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Sherri Nothing it is part of Roman Catholicism belief system to put people in fear.

Hello David. I think your question can best be answered by Jesus Who dealt with this same enquiry by a Jewish lawyer: Luke 10:25-37.

Other passages in the Bible that speak of 'neighbour', generally referred to those in one's own community, as that was what Israel was mostly concerned with. All others were Gentiles to whom Israel had no close dealings with. Unfortunately, they did sin by integrating often with them (idolatry, inter-marriage, slaves, etc.), but the idea of neighbourliness was generally confined to their community or tribe.

Therefore, Jesus' illustration is an apt example of who our neighbour is; not just in our neighbourhood or those we know, but includes all others who come across our life's path. Therefore, I could covet someone else's possessions (or bear false witness against him) even if he only came briefly into my physical view or brought to my knowledge.

Sherri, I do not believe that purgatory is mentioned in scripture by that term. It is an idea that is conjectured from some Apocryphal scripture verses, I believe. I don't believe it is a real place as taught by the Catholic Church. It is said to be a place where one is purged or purified from our sins and prepare one for entering heaven, but that doesn't really fit with our remission of sins through the sacrifice of Jesus.

Glad to hear that Krystin. God Bless You and keep you well.

David welch on Exodus 20 Throughout Gods word there are alwaystwo Great commandments which always hold

true ander the patriarchs the law and grace. Mathew 22:35-40. Thy neighbor is a friend in context and the same

applied all throughout the old testament. Romans 12:17-21.

Tony In the context it is not talking about Jesus Christ it is an angel Michael who always fights for Gods people

who at that time ere in bondage to the King of Persia and Daniel was being given revelation or revealed

knowledge from God on present and future events. Also be aware of individuals in general that interpret the

scripture to make it fit what they believe, its called private interpretation 2 Peter 1:20+21.

That's an excellent idea , just Google it ! Also , Google Mark Ch 3 V 5 .

Krystin When we fall asleep or biblically die we take our last breath soul life is over and from dust thou art unto

dust thou shalt return and the spirit goes back to God who originally gave it. In the resurrection dealing with the

church body of Christ we are put back together in totally different incorruptable bodies 1 Corinthians 15:50-54.

Krystin I'll present the scripture and you decide man originally was a 3 part Genesis 2:7 formed dust of the

ground and breathed into nostrils breath of life soul which is breath life nothing to do with the spirit which is

eternal. Genesis 1:27 God created man in His image = John 4:24 God is Spirit quote from Jesus Christ, this is not

saying man was a God this is saying with spirit man had a connection with God who is Holy and spirit not of the senses.

When man Adam and eve died in Eden what they lost was their spiritual connection with God the creator and became

body and soul life. When jesus Christ fulfilled His ministry it became available for man to become born again of Gods

gift which is holy spirit so man again had a spiritual connection with God. As it says in 1 Corinthians 2:14 the natural

man cannot know experiencial knowledge the things of God because there is no spiritual connection. When we are born again we receive the spirit of holiness Gods Gift or Holy Spirit wehich is eternal life spiritually.

Hi Krystin. The Bible speaks of our persons as having a body, soul, and spirit, as Bro Dan says with his Scripture citations. I read a little on this by googling the matter. You could do that to read from some of the sources I did.

So, my understanding is along these lines:

The body is the physical part of us made up of matter: atoms, molecules, chemicals, DNA, etc. that form our body that is seen, felt and tangible to the five senses.

Our soul is a spiritual part of our being that includes: mind, will, emotions, thoughts, reasoning, logic, and consciousness of self.

Our spirit is a spiritual part of us that connects us to God in communion, faith, and the conduit through which we receive of all God gives us spiritually. It is the part of us in which the Holy Spirit dwells after He regenerates us. It holds our conscience, our unity with Christ, the power of the Holy Spirit and spiritual gifts He bestows.

All three of these aspects of our being interact with each other as they are distinct but not isolated from each other.

Before we are converted, our soul and spirit are dead to God. We cannot have fellowship with Him and are enemies of God, slaves to sin, and unable to come to God on our own. After our regeneration by the Holy Spirit and conversion our soul and spirit is made alive. We are no longer enemies of God but are adopted as a child of God. Then we can come to know God, have power to overcome sin, live according to the Spirit, understand spiritual matters in God's word an in teachings from others such as pastors, friends. etc. We are now able to worship God in spirit and in truth, lift up faith-filled prayers , have unity and community with other believers.

