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I can find any person walking by on the street and he or she will be as you are according to the apprehension of the reality of the biblical account. You are espousing unbelief in the power of God. That's all you are doing. We are to turn away from those who appear to speak of godly things but...

Do you always need chapter and verse? Philippians 3:10 I want to know Christ-yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, Is this for now...or only after death? Are you the final arbiter of the things of God?

But there is more field out of your park. Even a small bit of Faith can say to those barriers...move...and they will move. The truth lies beyond what we can conceive of...or what sounds "reasonable" to us...unless we have been beyond those limitations ourselves. With God there are no...

But you are missing a whole dimension of understanding here. The word of God is meant to convey us into a spiritual realm so as to walk in the same power Jesus did. Paul says...that I might KNOW the power of His resurrection...and not...that I might read the bible that has no power in it.

LOL. But seriously...how do you know that there are some zingers that you just aren't seeing yet?

But you just said that scriptures negated spiritual experience. Will you say what you mean? Are all spiritual connections today evil?

Again humility would say...I have not yet experienced these things for myself yet... A lack of spiritual experience is a sign of the times. This doesn't mean that intimacy with God is no longer possible.

So then in your view all spiritual powers and experiences are evil since the bible was published?

Amen. What the church lacks today is godly judgment...or in Greek...Krisis. The reasoning is...if we can't discern what is of the Spirit and what isn't let us eliminate anything spiritual. This is the process I call "pastorisation" whereby the pastor stops anything spiritual thus being safe...

You must then suppose yourself to be an agnostic in this area. You can't prove anything either way. So then humility would say..."I have not yet experienced this myself." There is no reason to disbelieve the biblical accounts are for us today...based on a lack of personal experience.

Your premise here is flawed. In the bible, the Holy Spirit speaks to people outwardly as well as inwardly. He still does that. what people lack today is spiritual experience, spiritual understanding and spiritual life. The bible testifies to these...not replaces them. So then it behooves those...

It is important to see that the truth...and all things eternal concerning us, are happening in 2 places at once. Jesus died in this world...but he also offered Himself as a sacrifice in heaven. Both of these things took place at the same time. Hebrews 9:12 He did not enter by means of the blood...

We have to believe TO Jesus to have eternal life. How do you know you have believed To Jesus? Well the fire comes down...you are translated into the kingdom by grace.

There is more than one kind of error in the above statement. 1. The righteousness of faith is NOT the same as the righteousness of God. 2. Imputing means to attribute. God can attribute righteousness to us by our faith....but it is OUR faith and OUR righteousness we are talking about here...

Most people will speak of being directed by the Spirit...like hearing a still small voice from within. This is quite common. This is being led by the Spirit...whereby we check in with God from time to time. What is far less common is to actually walk in the dimension of the Spirit where one...

There is a moment by moment walk in the keeping power of God.

Yes to all! :)

I am against any kind of organized religion in the name of Jesus. I believe in a close relational friendship with God and His people. Keep it simple and real... :) No need for titles and religious shows. Episkopos: At that time I was doing a major study about oversight in the church...

Say...the immaculate conception of Mary. Infant baptism. Transubstantiation. Statues. Sacraments. Hierarchies. Also bringing in the roman pontiff teaching which is pagan (there were always pontiffs to the gods in ancient Rome). Also the primacy of Rome. Praying to (and for ) the dead. Praying to...

The name Palestine was given to the land by the British...in a way to antagonize the Jews...since they were allied to the Arab nations. The name comes from Philistia...or the land of the Philistines. This is unacceptable to the Jews for obvious reasons. But the name "Judea" I think would be...