Maybe wrote:
double-minded MAN?
NO GENDER-SPEAK PLEASE!
Now then ----------------------
Maybe Windspirit should post for Maybe. Windspirit seems to know how and how not someone should post. Content alone isn't good enough for Windspirit. A post has to have a certain amount of passion in order to pass Windspirit's muster.
Then again, maybe not.

Maybe wrote:
Then maybe Windspirit should post for glue stick instead of glue stick posting for himself.
Then again, maybe not.

glue stick wrote:
Therefore you imply that because I have a different doctrine to you, I am impassive.

I'm not sure how far apart we are doctrinally. I don't know your doctrine.

Scripture is alive and active piercing to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit.

glue stick wrote:
I personally believe the verses I quoted 1Cor15:45,47,48 illustrate the difference between the two Adams.

I would add that you string together verses, and you have no passion for what you are saying. It is all so matter of fact. There is nothing of a hint of personal experience.

glue stick wrote:
No!
Christ was without sin, - which makes a huge difference.
As for Adam
He disobeyed/sinned;
whereas Jesus did not.
There is a distinct difference between created being and divine, in the body/soul/spirit part of first and second Adam..

You have just "thrown it out there."

You will now need to explain the difference, i.e., Christ being fully human, as was Adam. Of course, Christ was/is fully divine as well, but He is undeniably fully human as attested to in Scripture.

Have a shot at it!

glue stick wrote:
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Windspirit
"Without emotion, one isn't even human"
BUT
Without sin one isn't human.

To which I would say, Adam was a human with emotion and without sin when he was created.

Ahhhh. .but, of even more importance, I would point out that you are calling into question the humanity of Christ. You didn't mean to do that with your premise, did you?

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To DJC49,

I know what sentimentality is, but it is often used by the stoics to refer to any emotion, as too much emotion, and for the unlearned. Do you have emotion? What is the dividing line between emotion and sentimental feelings?

The Gospel is all about Jesus, isn't it?

Salvation is a relationship with Him.

We need to forget about ourselves (the world revolving around us), and exalt the Lord Jesus Christ.

He says, "If I be lifted up, I will draw all men to myself."

This is just an observation: When concert goers are gathered around their idol on stage, you don't see them looking at themselves. They are focused in adulation (sadly) on the one onstage.

glue stick wrote:
I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion."

Human sentimentality has no place in true Biblical doctrine, Michael!

Even, God, shows emotion. And, emotion is absolutely related to mercy and compassion. Otherwise, they lose the very components that make them virtues.

Remember, "Jesus wept."? So, God incarnate, felt real human emotion over the loss of a friend.

To be fully human, fully alive, means that we have both reason and emotion (just not guided entirely by emotion).

arightcritic wrote:
Careful Now!!!
The Bible teaches
Job 17:5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Job 32:21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
Job 32:22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
Proverbs 29:5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

I would have to be personally known, with intent to improve my position with the one being complimented, for this to be flattery. As it is, I am neither, and, in all probability, will not be known by this person until heaven.

Speaking a compliment that is true is not flattery.

post writer wrote:
Hey Aunty
Here's a story about a bunch of the heavenly host who did the first Xmas celebration.
Gifts were handed out too by three wise guys.

John UK wrote:
. . . I do feel happier now, and believe I've made some progress towards the truth of the matter.

The way we "think" most certainly affects our disposition, doesn't it?

"As a man thinketh, so is he."

So, we must order our thoughts, "take every thought captive unto Christ."

We are told not to be "conformed to the world," but to be "transformed by the renewing of our minds," and that takes place as we "search the Scriptures," and pray for wisdom and understanding.

So, thank you for challenging us to "think."

John UK wrote:
Windspirit
The question:
2. What was the Holy Ghost seeking to accomplish, but was resisted?
This is difficult. Supposing the Holy Ghost was seeking to open their eyes of understanding to the truth of the gospel as you said. No, I cannot see that is right. For then his power is resistable by man.
Until today, I always thought that the verse referred to the hearers resisting the Spirit's work in their hearts. But what if it means something quite different?
Like this. The Holy Ghost calls and empowers men to be prophets (OT) and preachers (NT). Their work is to proclaim. Any who persecute, hinder or even kill such, could be said to be resisting the Holy Ghost, whose aim is to verbally communicate God's words through men. The preacher in this verse was martyred soon after he spoke these words.
I don't know, but it would make sense.

John UK wrote:
Thank you Windspirit for your post. It seems to answer the first question very adequately. Maybe you could even have a go at the second question?

You were gracious in your response.

#2 "What was the Holy Ghost seeking to accomplish, but was resisted?"

John UK wrote:
"Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye." Acts 7:51.

We are told elsewhere in Scripture that "God has set eternity in the heart of man."

And, there are many references to creation itself as evidence of God the creator.

And, we know that man is born with a conscience, intuitively(or, rather, God-given) knowing right from wrong.

We also know from Scripture that one's conscience can be "seared" or deadened.

We are also told that "God will not always strive with man," which indicates an operation of the Spirit of God on the heart of man.