When we die, our body decomposes into dust, our spirit goes to God, from whom it came. I am not sure what happens to our soul. But when we are resurrected, our body is resurrected incorruptible and united with our soul and spirit.

Check out what the topic says online for more info.

Hi Krystin, the soul and the spirit are almost inseparable except if you are Yahweh, Jesus, or The Spirit itself. When you die your fleshly body goes back to the earth. Yah calls your soul and spirit to heaven. Your soul contains your unique aspects that makes you, you. You don't lose these things. I know, I know, we just have to learn to get used to ourselves Lol.

Krystin,

I am sure you will get different replies on this, my understanding is close to what is in your post. Soul and spirit are two different words but seem to think of being the same and are hard to separate in our mind. What happens to these when we die there are different understandings, does the soul sleep in the earth with the body, or is it immortal and go to two different places?

The word soul in Hebrew is nephesh meaning a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion. The Greek word psuche meaning the soul, life, self, a person's distinct identity.

The word spirit, the Bible writers used the Hebrew word ruach meaning breath, wind, spirit, or the Greek word pneuma also meaning wind, breath, spirit, when writing about the spirit.

Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

The spirit goes back to God Ecclesiastes 12:7

The Holy Spirit seals us until when? Ephesians 4:30

We are buried mortal, dead, in corruption and we are raised immortal incorruptible 1 Corinthians 15:42-44

All consciousness ends when we die. Psalm 6:5 Job 14:12-14 Job 17:13-16 Psalm 89:48 Psalm 115:17 Ecclesiastes 9:5-10

We sleep in the dust until resurrection day, the day of redemption. 1 Corinthians 15:51 1 Thessalonians 4:14 1 Corinthians 15:52-54

God raised Jesus from the dead after three days and three nights, so, Romans 8:1 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Have not found any scripture that says we or our soul or spirit is immortal, may someone else provide it if it is in the bible.

God bless,

RLW

No matter what trials & tribulations we experience ,God is ALWAYS WITH us ! Blessings can come from adversity .Bad & sad times can only make us stronger to face whatever comes our way . We learn from these experiences .Yes , we make mistakes ,errors of judgement ,try & fail in spite of our best efforts. When we get to the other side of these experiences ,we are stronger . It's easier after the fact to see that God is always with us every step of the way. Have faith ,pray always, study the Bible !The Bible is our guide. Some lessons are learned the hard way as we can be stubborn. Being stubborn is not always a character flaw as it means we don't give up easy.Blessed be the ties that bind us together with & for God. God bless everyone!

What does purgatory mean according to King James

Tim 1 Corinthians 6:1-3 We need to remember that angels are messengers but some are on the bad side of the

fence spiritually so to speak, those we will judge.

Larry For the wages or payment for sin broken fellowship is death, but the walk bu the spirit is life and peace

matter what, and there is no respect of persons Romans 2:6-11y

Krystin I have seen to schools of thought on this. Scripturally this is what's written then you decide. John 4:24

Jesus Christ said God is Spirit you can't see taste touch smell or hear spirit in the senses. In Genesis 1:27 God created

man in His image it doesn't man became God it just means that man had a point of contact with God. Now in Genesis

chapter 2 verse 7 it says that God formed man of the dust of the Ground the body and then breathed into his nostrils

the breath of life air inhale and exhale and man became a living soul. In Genesis after the downfall man died spiritually

because he lost his spiritual connection with God, he could still breath air and had a body but he had no spiritual

connection to God. In true science everything goes back to its original point so when a christian falls asleep I.E. dies

the holy spirit goes back to God who gave it born again, you take your last breath and you body goes back eventually

bones take a long time to dust. From dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return. Now some believe the spirit and soul are one in the same I don't see that biblically because spirit life is eternal and breath life will end in this world.

Hi Krystin,

Based on scripture it tells us that the body, soul, and spirit, are (3) three seperate entity's.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

"And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Luke 1:46-47

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

Since God is spirit we communicate to Him with our spirit.

Our soul and spirit will go on to our next life.

Our body is temporary, and goes back to the dust when we die.

Hope this helps.

Hello David In the gospel of Mathew the Royal law applies here in 37-40 the second half love thy neighbor

as thyself, the word neighbor if friend. The word neighbor in Exodus is friend or companion and is used 13 times

the idea is we walk according to Gods rules with all and then God will deal with it. That's my understanding

In Romans 12:18-21 is our rule in the Church.

