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I dont think Jim meant to imply that you were, but some are....such as the church you mentioned where they tried to make a fixed formula out of spiritual gifts and were almost trying to force you to speak in tongues. I experienced similar at one time, without receiving anything, but then later...

I believe it is because our spirit and His Spirit have become one, so we can discern His witness in the inner man.

There are different ways that the Lord may speak to us. An inner witness or inner "knowing" is certainly one such way.

I'm not much of a researcher and use Blueletterbible.org in a limited way to look up verses and check definitions. That's about as far as my 'scholarship' goes I'm afraid. Thanks for the link, I will check it out. :)

Jhn 3:14-15 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. Why a serpent? Because Christ became sin for us, and that serpent represents the serpent in the Garden that...

No, not at all! I take it that "by faith" is assuming one is re-born ( or in the case of OT saints counted as being born again, and looking ahead to when Jesus would be crucified). The word "justified" is not commonly in useage in the English language today in the biblical sense, so it is...

I don't know brother. I'm trying to understand it. Blessed is the man whose sins the Lord doesn't count against him.....justification (exoneration?) by faith, not because one hasn't sinned? Does that make sense?

ok, thanks, bless you and see you later then!

I can only partially agree with this since you don't believe that believers have the foundation, and can see how it is throwing you off. What I seem to just observe is that after coming to faith we (or the vast majority of us at least) seem to follow the same PATTERN as Israel, learning and...

Has @Laurina lost interest in her thread, or maybe not in agreement with how it is proceeding? What are your thoughts sister?

All I know is His intention is to grow us and mature us up....His word is working for that purpose, and part of that has to do with the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom. Running the race so as to win it, because not everyone will win the prize......maybe that has to do with...

May the Lord bless you all in your meetings and lead His flock onward in Him. :)

There are no indications of stupidity with you at all dear brother, on the contrary! And me, I can only understand what the Lord sees fit to illuminate to me, and to Him be the thanks and glory, otherwise, oh my goodness, I can be as dense as a rock. Well, speaking of clemency......For the...

If only it were that simple in reality. It's amazing how people can be completely blind to what is plainly written. If we love anything at all more than the truth it will blind us to the truth.....eg,, self, sin, pet doctrine, one's 'ministry', church, favourite 'minister', any idols at all...

"the injustice of the former system"..? Yikes, no the former system of the old covenant was perfectly just (assuming it was followed as God had instructed)....an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, life for a life, etc. The wages of sin is death...there is no getting away from that...it is the...

If you believe that then you have to believe Muhammed the founder of Islam was a prophet of the one true God and hearing from Him. Do you?

Yep, the city that is above....which IS built of precious stones. Living stones, God's precious jewels, in the day when He makes up His jewels.

It's the way that seemeth right to man but leads to death. It's the broad way that leads to destruction. It's self-righteous, selective and fickle human fleshly emotional love.

Yes. That's why those who really are His children, He will be faithful to correct when we go astray. And if we are truly His, we will have ears to hear when He does.

Can't help but observe, the inability of some folks to see themselves is sometimes just astounding. I suspect that the ability to discern others correctly is to some extent tied to our ability to first discern ourselves. Hence the need to remove the plank from our own eyes before trying to...