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Even so, scriptures are full of hope, but like the body of Jesus hanging dead on the cross they have no Life in them until the Resurrection. In us they would lie also dead, but for the quickening of the Holy Spirit which would bring them to Life in us... if we do not quench that Spirit!

"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." Rom 8:28

But without the quickening of the Holy Spirit, the contents of the Bible would never have any Life.

As much as I regularly read my Bibles, without the Holy Spirit where would I be? While Paul is not really talking about the same thing in the following verse, the difference it describes clarifies for us, if we can understand it... what you are saying; "If in this life only we have hope in...

And a happy New Year to you as well!

Very well my friend, but don't be too concerned about that unforgiveable sin. That, I believe, must be done knowingly on purpose. Work on yourself and when you feel led, warn others, but be very slow on openly accusing is my advice even though it may "seem" unlikely to you.

Thanks! Not at the moment, but later!

I understand very well what you are saying. My point, is if a person is against God, no one needs to prove it. On the other hand, if a person is on God's side, it is also not necessary to prove it. You leaning on the side of caution, not by moving cautiously, but diving with both feet. Remember...

I have seen a lot, but really little when we consider how much there is and has been. LOL...Even on this God had Solomon write: "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing...

@Mayflower and @everyone here... May we all have a happy and blessed New Year! Give God the glory now and always!

I never discount God's foreknowledge of all these things. He already knew what man would be before He created men. He knew what men would do. God has established His own order for things. He had the entirety of His plan in place before the foundation of this world. Men seldom understand it and...

If I did rebuke you it was for discounting what was outside of your experience or opposed to you own beliefs as all foolishness. I don't hold much with the expression, "common sense", which usually refers to what carnal men in one region hold as correct while in another region the definition of...

I went through all of this post carefully and had responded to quite a bit of it in detail and was about to hit "enter" when it was all lost because I hit the wrong button on my keyboard. It used to almost anger me and certainly frustrate me when that happened, but then God let me know that...

Really... and does not the Holy Spirit speak through any man today? People want to make the Bible what it cannot be alone, Alive! The Life comes to us by the quickening of the Holy Spirit. 1Jn_2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man...

My own recurring dream as a believer has been of me, myself, soaring through the heavens never in danger of falling any more: "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not...

Not odd at all! You are seeing, even if, as Apostle Paul was seeing when he wrote I Cor 13:12, through a glass, darkly, that is already 100% better than having no vision at all: "Where there is no vision, the people perish..." Prov 29:18 Too many people are afraid of what they might see, so...

Keep on seeking the first things. Don't be concerned because what you understand/see is not precisely the same as what any other believer understands/sees! We are not all to be the same part of the Body of Christ, nor are we all at exactly the same place on the highway of holiness... if we are...

Testing are you? And who are you my friend, based on your testing criteria, to render a final judgment against anyone else? The verses you cite advise us to test the spirits, but only by the Spirit of God in a person may that be correctly done. Is that really what you did? If you doubt a man's...

"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known." I Cor 13:12 Very early as a devout altar boy I saw myself becoming Catholic priest able to read the Bible with understanding and able to help others move closer to...

Understood! I was only make sure your purpose was right. Someone people ask such questions with idea in mind to then attack a person's personal testimony. No time tonight as bed time for this old codger who does not sleep well or long is nearly upon me. Maybe tomorrow I will give it an effort...