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Thank You. I have got the answer to my question from several forum members in this thread. Jesus descended from king David through his mother Mary (Luke). It turned out that both Mary and Joseph descended from king David. Wish you success in plant breeding.

Thank You. I have got the answer. Mary was also from David the king (Luke)

Thank you. I got the answer. It is all clear to me now.

Mary was found with child of the Holy Ghost. But still king David is in the genealogy. It is not mentioned as a moral ancestry but as real though Joseph was not His biological father, right? I am sure there is an answer to this question as the question has always been on the surface. They must have answered this question a long time ago but I could not find it. Please, explain it to me.

Right. Science was previously the god of atheists. Today it is less and less capable of non-controversial explanations. They used to repeat "the more I learn the less I know" rather as a witticism. Now it is a general truth.

Right!

A good topic for DISCUSSION in this forum.

Where did you read that time was made separate from matter? Matter and time are inseparable. In fact all matter changes and time is the mark of this change. Change in the matter is perceived as time. If there were no change in all matter (which is impossible in principle) there would be no time. "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth"; "And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night." There is no mentioning of creation of time separate from matter. No mentioning of what God had been doing before that because the Bible describes what concerns mankind. What does not concern us is not revealed. Moreover people do not have and will never have enough intelligence to understand all things especially concerning The Kingdom of God. Can your pet understand how technical things such as cell phones work? No. The distance between what God knows and does and what we human beings know and do is far greater than that. I think we have to put up with that.

Thank you. I agree that nobody should insist on anyone to repent. Especially so when those who think of others forget their own repentance. Now I understand you perfectly.

Hi, I am just curious why are you against repentance? Do you have some information or are you proud? You quoted Jesus Christ when He was doing miracles. Do you expect the same miracles as when Jesus was living here and doing miracles? What would you like or what do you expect. Jesus has not come in His glory to judge us yet. He will. And you sit tight and wait? Please explain. If you do not answer that means that you do not want a discussion and claim to know all the answers yourself. And then what is your post for?

I disagree but O.K. let it be knowledge. Then without His knowledge the person in question will not be saved. If someone will say that there are no such words as "will not be saved" in this case again it would sound and look like those who accused Jesus over stressing the words of the scripture at the same time overlooking the very message. The scribes were splitting hairs and stressing the letter of the scripture instead of the ideas.

That O.K., brother. God bless you.

You say: "I am sorry that you want to be able to brag to God about how you deserve to be in heaven and about how honoured God must be to have you in his family." That is too much. This Is a False Accusation. I have never been sure about myself. I was not writing about myself at all. What I wrote was just an idea generally. A good advice to you. Never accuse a person like when you mentioned me (you .....). People should not be offended personally Discuss possible sins and advise on how to get rid of them. Did I accuse anyone personally? I try to be careful about that. Do you?

God never asks what is impossible. Good works are expected according to the talent, abilities and so on (what is given). That sick person is alright. We are talking about the majority of the people. Now look at this: Which Is a Greater Risk of not being Saved? We have two interpretations at the moment. Interpretation 1: Faith alone or Faith + 0; Interpretation 2: Faith + Good Works. Let us assume that Faith in both interpretations is the same as we have no reliable method to measure individual Faith. Now let us apply a matrix " My Interpretation is Not Correct. But I Have My Followers and I had insisted that they stick to it (The Opposite Interpretation Is Correct)” to each interpretation in turn. Let us begin with Interpretation 2 In this case ( Interpretation 2) Faith remains and there is still a possibility and a chance to be pardoned and saved. With Interpretation 1 it is not that simple. The unit “Good works” is missing. There would have been a chance to be pardoned and saved but the proponent had insisted on his Followers to accept Faith+0. And many of them encouraged by the proponent performed Zero or next to zero Good works (could have done much much more). This is hardly pardonable. And for the proponent the chance of being saved in this case is next to Zero or Zero.

If you do not agree to faith and good deeds as equal then would you agree that they are inseparable? Take faith as HEART and good works as BLOOD. One does not exist without the other.