Why does Moses lift up the serpent on the pole in the wilderness? A discussion on the serpent and Christ who both are within us.

Genesis 2:7 “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”

It says God formed “man, the dust of the ground”. The word “of” is added here in the King James Version.  So if it is read without the “of” it says that man IS the “dust of the ground”

Genesis 3:19 “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”

Here it says that we are ...

Continued on and taken from the August 31, 2014 post

If it is not our works that save us but rather our faith, what are we to have faith in that saves us, and from what are we saved?

Titus 3:5 “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;”

The regeneration (rebirth) and the renewing (complete change for the better) of the Holy Ghost saves us. 

What does the regeneration and the Holy Ghost or Holy Spirt save us from?  How do we obtain the regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Ghost, and how do we know that it saves us [which give us faith in it]?  How are we to know that this renewing by the Holy ...