1 Corinthians 12:3 New King James Version (NKJV) Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
This is very true, not only for those being drawn by the Spirit's convicting power to Christ through the Word, but is also true for all Christians who are indwelt by the Spirit, as the believer lives out his life in obedience to Christ Jesus.
I understand imperishable seed very differently to you.....
God has already explained what imperishable seed means here in His written word.very easy to understand, therefore not understanding why you posted the above scripture.....?.
There is no mention of imperishable seed in any of those verses you quoted?
Apart Fromm 1 Peter 1:22...
1 Peter 1:22 In-Context 22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
Through the Word of God we, who believe, are born again by the Spirit onto a living hope - that is the imperishable seed.
By faith in God through the preaching of
His Word (
Romans 10:15-17), obeying the truth (
1 Peter 1:22), we are the Children of Promise whom the Spirit indwells (imperishable seed) as the pledge of an inheritance yet to come (
Ephesians 1:13-14).
Are you saying that we are only born again by our knowledge of the word of God, what about the Spirit who give the believer life?
Imperishable/ incorruptible seed is the seed that is planted into our hearts by the “ Living word of God.
I agree that the Word of God is essential to being born again, but this will not occur unless we believe, and so, receive the Spirit who give us
Life.
John 7:37-38 (WEB) 37 Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “
If anyone is thirsty,
let him come to me and drink! 38
He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from
within him will flow rivers of living water.” 39 But he said this about
the Spirit, which
those believing in him were to receive.
Do you believe that that one can be born again of imperishable seed without the Spirit indwelling us? I ask you this, because the Scriptures teach that we have no part in Christ unless His Spirit indwells us.
Romans 8:9-10 (EWEB) 9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit,
if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man
does not have the
Spirit of Christ, he is
not his. 10 If Christ is IN YOU, the body is
dead because of sin, but
the spirit is alive [regeneration] because of righteousness.
You do understand that Gods seed is Alive and Active in our hearts don’t you?
Yes
How can our faith grow in God, if we haven’t received the gift of Faith?
Our faith grows in Christ as we meditate and live by God's Word, walking by His Spirit who indwells us by faith.
1 Corinthians 16:13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
How can you understand God’s “ written word”..without His Spirit residing in your heart?the written word of God,is not His “ Living “ word....you know there is Gods Living word....which is His Spirit that is Alive And everywhere ....?
The written Word is God's Word, which is "God-Breathed," meaning "inspired" by the Spirit. The Spirit always works with the Word of God, and that is why the Word is living and active.
2 Timothy 3:15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
16 All Scripture is
God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
God’s Spirit is like the wind, you can’t see His Spirit...you certainly know when Spirit gives birth to spirit...as that is the Living Spiritual rebirth..
Gods Living word is His seed...the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit is Alive And Active in our heart/ spirit , when he gifted us the Faith to believe in the Spirit , we believe in our spirit ,because it’s our spirit that needs to be reborn.......not our intellect or head....23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
The Spirit works on the mind, as we study God's Word, because the Word is God-Breathed.
2 Timothy 3:15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
16 All Scripture is
God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
It’s by the word of God that we receive the Spiritual rebirth...Gods word is Alive and Active and penetrates the heart of his chosen child ,just as he chose and predestined them to receive His seed into their spirit, the Spirit can only testify that with our spirit that we are God’s children.
The Spirit testifies with our spirit that we are God's children
if we believe manifested by continually walking by His Spirit who lives in us.
Romans 8:12 (
To the believers in Rome) So then,
brothers and
sisters,
we have an obligation, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 13 For
if you live after the flesh,
you must die; but
if {{by the Spirit}}
you {{put to death the deeds of the body}},
you will live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 (
To the Christians in Thessalonica) 7
For God called us not for uncleanness, but
in sanctification. 8 Therefore
he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but
God, who has also
given his Holy Spirit to you.