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The "reality" is God and anyone that has Life. Reality for man was lost in the Garden of Eden when he died due to disobedience. Every man born to woman is effectively born dead to God... but he has a glimmer of hope. If he pursues, encounters and takes hold of that hope, which is Jesus, then the...

If you know your Bible and the first few chapters of Genesis, it may be seen. I cannot give you a vision of this. Our vision and any improvement to our vision comes from God. You have already decided that I am wrong. Citing verses that you already know is not going to change where you are: "I...

Just always remembering the words of Solomon: "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 Study does not in itself bring anyone to truth. Truth comes to us through the Holy Ghost: "But the...

It may be a small thing if you are wrong in the detail but keep on working the work anyway with what has been provided, but if you or anyone simply sits back presuming nothing more is needed, that could be a costly error or delusion. God sends people a delusion when they lose their love of...

In that verse He declares that he has overcome the world. In the very next chapter praying to His Father, he confirms that he is no longer in the "world" [John 17:11] but that we are. Then He was ready for the cross and as he died he said, "It is finished"... that is the work which was His to do...

@marks And what I effectively said is that that seal is the same seal that protected/covered Adam and Eve while they completely obedient. You want to speak of the "seal" in the Spirit as if it were something different. Consider what the word "seal" in your two verses cited below means: Seal...

"Exegete" is one of those words I only learned on Internet Christian forums. I don't do that, at least, not in the sense that I have heard people use the word. I really strive to surrender to the lead of the Holy Spirit. Sometimes I am led to receive someone's words on forums, but I seek to do...

I am uncertain where you got that idea. You apparently misunderstood what I wrote.

The works of our old man are garbage. When we by the power of God in us fail to suppress the works of old man, we sin. The power of God works in us according to our humility, according our surrrendering to Him, according to letting His will by means of the Holy Spirit us take the lead in us. We...

The seal of God is His protection of us or His covering over us. Adam and Eve were protected and covered in the garden before they disobeyed God. For me when they disobeyed God, they broke the seal. This is what "free will" is to me, to go God's Way or not. God has never taken that authority, to...

Thank you! I also see no reason to "muddy" the waters.

@Jane_Doe22 Thank you for pouring out your heart here. I really try to see the heart of every person here with whom I consider engaging. God does see all of our hearts and sometimes He helps me in this. Sometimes, I am too involved with myself to pay attention. I believe that almost every...

Even so! Let it be as you say. Even if I had the authority I would not stop you from pursuing this. There are worse things to do... but neither do I consider this the best... of things to do, that is. Sometimes we pressed to do things we don't want to do. Sometimes I simply wonder why... We...

So you want me to argue with you? I really don't like to argue but a profitable discussion is OK. Is this one profitable? Hmmm? I am no expert on the LDS nor on any of the multitude of church organizations including yours. When I want to get involved is when I can hopefully accomplish...

I have not and will not read through all of the new posts on here. It becomes repetitious without edifying anyone really. It is supposed to be a discussion about what is written in a particular book written by one person, a former Mormon, but it keeps moving away what she has written to the...

But... when a person quenches the Holy Spirit, he breaks the seal! But... He is not in all of me or all of you. He is only in part where we through the power of God have already overcome the ways of man remaining. If we had overcome it all, we would no longer be tempted. Jesus overcame all of...

We've gone through some of this before. I will try to proceed simply without writing a book... I am not going through it all verse by verse because if God has not opened some of these things to you, I cannot. Some of them I do not fully understand as I also am seeing as through a glass darkly...

I do certainly agree. I see each person inhabiting his own small world, but before Jesus came the whole thing in each of us was corrupted and uninhabitable by God. We were dead to God. This is similar to planet Earth. Planet Earth is capable in part of supporting physical/natural/carnal life...

You say there are no professional apologists who are members of this forum. Is there a master list of these apologists to which we may refer and compare against the membership list. Apparently you must have done that...or? And then would you say that only by "professional apologists" people may...

Why did you not cite verses to show why the verses I cited did not establish what I said?