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    Looking realistically at ourselves.

    Sure He has......His memo to us is the written word. We are to read it, know it and heed it as much as if He were standing right in front of us saying those words. That doesn't mean He doesn't also speak to us in other ways, but the written word is kind of the "constitution" and plumbline of...
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    Looking realistically at ourselves.

    I'm saying that your argument is moot. If your boss on another floor of the office building sends you a memo instructing you to do something, doesn't that carry as much weight/authority as if he were standing there in person telling you the same thing?
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    Looking realistically at ourselves.

    I think you're arguing against yourself without realizing it brother. God in Christ who has all authority in heaven and earth has spoken and does speak to us with His authority through His word. Amen, unfortunately man does get in the way, through the flesh. I haven't had anything to do with...
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    Looking realistically at ourselves.

    God's word is authoritative, having proceeded from Him, from His heart/Spirit. It says in His word that He magnifies His word above all His name. That tells me that His word is His bond and He holds Himself to it....and that He will never disannul or cancel or contradict anything that He has...
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    Looking realistically at ourselves.

    Just one thing....Jesus said our enemies would be those of our own household.......household of faith...? He was talking to His people at the time, the Jews/Israel. But I believe it also means between believers and unbelievers too. Bless you sister, I enjoy a lot of your posts, what I can...
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    Looking realistically at ourselves.

    I think we can know the truth by faith. And sometimes our heart knows something by faith before our minds understand. But even then it isn't an exact science. We learn more and get tweeked and corrected as we grow in the Lord, as long as we are humble and willing to be. The bible says...
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    Looking realistically at ourselves.

    I would say eat the meat but be sure to spit out the bones of anything anyone says/writes. We can only do that by knowing the word of God well and testing what we hear/read by that, as well as by discernment, and by always looking to the Lord. But I am not sure we will ever see "perfectly...
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    Believing on Christ is a evidence of being born again !

    Still going in circles here sister. You don't have it wrong that we are born of the Spirit. I have told you several times that I agree with that. Thought you said you had a good memory, lol. But you don't understand WHOSE Spirit it is and WHAT/WHO that imperishable seed is. And I have not...
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    Believing on Christ is a evidence of being born again !

    Truth is for those who are WILLING to receive it. There is no point in continually throwing pearls to the unwilling. It's the devil who just loves to keep us going around in the same circles wasting hours and hours of time. In the end it comes down to loving the truth or not loving it. God...
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    Believing on Christ is a evidence of being born again !

    Lizbeth said: ...who has the Son has the Father also, and who has not the Son has not the Father)...... CHRIST came to dwell in my heart by faith in HIM....HIS Spirit, HE, HIM, JESUS, in my heart. My living testimony. Thank you Lord. Ritajanice said: That’s not biblical, sorry. Now I've...
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    Believing on Christ is a evidence of being born again !

    Yes it very much does.........but you cannot see/hear it in scripture, probably to start with because you don't seem to know the scrips well enough........as well as that you have heeded those who have pre-emptively talked you out of believing those scrips that address other aspects of what it...
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    Believing on Christ is a evidence of being born again !

    1Jo 2:23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also. 2Jo 1:9 Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. (It's very...
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    Believing on Christ is a evidence of being born again !

    Amen! I notice how the atmosphere changes (in a good way) when the name of JESUS is lifted up. It was faith in Jesus (that He gave me) that reconciled me to the Father (because the Father and Son are one.....who has the Son has the Father also, and who has not the Son has not the Father)...
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    Believing on Christ is a evidence of being born again !

    Amen. Praise the LORD! (No one can say Jesus is LORD but by the Holy Spirit.)
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    Believing on Christ is a evidence of being born again !

    Would we? But I'm glad to see you saying that much, first time I've heard you say that. HOW does Jesus reconcile us back to the Father? WHOSE Spirit.....? We MUST give the glory where it is due sister. It is due to Jesus Christ, who let Himself be broken and crushed for our sakes, that HIS...
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    Believing on Christ is a evidence of being born again !

    Everything is by the Spirit, sister. But WHOSE Spirit is that again? It is the Spirit of Christ...and it is Christ IN us the hope of glory. Christ is in us by HIS Spirit, the Spirit of God. But you see, the HOLY Spirit doesn't draw attention and glory away from Christ to himself........no...
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    Believing on Christ is a evidence of being born again !

    Why don't you want to talk about Jesus for a bit.... I was wondering what part Jesus played in your new birth. You testify of the Holy Spirit constantly but I don't remember hearing you testify about Jesus. No man can come to the Father (be born again) apart from Jesus... do you agree? We are...
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    Believing on Christ is a evidence of being born again !

    Yes I do experience the Holy Spirit in my life and heart. You said that scripture spoke to your spirit.......and I said, likewise, in the same way, all scripture speaks to our spirit. The reason is that it is all God-breathed....given by His Spirit. God's written word speaks to our spirit by...
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    Believing on Christ is a evidence of being born again !

    Likewise, ALL scripture speaks to our spirit, true? And why don't you discuss what you posted? You didn't say what your point is with the long passage you posted so there is nothing for me to discuss. There is nothing in scripture that I don't want to discuss, just that I don't have all the...
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    Believing on Christ is a evidence of being born again !

    That's very sad and concerning for you sister. Unfortunately there are those who are seen contradicting the word of God all over the place because they don't love and value it, which leaves them neither knowing nor understanding it. And this leaves them defenceless against an an enemy who goes...