ok, I'll try this again, I keep forgetting to copy my post and every time I go to submit it (twice now) it asks me to log in and I lose it. :x
First, sorry I haven't been around, I went camping this weekend.
Pretty much I can't see anything wrong with what's been said, with one exception (I know, typical me), but I think it's because I wasn't clear enough with what I said before. Your quote, Jonus:
The context was being addressed to those people who were supposed to be christians, but were defiling their bodies. Because they were setting a bad example, they would not be able to spread the truth. What I was trying to address about the Holy Spirit being inside someone,... Well, let me use for example the Pentecostals, (though there are many denominations who share this beleif). The idea of speaking in (what they mistakenly call) tongues, healing miraculously, religious commands without a scripture base, etc... All of the account of these things in the Bible ended when the last apostle died. It's not suppose to happen now, if it's from God. When the Bible was written, we had everything we needed for salvation. Look at this prophetic passage from the OT:Quote:
1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Zechariah 13:1-2
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"On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
2 "On that day, I will banish the names of the idols from the land, and they will be remembered no more," declares the LORD Almighty. "I will remove both the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
Jay, please don't think that I'm trying to make you feel "doomed". That was not my intention. (That's what I don't like about this form of communication) A lot of the scriptures that I gave you had to do with obedience and love (love especially is not difficult). And it's the obedience that is important to answering your question. What Chardata said about James was dead on. Especially read the Fourth chapter, I think that will help a lot. Don't ever feel doomed, there is always something you can do! ;) And don't be afraid to ask LOTS of questions!
The definition of divine... That's pretty much the Godhead, the creator, son, and holy spirit. For example, you can read in John chapter 1 how Jesus was both God(divinity) and man. I like one of the definitions the dictionary gave me, "Heavenly; perfect."
And Jay, can you refrase your question about seeing Jesus? I didn't quite understand what you were asking.
