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If this is true, what happens or has happened to old covenant believers? Is God a respecter of persons? Is God unfair? Has God changed?

I've only met one two men who even seemed to come close to what you call Jesus view and they also have come up short as far as I can see. Then again what can I see? You don't have to tell me that I have come up short. I already know that, but He is not finished with me yet. But... have a care...

MY wife was always a very blunt person from when I met her many years ago. In the beginning it was bluntness without God. But... a few years after our marriage it was bluntness in God and with God. Bluntness can be a very good thing, but it does need to be directed by the Spirit of God in you...

@"ByGrace" I know lots of oldies, but that one is outside my experience. The words are good.

I am certainly with you on this. There a lot discussions or arguments going on about things which are at best fuzzy to me. I admit that over the years some previously fuzzy things have been made clearer, but that is far from being the whole loaf. I continue to read the entire Bible regularly in...

@breathofdesire Welcome to the forum! Give God the glory!

Not such a good thread for me, but likely I would choose I have some unusual and unclear ideas about those things that you give as choices. To me the revelation is within me or it is no revelation at all. That means that Jesus is part [or should it be all] of my vision of the things of God for...

For this I use the KJV which has as the antecedent for the the pronoun "it" in verse 16, the word "heart" in verse 15. "But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away." II Cor 3:15-16 To me...

Both as you say are important, [I would not say equally important.] But as I am sure you already know some people lean too much on the literal while others lean too much on the spiritual. Jesus made it clear for to me in the following verses what was the most important thing: "And Jesus...

Just so, as in seeing or understanding! When Moses came down from the mountain where he had been with God, his face was so shining so brightly that the people were unable to look at him. A veil was put over his face to make it tolerable for them. When we have a vision of God, what we have will...

God's plan is clear and precise to Him and to those to whom He has enlightened. But, we all start in our walk seeing through a "glass darkly". This is how little children in the flesh begin and it is how new Christians in the spirit begin. My vision of God's plan is not exactly what it was when...

Aha, and then comes the question , "what is this "right" that the little children are doing?" You probably would not be surprised at the number who believe they know exactly what it is.

Believe me when I was working as an interviewer the importance of the word meanings was brought home to me. I could not use the acronyms that were common for me and fellow employees. But also people in other jobs had their set of acronyms or words or connotations which sometimes I needed to...

To be sure, precisely the same definition won't happen for two people unless God has actually provided the definition and each party has accepted it with no revision whatever. This is unlikely, but for God is it impossible? Would God not be able to do is both other parties are willing to submit...

Ah yes, I am with you now. Sometimes just to eat what "they" eat will be offensive to my taste buds and my stomach. That's in the natural, but spiritually the same thing may apply. If God wants us to present our witness sometimes it may be necessary for us to tolerate for a little bit anyway so...

Quite so! This is why I see it to be very necessary to able to hear the Lord's voice at all times and then to pay attention to what we are hearing. Our brother in the Lord may hold very different views than we do even belonging to a group that we have almost no tolerance for. Nevertheless, we...

That may also be needed, even if I don't quite understand it.

Both are right if we are able to understand their meanings. The OP really asked for a definition of a Christian and each answered apparently according to his own definition. For two believers to communicate, they must either have the same definitions or they each must understand the other guy's...

In my mind it is likely quite messed up as these days in the flesh my memory fails altogether too often. On the other hand what God has put in my heart is always there if I need it and I am paying close attention. You are apparently looking for an easy outline that you can read and in which you...

Your response reminds me of the double-minded mentioned by James. Really everyone is double minded when they come to God, but at the start their carnal portion is expected to be quite heavy. As the inner man increases and the old man decreases, then it is possible to see more of the Living...