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Self-edification simply means a person is doing something to help himself grow. A person can grow in an evil way or grow in a good way. We may use the gift of God to increase in His Way or to increase in the ways of the flesh. But all growth or edification is not evil is it? It may be better to...

I only just saw your post here. Yes, there are people who pretend to have God's gift of unknown tongues and there are also some who have the gift but misuse it. If you went to some of the churches I have attended some people there would be pushing you hard to speak in tongues. I won't do that...

Indeed, we cannot out or out give God. It is not easy to go back and pick out what He has given as result of my daily in tongues connection with Him, when really anything I have that is good came from Him. How do we sort it all out, especially when the brain has slowed down to dead slow these...

Praying for Debbie in Sri Lanka now!

He did indeed! Is it not possible to know a man without knowing every thing that is in that man? Jesus is the Truth. Is it not also possible, or even likely, that none of us who know Him, know everything that He is or that is in Him? We are to love the Truth and we are to continue seeking God...

Plain teaching that every reader understands precisely the same or parables which are misunderstood? I read each of the three verses you quoted and know that on this forum there are people with different understandings of each one of them. You also know this is so if you have read many of the...

But... then sometimes as we read one verse the Holy Spirit in us directs us read another verse in another place in scripture, or even to a conclusion. Of course, sometimes people are led and don't know who or what is leading them. Jesus says that His sheep know His voice, but then comes the...

I am not certain that this "plain teaching" really exists in a positive sense. It like saying that something is only "common sense" and expect people to believe that therefore it must be correct. What is common sense to one person may indeed be nonsense to another. Same thing with plain...

@jshiii Also joining here in prayer for you!

Certainly there is very much that we can know, but we should withhold final judgment until we do know. My point is that final judgment belongs to God belong only He already knows everything about everyone. You brought up the question to me, I believe. I was simply responding trying to convey...

Did you disagree with something in the post you quoted? But shouldn't we focus where Jesus told us to focus? "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Matt 6:33

@Mutt Welcome to the forum!

I don't know such a verse relating to a baby. I would say rather that babies are born with a clean slate. As they grow they follow teachings and examples of those around them. Unfortunately, there is a lot of bad teaching and examples among parents or guardians. Even the best of parents make...

Aye and when we see that today, we, you and I and the other guy, are now the temple, the lack of toleration on God's part may also be understood!

Consider in this regard the words written by Solomon so rich and so wise: "I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar...

Marymog, as you already know the Holy Spirit does not lie. Why do you ask a question which suggests that the Holy Spirit lied to someone? There are no simple black and white answers to every question which every person is able to ask or answer or even understand. We are to live by faith rather...

"Much is given... much is required" "according to your faith..." This is why the final judgment against anyone never belongs to us. There is too much that we do not know!

Jesus always understood the hearts of men with whom He spoke and with whom He had other dealings. He worked the work for which He had been sent. When we always understand those things in any man and have His unadulterated love, and have been given the task then we can and should do likewise. If...

Part II Where to now? Murder and abortion. If there is no real life, how can abortion be murder? If there is no life how can there be murder which an action meaning to take a person’s life? To God man has been dead and anyone who has not received what Jesus brought, Life, remains dead...

Life and Abortion Part I On another thread people were talking about abortions and life, but it had gone off on a tangent from the topic of the OP regarding the writer of Hebrews. Just what exactly is Life to men and what is it to God? To believers, I believe, who understand, Life is what...