience this situation?

A bit more details are needed to understand this experience to know its source.

Whatever it is, next time before you pray cover yourself with the blood of Jesus. Ask God to protect you and keep anything that is not from Him away from you.
Christianity EtcRe: I Don't Believe In The Bible But I Believe In God Does That Make Me Less A Xiatn by CaptainJune: 6:47pm On Sep 08, 2015
PastorAIO:
I'd like to know what these words actually meaning, presuming that they are not just empty rhetorics.

What does it mean to be a follower and disciple of Christ?
A disciple of Christ is one who believes, loves, obeys and is faithful to Christ. He or she practices all the teachings of Jesus Christ. He or she emulates the qualities of Christ, especially love and humility. By this all men shall know that you are My disciples through your love for one another.
Other qualities, just as important, are obedience, spending time with the Father in prayer, mercy, etc.

What does Christ mean?
Christ means the Messiah as used when you say Jesus the Christ or Jesus the Messiah.

What does it mean to give your life to christ? Other than saying 'I give my life to christ'.
When someone gives their life to Christ, they make Jesus the only Lord and Master of their life. The old master, Satan, is replaced by a new Master, Jesus. One cannot serve two masters. He will either love one and despise the other.

It means you have made a legal oral contract transferring the ownership of your life to Jesus Christ in which you state that you belong to Him, and He belongs to you, sealed with the blood of Jesus and the Holy Spirit as a witness. Therefore, any previous agreement or contract of ownership between such individual and any other entity is rendered invalid and of no legal consequence. Such previous agreement becomes obsolete, null and void by the blood of Jesus. If any man be in Christ, old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

It means you have, through the blood of Jesus, made your heart a home for Jesus, the Father, and the Spirit to dwell forever.

What is the death and resurrection of christ?
The death of Christ is the price He had to pay to redeem mankind from sin. It was the only means to atone for the sins of man as the Righteous Lamb without blemish who was sacrificed on the cross so that the sins of men would be wiped away making it possible for them to stand righteous before God, to those who believe. Therefore, Man's righteousness is not of works but of grace through faith.
This death of Christ is the 'price' of salvation which Christ purchased for us all with His blood so that we don't have to pay for our sins anymore especially since we don't even have the means in ourselves to buy it. Now, all we have to do is believe He died for our sins, confess and forsake our sins, ask Him into our lives, then He gives us salvation which all the gold and silver in the world cannot buy - for free.

The resurrection of Christ demonstrates His victory over the enemy, sin and death - for us. It concluded His purchase of our salvation, our redemption. It proved that it is impossible for death to hold Him. Through the resurrection of Christ, we have been begotten into a new and living hope that never fades, eternal life is guaranteed, sin has become powerless, Christ has become the only bridge to the Father thereby reconciling us with Him. At the Fall, the bridge between Man and God was shattered and destroyed through disobedience so that the gap between both was widened. Now, Christ, through His resurrection, has become the only Bridge to God, forever closing the gap between Man and God. We have become sons and daughters of the Most High, a kind of first-fruits of all His creation where Christ is the First Born. We are now joint heirs with Christ and are seated in high places with Him. Through the resurrection of Christ we have become the new Holy of Holies, the temple of God where His Spirit dwells - to those who believe.

These are not empty rhetorics but the plain truth as it is written in the Word of God.
Christianity EtcRe: Over 30 Judges Opt Out Of Officiating 'Gay Weddings' Following New Law by CaptainJune: 12:04pm On Sep 08, 2015
Guys, don't you think among those judges who opted out of officiating gay marriages are Muslims and/or people of other religions who frown at same-sex marriages, not just necessarily Christians?
Christianity EtcRe: Happy Birthday Mother Mary! (photos) by CaptainJune: 11:35am On Sep 08, 2015
This is appalling. Mary has got nothing, absolutely nothing to do with graces or honour or special remembrance in the Christian Faith. Everything that God did through her is only a product of His grace which is equally available to all His children as Mary is one of God's children.

Jesus Christ is not and never will be known as Mary's Son. The Father only chose her as the vessel through whom His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, would manifest in the world.

Prophets of the Old Testament spoke about the coming of Jesus Christ but NONE spoke about Mary because she is insignificant in God's salvation plan for mankind as she is also among the mass of humanity that needed the salvation which came through Jesus. If she was not a willing vessel, God had reserved more than 12,000 vessels through whom Jesus would come to earth. God uses the things that are lowly and despised to confound the things that are mighty. Mary is an example. She was humble enough to recognise the fact that she was nothing even though God had honoured her with bringing the Saviour to the world through her. That is where the honour starts and that is where it ends.

Another thing, as far as the just and righteous nature of God is concerned, if Mary had had pride because God chose her as the vessel of Christ's manifestation to the world, and died without repenting of that sin, she would have found herself in hell and then spend the rest of eternity there weeping and gnashing her teeth. God has no favourites.

