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How did you decide this? Do you not believe it is necessary to grow? "And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man" Luke 2:52 Do you not believe that you have two things trying to grow within you and that they struggle? "From whence come wars and fightings among...

Why would think that I do not like you? That is certainly a misconception on your part. Part of the problem certainly is that you do not understand what I believe. If you did understand you still might disagree with me, but your are trying to pressure me as you have pressured others here to...

@justbyfaith Those really rightly divide the word of truth do not do so by a better exegesis. They do it by not quenching the Holy Spirit within themselves and by being led always by the Holy Spirit. Paul's written verse which you quoted does not say that a person will receive the truth by...

That is not how it works my friend! We need to conform to what God requires of us, not what we want it to be or what some other man or church requires. If our heart is wrong as God sees it, our theology or belief system or ideas will make no difference to Him in any case...

While you say a few good things here, I am at odds with your basic premise. Again as I have said many times already, only God gives increases!

"God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written," Rom 3:4 That includes me too to the extent that I am in error and teach what I believe as truth. Who is the Truth? "Jesus saith unto him, I am … the truth..." John 14:6 Who sees Jesus better than through a glass...

That should be I Cor 13!

[copied in part from one of my own posts written here a few months ago] What I am saying is that we should come to the place where we love God for who He is rather than only for the gifts He is able to and even wants to provide... which include salvation and never dying. Do we love our natural...

Perhaps with my human mind alone could accept this with the human definitions and interpretations of words and scriptures, but I cannot, because there is more to me, thank God, than my human mind. Where you is where I guess many men seem to be, but really is it not so that many or most men...

Salvation? Salvation is the wrong focus. It is the wrong goal. God loves us and He wants us to love Him rather than all of the blessings including unending Life. God looks at our heart to see what our real purpose is in the way we use everything that He has provided. Do we really love Him? Would...

And consider also... "And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man." Luke 2:52

Yes, well perhaps they all just took some time off!

What He wants me to say? I believe that I have said what He wanted me to say and yet you press me because you don't understand or disagree. I always remember if you do not, that only God gives any real increase. He may us me or you to do it, but pushing on it don't make it happen.

I was agreeing as much as I was able. I already explained where I was on this. I only have so many words and only so much strength. I am tired and each time I answer a question and you miss my point, it is because of things in your understanding versus my understanding that cause communication...

I know you are teaching what you believe and are certain is right. I really don't doubt that. Sometimes perhaps is it still best to remain silent, even when one is falsely accused. Remember Jesus on this point? I did not repent. I have not changed what I believed regarding who Jesus is since I...

Herein lies the problem with some people in churches and on forums such as this one. They learn their supposedly essential doctrines/viewpoints from someone [preacher, priest, teacher, parent, friend] and go with it as if it is final and absolutely correct. Too often what they have is milk, but...

This is the point, isn't it? It also applies to your position! Go back to I Corinthians chapter 13 and keep going back...

Over your head! Give God the glory!

In conversations like this my friend, one day, if you endure so long with Him, you will understand just how important charity is to God!

Indeed this is my point for even entering this discussion. I believe that Jesus is God, but I disagree with those who insist that failure to believe this will cause them to die in their sins. Whether or not it even a sin to not believe it, I believe, is according to what is in the person's heart...