When I see these kinds of breakdowns, I am always puzzled by the ommission of anything concerning the Word. Several of the attributes assigned to the Son should be assigned to the Word. So, the Son is NOT the Word and the Word is NOT the Son? And, the Son is NOT God, but the Word is God? Sonship al...

Looks like we lost a few replies to the void of cyberspace. That said, where would you disagree with the following? Quoted from https://www.ltcbr.com/beliefs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GOD There is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4). He is the creator of heaven and earth, and of all living beings. He...

Hill Top wrote: ↑Sun May 31, 2026 12:50 am I view the Holy Ghost as an appendage of God.
A part of God that can be used to accomplish God's will in or for us.

So, not a person, right?

Hill Top wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2026 12:02 am Spiritblade Disciple wrote:
"Do you believe that the Word ceased being God when the Word became flesh?"

Yes, as the Word had to lay aside very much to be born of a woman and walk as we walk.

Interesting.

Do you also believe that He is not God now?

Spiritblade Disciple wrote: "Dake would likely conclude that you are most likely conflating verses about baptism by the Spirit into Christ with the ceremony of water baptism. For Dake, the two baptisms were different baptisms. Not the same baptism." I feel they are different baptisms; the...

Spiritblade Disciple wrote: "Dake would likely conclude that you are most likely conflating verses about baptism by the Spirit into Christ with the ceremony of water baptism. For Dake, the two baptisms were different baptisms. Not the same baptism." I feel they are different baptisms; the...

Hill Top wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2026 2:45 pm Spiritblade Disciple wrote:
"Do you view the Lord Jesus Christ as God?"

I view the Lord Jesus Christ as the Word, and the Son of God.
It was the Word, pre-flesh, that was God.

Do you believe that the Word ceased being God when the Word became flesh?

Hmmm... One either has the gift [of the Holy Spirit], or they do not. Dake distinguished between the earnest of the Spirit or the Spirit by measure (received at salvation) and the fullness of the Spirit or the Spirit without measure (or the Spirit Baptism) which permits the one so baptized to do wh...

From prior posts, I seem to remember someone siting Rev. Dakes' views on baptism. From the scrips' I know, it seems senseless to diminish baptism's importance to salvation. Dake viewed water baptism as only a ceremonial washing away of sins, not an actual washing away of sins. Dake distinguished be...

I view the Holy Ghost as an appendage of God. A part of God that can be used to accomplish God's will in or for us. Interesting, but an odd term. According to Gemini, "An appendage is an external body part or natural prolongation that protrudes from an organism's main structure. The term gener...