Larry There's a lot of that going on with many translations, getting watered down, I stick with KJV and

concordances and books on eastern culture and customs of the time. Also other teachers in specific

biblical fields.

Larry,

If a man keeps sinning after being saved, that man needs to take inventory and ask himself if he's truly saved. A person who is saved has the Spirit of Christ living inside them and they are no longer living under the sin principle. However, a saved person can and will commit single acts of sin, but that person can no longer sin habitually because the Spirit that now lives in them prevents that from happening.

We are told in 1 John 3:9, "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God."

This verse makes it sound like a saved person does not sin. But here's what it literally says when taken from the Greek text: Whosoever has been born of God does not practice sin; for God's seed remains, or abides in him: and he cannot sin, that is, he does not have the capacity to sin because he has been born of God.

You see, once I'm born of the Spirit of God, I do not have the capacity to continue to satisfy a lifestyle of sin. It is impossible! Why? It's because God's Spirit in me keeps me from sinning continually and habitually. That's one way to test if I am truly saved or not. If I go out and keep sinning habitually and the Lord does not deal with me, I'm probably not saved at all. If I step out of line and there's no conviction in my heart, do I really have God's Spirit living in me? Probably not!

As far as paying for our sin, Jesus Christ paid the penalty for our sin. There is nothing man can do to pay the penalty for his own sin.

Hi Tony It is not uncommon for any person to take scripture and so to speak squeeze to mean what they

think or believe. Jesus Christ was not white, he was born and raised in a ancestry that was at least tan or

dark skinned. The point about angels or messengers from God, they can appear and disappear in luke 2:10-15



they appeared then went away to heaven. When talking to abraham they ate food, when talking to manoa

the father of samson he went up in the flame. These are spiritual beings with supernatural abilities that are

operated at Gods Authorization to perform His Will. They appear in the form and function according to what

God wants. Now the same is true for the adversary, only his messengers are known biblically as devil spirits

do and function according to their leaders will which is steal kill and destroy, anything to get man NOT to

believe in the true God or His Son Jesus Christ. We first go to scripture and if what's being said doesn't line up

skip it, if it does absorb and do. We never bring Gods word to our level, we need to go to the fountain head of truth

Gods Word. Ask God to show you, but what he does will never contradict His Word, because the

scripture is written spiritual knowledge of God 2 Peter 1:20+21.

Where does the Bible talk about the consequences of defiling our bodies which are temples of the Holy Spirit? I thought it was in 2Corinthians?

Speaking about praying to God.

Since God is far above as we read in Daniel 10 after answering our prayer in the Old testament ithere was a delay of 20 days cause by the prince of the kingdom of Persia, on that same note is there hindrance in the New testament from God to us.

Good question, Krystin. I will try to do a little research and get back to you. I hope others will respond to you in the men time with good explanations.

Dear Reynaldo,

I understand that it is culture. Thanks for clarifying since it seems to matter much to you.

Thank you for your prayer Gigi.

Thank you FREE,

I put on the armor but I never thought to do it all day! It stands to reason though because we are to always pray and not faint as well as pray without ceasing. Eye opening nugget!

Sigmund Freud called it talk therapy which is still used today in mental health care. we are doing more for mental health disease. In this discipline we use it to get things out in the open for our Savior to be beckon.

Lord, it is tight to give you thanks and praise, please hear my plea. Raul was my favorite Uncle and in life he served you Lord, with a contrite heart. As I talk about our past with Raul for closer it is without expecting an answer form my Uncle Raul. Let others learn from my plea. Through Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.

So both versions are referring to angels, not Jesus Christ? What I am getting at is several YouTube channels are translating these scriptures to Jesus being black. I believe they have misinterpreted to justify themselves as being black. These words are metaphors like. head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow. Nowhere it says black. If the head is white then the body is white therefore Jesus is NOT black. Question remains who is that person. You said an angel, and you could be right. The black pastors identified him as black because it says .. And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace. That's where they painted Jesus as black because of the brass color as if they are obsessed with these specific versions. Finally, who is that person John and Daniel referring to really? That's why I ask you. How do pastors on YouTube make such conclusions that it is Jesus and he is black is beyond me. I can read metaphors but everyone's entitled to their own interpretations. Wool is not a reference to sheep hair or black hair texture as the pastor claimed. If they want to take wool literally than why don't they take snow literally? Snow on top of head that just fell from the sky? They are apparently stuck with "brass".