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  1. Bradley D

    Is John 3:7 for today ?

    I have no possessions to speak of. My departed wife wife owned some lands in the Philippines. I passed that on to the family. It just caused my wife a lot of worries and visits from her family. I live in a room at the house my daughter and her grown children live in. I help them with bills...
  2. Bradley D

    Is John 3:7 for today ?

    1 Peter 1:23 "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and stays for ever." Isn't the word of God for everyone!
  3. Bradley D

    Is sinning a necessary condition

    "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). Knowing the Word helps me when a sinful thought comes to the mind. I know the a sinful thought by having the Word of God and the Help of the Holy Spirit. It is still up to me to push aside the sinful thought. Still may...
  4. Bradley D

    how can you handle 1 Peter 3:21 ?

    "Then why was Jesus baptized by John the baptizer // which means the Baptisma ??" That was Jesus' start of His mission. God spoke "and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well...
  5. Bradley D

    how can you handle 1 Peter 3:21 ?

    Symbolism is the idea that things represent other things. ATS Bible Dictionary Baptism The holy ordinance by which persons are admitted as members of the Christian community. It is administered in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and is a visible and public profession of...
  6. Bradley D

    What does John 3:3 really mean ?

    I would say Yes. They have a lot of work to do. Right now they are fighting to save/keep their land. NT says there will come a day when the the Israelites will come to believe in Christ and the time gentiles will come to an end.
  7. Bradley D

    What does John 3:3 really mean ?

    The Israelites had to believe that the prophet Ezekiel was telling them the word of God.
  8. Bradley D

    how can you handle 1 Peter 3:21 ?

    John the baptist tells us that the Lord will baptize us with the Holy Spirit. Baptism by water is an outward showing of salvation. The main thing is that the heart accepts it. Someone may get baptized at church. But does the person baptized really mean accept or just doing it for show? I...
  9. Bradley D

    What does John 3:3 really mean ?

    It is of the heart. To have the truth written on the heart and living the truth.
  10. Bradley D

    how can you handle 1 Peter 3:21 ?

    As I wrote it is symbolic. Some denominations do not have the complete water baptism. Dying to the old self and becoming a new person is from the heart. Just like the Old Adam and the New Adam.
  11. Bradley D

    how can you handle 1 Peter 3:21 ?

    I see baptism as symbolic of dying to the old self and arising the new self/Christian. Of course it has to be in your heart to do so.
  12. Bradley D

    Jesus and prayer

    Pray always! Constant battle with the spirit and the flesh!
  13. Bradley D

    First Twelve Names In The Bible

    The number twelve carries religious, mythological and magical symbolism, generally representing perfection, entirety, or cosmic order in traditions since antiquity. 12 (number) - Wikipedia
  14. Bradley D

    Tropical Cyclone Freddy

    They have three storms in the Atlantic! I read they expect 11 storms for the pacific this year.
  15. Bradley D

    The plot of Job requires an unsettled future

    Still has a good lesson.
  16. Bradley D

    The plot of Job requires an unsettled future

    I liked reading Job. To me it was like a long parable. Teaching me that bad things can happen to good people. Job's so-called friends where trying to find out what he did wrong that caused the bad things to happen.
  17. Bradley D

    what is Acts 9:5 really saying ?

    Fighting against something that you can't change. "...a proverbial expression, taken from beasts that are goaded, who kick against the goads or pricks, and hurt themselves the more thereby." (Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible).
  18. Bradley D

    Our Moral God

    Murder is an "unjustified homicide." "Thou shall do no murder!"
  19. Bradley D

    What About Those In Non-Christian Lands Who Have Never Heard The Gospel?

    Those who have never heard the Word! Do they still have a God given conscience? Letting them know good from evil.
  20. Bradley D

    Why the new covenant could not be in operation today !

    There will come a time for Israel once the time of the Gentiles comes to an end.
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