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That is your position in a nutshell. But the new birth is by the power of God. No one is born again just by believing. God has to intervene. The walk is by faith. But the new birth is by the will of God....not the will of man. You can't believe yourself into the kingdom of God. Just like you...

There is a real place where that is true. But just because you own a bible and want to believe it doesn't mean that this has happened to you specifically yet. The latter is what I call....reading yourself into the text. What is the difference between a real knight and Don Quixote who thought...

true dat. Those who are looking for the "exceedingly great and precious promises" for themselves are bound for stumbling over Christ. We should never go after the promises of God...but go after God Himself in whom are those promises. Again that would seem too subtle of a difference for many...

The truth always has a polarity..whereby both poles must be brought to bear in order to see the truth. Here are 2 polarity verses... First verse: Psalm 91:10-12 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. Compare with... Second verse: Amos 9:10...

It is one thing to claim the greatness of God...and quite another to vainly boast of one's own position in that greatness. The Pharisees claimed to see. But in truth they were blind. Their blindness was such that they had exaggerated their position with God and were leading others astray as...

Is it a coincidence that Jesus only got angry when He went to "church"? :rolleyes:

Then why don't you seek to abide in Christ? You in particular react very strongly against that suggestion claiming that you already are. So then you are trying to avoid that seeking. You think it foolish to seek God for something that you don't need to seek about. So why doubt what you were taught?

God is a righteous judge. But you are making God sound like a kindergarten teacher here. There will be rejections and weeping and gnashing of teeth. People will wail and be very angry at the people who taught them lies. Go back and read what the bible actually says about God's judgments. We are...

When Jesus walked the earth...nobody could tell who He was just by looking at Him. But to be able to see as Jesus saw and walk in the power He was walking in would have astounded people that a human being could see like that and operate like that into another dimension...that of the Spirit...

The methodology is through indoctrination and appropriating things for themselves that are written in the bible but in a shallow "done deal" kind of salesmanship...but of course only those things that are desirable. Anything written in the form of a warning and/ or a discipline...these things...

Actually what I'm saying is... "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world." Do you not think you are above being deceived by A FALSE SPIRIT? Which of course means that you are very much a candidate...

We are actually called to further enter into Him so that we can partake of His grace and life. Those who abide in Him walk as He walked...in His holiness. To be holy as God is holy. This is a gift...by grace through faith. Sanctification is about location. In Him. We are to be partakers of HIS...

But who is discerning whose peace it is? A private interpretation? A feeling? Sure there is peace...but at what level? If you comfort yourself, you don't need the Spirit to comfort you. We are to walk in the fear of the Lord AND the comfort of the Holy Spirit. Only in God can you do both at...

Believers today are encouraged to put on a fake smile...a fake religious facade..in order to appear loving and good. It was the same with the religious ones in Jesus' day...the hypocrites, the actors...who put on an outward display...approving those who approved of them. Looking for honour from...

When speaking of things on the level of life on a resurrection level...you will need more than some peace in your heart. That is to trust in your own heart. And the heart is deceitful above all things. Why stake so much on so little? Even having an angel of light visit you can be suspect. One...

The modern religious system is based on dogmatic beliefs that are imposed on the biblical truths that actually speak of something in the realm of Spirit and truth. The shallow cannot comprehend the depths of these. What is taken for an unconditional love from God for adherents of vain religious...

Hos.12:1 Ephraim feeds on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. What does that mean..."to feed on wind"?? The Hebrew word for wind is "rouach"...which means "spirit" or...

Yes...the "no way I could ever be wrong" syndrome. Amos 9:10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, "The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us." The irony is that they who believe in their eternal security are themselves in the most danger of judgment. Amos...

More and more believers today cannot accept the truth that a belief in Jesus and His grace could be a stumbling stone. People have turned aside to fables and an imbalance whereby they can do no wrong...as long as their beliefs are accurate. The verse that states "all that is not of faith is...

de·lu·sion /dəˈlo͞oZHən/ noun noun: delusion; plural noun: delusions an idiosyncratic belief or impression that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality or rational argument, typically a symptom of mental disorder. "the delusion of being watched"...