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Sorry for the misunderstanding. I did not intend to offend. I will try to as you say... spell it out: Very simply, most people speak of the Bible, the book itself, as being the Word of God. I do not. I do believe that the Bible was written by men as God inspired them to do so. What they...

The power in a man is the Holy Ghost in that man unquenched. "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you..." Acts 1:8.

Hmmm...! That bad, huh? Help us all dear Lord!

Do you have answers to every one of those questions, my friend?

Do we believe that the best Bible students will be in the end of the matter those closest God? Would that be giving an unfair advantage to those with the highest IQs and the best study ethic? Why did God give different things in different portions to different people? Will the below average...

And along with that, let us not forget what Solomon penned here: "And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh." Ecc. 12:12 Could this also mean much study of the scriptures? What if a man studies the scriptures...

I laughed when I read your words, but there is too much truth in them to really be funny. Do people understand the difference between growth and stagnation? Do they know what gangrene is? Do they understand why the Dead Sea is dead? Do they have a clue as what I am saying? Am I all wet?

And so it was too often among the Jews studying the scriptures gaining so much knowledge with so little understanding. Do any "Christians" today have similar problems? Consider those Pharisees who really did know the Bible [OT] very well as did Saul of Tarsus. Saul of Tarsus did not go out...

Why so defensive? I was not attacking and only meant to clarify my own belief. I agree absolutely! But who is qualified to do the matching between what a person hears and what is written? No man! Not you and not me without that in the matching we are led by the Holy Spirit! The Bible only...

Without His Spirit is my very point. The Scriptures consumed without the Holy Spirit quickening is where the problem of many men is found. It is where the reason for the contradictory doctrines and/or beliefs is found. The solution, I believe, for any man who really wants to always follow God...

"Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." II Peter 1:20-21 People do read the Bible with a wrong purpose at times. An easy...

Thank you, my friend. That 17th chapter of John tells us a lot about many things, when and if we are able to understand them.

That might be a good definition, but will people always agree on even what it means to have received the Holy Spirit and on how one may recognize someone who has?

But even better to keep close to God?

The usages of people probably do that as well..., a very simple definition or a very complex one. Different definitions do make for communications problems! Is there a shortage of that on this forum? LOL!

Very good words, my friend. They came from your heart and knowing you, the "we" should include you, yourself. But... then who are all of those included in the pronoun, "we" of your post? Everyone who is a member of this forum? Everyone who attends any church which labels itself as "Christian"...

Does every person who takes or is given the label of Christian truly manifest Christ? Perhaps they should, considering the literal meaning of the word Christian ["a follower of Christ" according to Strong's], but do they all really even strive to see Christ so as to know what and who to follow...

I have been there a few times this year although I rarely post there anymore. I will be on the look-out for you. Be blessed by God as you walk in Him!

The difference between being led by the old man and being led by the new man! "He must increase, but I must decrease." John 3:30

Yes..., Remember us dear Lord!