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You receive Him through what we call The Heart, where our ability to 'meet' Him lies, or simply through calling Him ( as long as the person truly believes in Him ).....The reason people speak it out loud, is as a testimony to others, as well as if you notice, when you have to remember, say a phone number, it pays to say it out loud a couple of times, we seem to remember things better when we have spoken and heard the words in our own ears.
Sorry 'bbyrd' I thought I posted a reply to you here, but must have clicked on something wrong, you should get a notice though as I use the reply button.........
Romans 8 says we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
but i did not say that the written word is not inspired by God; i just recognize...well, what the Bible tells me, that scribes can change "the Bible" to make Passover into Easter, and etc. Or even more subtle, "rebound" into "repentance," stuff like that.
no, i am doing what i can to point out that saying you believe in Jesus, with all your heart and no take-backs, is not going to get you saved.
ya, that's what we need is more Christian Patriots overthrowing democratically elected governments lol. The very worst kind of faith imo. Codependent yack.
goody, more wannabe "pastors" who sign Contracts for Jesus and preach the party line, with the best of intentions of course. More codependence, that encourages the "us and them" mentality. Now anyone who does not talk about Jesus in the approved party manner is "silly."
you posit God as a respecter of persons with this "James is for Jews" stuff imo. If you want to believe that the Book of James is not written to you, then go ahead. Plenty of other evidence that Christians must have works anyway, what about all those passages?
i understand why you say this, but being in His Presence, or i would put it "manifesting Christ" or doing God's will, or picking up your cross and following, are usually quite disruptive and even life-threatening events. Of course many of the things one might do are small and relatively insignificant; but these are the very things that end up growing, and ticking someone in the world off, as one is usually impinging upon someone else's profit margin at some point i guess.
it could be put other ways, sure. But "service" will be the primary concept i think
i think it is pretty clear i meant selfish, personal gain, isn't it?
What ????? I don't get it, sorry... I can't manifest Christ, He manifests as He wills, and surely we of all people cannot be concerned with what the world ( all the people in it ) will do or not. I can't quote chapter and verse but i do know it says :" Be not careful even for your life.......(more but perhaps not relevant ), trust in Him and when the time comes to leave, you've got it made....
I thankfully didn't start with any religious beliefs, thank God, because that has GOT to be harder than for someone like me who didn't know anything...I don't proselytize, if I SAY anything at all, it's to share my own testimony and even then only when lead or where I see an honest opening. Hasn't failed me yet, but imho it does require face to face time. We don't HAVE to speak, if we choose to help someone, just help them, be grateful that you can help, and go onward. But most important :" Have ears to hear what The spirit is saying to The church.". We can't pass on the truth until we ourselves KNOW it, and there is a big difference between knowing something about something, and actually KNOWING it, would you agree with that ?