Repent of your religious spirits you Catholics. Do not let a mere human take the place of God. This is grievous sin in the sight of God and will disqualify you from the heavenly race. He who has ears let him ear.
Christianity EtcRe: 8 false Teachings by Churches And The Biblical Truths Concerning them. by CaptainJune: 12:34pm On Sep 06, 2015
hmmm. I believe those who are led by the Spirit are sons of God.

One or two things here may be ordinarily harmless but it all depends on what the Spirit of God says or is saying about them. This is what is most essential for following God.
Christianity EtcRe: How Could A Loving God Send Me To Hell? by CaptainJune: 7:22am On Sep 06, 2015
Jozzy4:
What lead to the curse of physical death ?
Sin lead to the curse of death.
Christianity EtcRe: How Could A Loving God Send Me To Hell? by CaptainJune: 7:14am On Sep 06, 2015
Appleyard:
Nobody told you that the wages of sin is " only " spiritual death. What we tried to make you see is that; death does not literally mean the demise of the physical body ceasing to exist in the physical realm-earth. Rather, death is a process and the starting point of it is " dying spiritually " before any form of physical death takes place.

The Bible has a great deal to say about death and, more importantly, what happens after death. Physical death and spiritual death are both a separation of one thing from another. Physical death is the separation of the soul from the body, and spiritual death is the separation of
the soul from God. When understood in that way, the two concepts are very closely related, and both physical death and spiritual death are reflected in the very first references to death. In the creation account (Genesis 1–2), we read how God created a variety of living beings. These animals had life, an inward element that gave
movement and energy to their physical bodies. Scientists are still at a loss to explain what truly causes life, but the Bible is clear that God gives life to all things (Genesis 1:11-28; 1 Timothy 6:13). The life that God gave to mankind
was different from that which He gave to animals.

In Genesis 2:7, we are told that God “breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.” Whereas animals have a purely physical life, humans have both a physical and a spiritual element of life, and the death we experience likewise has both a physical and a spiritual element.
According to Genesis 2:17, God told Adam that if he ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, he would “surely die.” Some skeptics have tried to use this verse to show an inconsistency in the Bible, because Adam
and Eve did not die the very day they ate of that fruit. In the Hebrew, it literally says, “dying you will die.” It indicates a process that has a definite starting point, and
continues into the future.

When they sinned (Genesis 3:7), Adam and Eve immediately knew theirguilt. With that guilt came a shame which caused them to try to hide from God, because they had become spiritually dead, or separated from Him. In addition to the immediate spiritual death
they experienced, they also began the process of
physical death, even though it took many years for death to have its full effect. This can be better understood with the example of a flower. When you see a flower growing
in a garden, you know it is alive, because it is connected to the stem and the roots, and is receiving
nourishment from the ground. When you separate the flower from its life source, it still has the appearance of life, and can maintain that appearance for several days, depending on the conditions. Regardless of the care it is given, though, it is already dying, and that process cannot be reversed. The same is true for mankind. The physical death that entered into the world with Adam's sin (Romans 5:12) affected all living things. It is difficult for us to conceive of a world without death, but that is
what Scripture teaches was the condition before the Fall. All living things began the process of dying when sin entered the world. When physical death occurs, there is a
definite separation of the life force from the body. When that separation occurs, there is nothing man can do to reverse it (even the medical community acknowledges
the difference between a “clinical death” and a
“biological death”). The wages of sin is death
(Romans 6:23), and death comes upon all men because all have sinned. Everyone is subject to physical death because of the presence of sin in this
world, as well as their own personal sins. From a human perspective, physical death seems to be the ultimate punishment, but the Bible teaches there are deeper meanings of death to be considered. The life that God breathed into Adam (Genesis 2:7) was more than just animal life; it was the breath of God, resulting in a being
with a soul. Adam was created spiritually alive, connected to God in a special way. He enjoyed a
relationship with God, but when he sinned, that
relationship was broken. Spiritual death has
implications both before and after physical death. Though Adam was still physically alive (but beginning the dying process), he became spiritually dead, separated from relationship with God.

In this present life on earth, the effect of spiritual death is the loss of God's favor as well as the knowledge of and desire for God. Scripture is clear that everyone begins
life “dead in trespasses and sins” (Ephesians 2:1-5), resulting in a life focused on our sinful desires. Jesus taught that the remedy for spiritual death is a spiritual rebirth (John 3:3-5) through faith in Him. This rebirth is a re-connection to the source of life, which Jesus pictured in John 15:1-6. He is the vine, and we are the branches.
Without being connected to Him, we have no life in
us, but when we have Jesus, we have real life (1 John 5:11-12). For those who refuse to accept God's salvation,
physical death and spiritual death culminate in the “second death” (Revelation 20:14). This eternal death is not annihilation, as some have taught, but is a conscious, eternal punishment for sins in the lake of fire, described as being separated from the presence of the Lord (2 Thessalonians 1:9). Jesus also spoke of this eternal separation from God in Matthew 25:41 and identified the conscious torment of individuals in the story of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31). God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should
come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9), so they do not have to remain spiritually dead. To repent means to turn away from sin, and includes confessing sin to God with sorrow for violating His holiness. Those who have received God's salvation have turned from death to life (1 John 3:14), and the second death has no power over them
(Revelation 20:6).


