carolinasteve

I agree 100% about not basing docterine on conjecture. But which part has no scriptural basis?

smellycat

God knows our spirit,that he puts into a child.

Boanerges

Sorry Steve. I was refering to any conjecture about a soul existing before conception. There is no indication in scripture that we pre-existed but there are plenty of indicators that an Omniscinet God foreknew our existance. The are many branches of the occult which believe in young souls and old souls but there again is no biblical support.

carolinasteve

Aah. Gotcha. You wouldn't happen to know the scripture that describes the soul(or spirit-again I'm not sure what it says) as comming from the seed of the man, would ya? I'm pretty sure it's OT, because I seem to remember someone on another forum quoting the verse and it stuck in my head as from an OT book, but that, and the gist, are all that remain.

Boanerges

I cannot say that I am familiar with that text but I will look ofr it. If you find it post it as I would like to read it.

SweetSurrender

Hey, Steve!
I do not know how all these people can come up with scripture the way they do. I guess the more you study the Word and give advise to others about it, you eventually learn it.

Here's something I started doing just recently:
When I come upon an interesting verse and want to remember it, I high-light it of course, but then I jot it down on a blank page in the front of my Bible, with a note, like: "without excuse" Rom 1:20.

Of course, this can't last too long, as you only have a couple of blank pages in your Bible that you can write on. But, it has been very helpful for me when that subject comes up and I need to remember where I saw it. Just a suggestion.

carolinasteve

Thanks for the suggestion ,Honeybare. I wish I had thought of that then. Definately a good idea. Right now, everytime I hear someone reference a scripture I have a questoin about, I try to remember it to look it up on Bible Gateway.com, and I add that specific page to my favorites under a subfolder labelled "scriptures".

carolinasteve

I tried doing a few quick searches on BG tonight, Larry, using keywords "seed", "soul", "spirit", and even "babies" and "infants" using the topical index, and came up empty handed so far. That's one of the good things about wanting to be sure. It really makes you dig into the scriptures. I may not find the answer to this question, but many other questions will likely be answered along the way

Boanerges

Pro 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Digging in the Word is a great pursuit and we find much treasure and these conversations cause us to dig deep and examine our beliefs from a biblical viewpoint- what a priviledge!!!

I would like to suggest you guys download E-Sword unto your pc's- it will put enormous recources at your fingertips and you can acess them with the click of a mouse. The main program is freeware. There are hundreds of addtional modules you can add and those are 95% free also, you can feel free to pick and choose:
http://www.e-sword.net/downloads.html

Much love in Christ, brother Larry.

SweetSurrender

Thanx for the link to E-Sword. I am planning on getting the Bible you suggested. I think if I can sell all the Mormon books I have purchased, I will be able to purchase more of what I need for my studies. I got a Strongs Concordance from someone, but don't know how to use it yet. Maybe downloading this E-Sword site and some other things will help me learn how.