Thus, when the bible talks about death as in Romans 6, it's actually more on that spiritual seperation.
Impeccable and detailed exegesis on the subject of physical and spiritual death. cool
Christianity EtcRe: How Could A Loving God Send Me To Hell? by CaptainJune: 11:03pm On Sep 05, 2015
Jozzy4:
@ captainjune and appleyard

If romans 6:23 is only about spiritual death , why did Adam now died after spending 930 years ? From where did humans inherit physical death since the wages of sin is only spiritual death ?
Physical death came as a curse to all mankind after the fall of Adam. It is irreversible till the people of God all come together in paradise and the former things are no more.

Christ did not come to earth to die to give us physical life (immortality). This death is one of the grave consequences of the Fall but it is not the wages of sin that separates people from God neither is it the wages of sin that leads one to hell.

Everyone will taste physical death whether righteous or unrighteous (except where God says otherwise) which came as a result of Adam's disobedience but spiritual death is what distinguishes someone living in sin from spiritual life which indicates someone who has accepted Christ as his personal Lord and Saviour.
Christianity EtcRe: How Could A Loving God Send Me To Hell? by CaptainJune: 10:27pm On Sep 05, 2015
MizJanet:

Dead body ? @ bold grin that indicate a real dead person nw . You finally deviate from your spiri spiri death theory to a real death ( dead body) in other to make sense out of no - sense

What can I say, this is what happens when someone sleeps through a lecture. How can they ever pass a simple comprehension test?

Since when did crucifying the flesh or body of sin take on the meaning of real death?

Please read. It is not that hard.
Christianity EtcRe: How Could A Loving God Send Me To Hell? by CaptainJune: 6:00pm On Sep 05, 2015
kobosmalls:
I dont need to read a stupid post to know what fact is.
Fact remains fact whether scientifically acquired or otherwise.
Fact according to meriam webster:
(a)something that truly exists or happens,:something that has actual existence.
(b)a piece of information presented as having OBJECTIVE REALITY.
synonym:actuality,factuality,MATERIALITY,REALITY.

Get a dictionary, its very easy to use and understand.
You tool.
I won't be drawn into a needless argument over the application of the meaning of fact to what you term imagination. There are millions in the world who have the same opinion as you while there are also millions in the world who have the same conviction of reality through experience and observation of God's existence as I do.

I don't want us to go around in circles defining, analysing, dissecting, and breaking down the meaning of fact to show it as applying to our opposing beliefs.

Been there, done that.
Christianity EtcRe: How Could A Loving God Send Me To Hell? by CaptainJune: 5:40pm On Sep 05, 2015
MizJanet:
oh ! It doesnt kill , how come you people claim its sin that lead to humans dying ?


And this spiri spiri death u talking about is an advantage o , coz someone who has died (Spiritual in nature - captainjune) his free from his sin - Roman 6:7 cheesy
Did you read the verse 6 of the chapter you quoted?

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin

The wages or rewards of sin is spiritual death which is separation from God. However, this chapter talks about 'crucifying' the physical 'the body of sin', that is, destroying the power of sin in the body (not spirit) by crucifying it as Christ was crucified on the cross resulting in its death so that one is freed from the power of sin.

Once a person accepts Christ as his or her personal Lord and Saviour, the spirit of that person is made alive and reconciled with God. As a result, the Spirit of God would be able to dwell in that person. But, the person's nature, desires, wants, goals, ambitions, etc are still ruled by the old nature of sin. This is where the daily actions of crucifying the flesh or body of sin and renewing the mind come in.

At regeneration, God does something about the spirit by making it alive. However, it is up to us to subject the body to make it obey God's commandments.

In conclusion, as you crucify your fleshly or sinful desires daily you die to sin, and since sin has no power over a 'dead body', you become free from it.

Kapish? smiley
Christianity EtcRe: How Do I Sell My Soul To Satan by CaptainJune: 3:19pm On Sep 05, 2015
Satan is a cunning deceiving businessman. He loves this kind of trade by barter where he gives you what you want (which is of very little value) and takes what he wants from you (which is of very great value). You never suspect the deceit immediately until later...sometimes, too late.
Christianity EtcRe: If Evolution Is Such A Flimsy Theory, Why Hasn't A Theist Won The Nobel Prize by CaptainJune: 3:00pm On Sep 05, 2015
The Word of God does not need the Nobel Prize to be recognised. You either accept it or reject it for your betterment or to your detriment.

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