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    Just quick: ask God to give you a sign that you are saved? (He will!)

    Hi there, So just real quick, I do not want to spend a whole lot of time. I asked God, I said "You are a God of great signs - how will I know that I have fulfilled Your calling of me to be a believer?" He said "I will give you the sign of Ezekiel". Remember that Jesus said "the only sign you...
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    The second coming of Christ - comes to those who suffer, before it comes to those who merely wait

    Hi there, So this is not meant to be divisive, but is based entirely on an extrapolation of scripture: "when you did it to the least of these, you did it to me" (verse from memory, the Gospels). This verse is saying that when Christ has ruled, He will establish that He has done it in power -...
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    Babies in the womb are not just lumps of flesh, their experience of reality is "hyper-real" - realer than the adults that carry them!

    Hi there! Let's face it, adults are on their way out! If it wasn't for children, we would get nothing done. But I digress, what I want to talk about here is the value of the experience of a baby. There is some confusion about the significance of a baby and like self-righteous people...
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    When we add our faith, to the Lord's faith, we don't just get the same faith, we get so *much* more!

    Hi there! I like to think of Paul's faith in the Letters to the Churches, as reflective of the growing faith the Churches have in the Lord. It is not that we come to faith and hold fast to the Lord, and that is all; rather, we come to faith and a bond is formed between His faith and ours. This...
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    God has given me a gift - to know what people do and why - I just had to thank Him openly (here)!

    Hi there, So I've been thinking about my relationship to the Holy Spirit, for some time and I have sort of had a revelation. The revelation is that God has given me a gift, based on strengths he has developed me. Those strengths are that I "resonate" (like empathy but more general) and have...
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    Jesus destroyed the "sin", the Holy Spirit destroys the "guilt" - (God destroys the "disobedience"?)

    Hi there, So just a simple progression: Jesus destroyed the "sin", but the Holy Spirit destroys the "guilt". In other words, Jesus makes our spirit free, but the Holy Spirit makes our spirit strong. We may not be ready to be obedient to God, but the Holy Spirit ensures that our strength is...
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    Weird theology: different parts of your body, can be resurrected at different times - and wait for the body to be resurrected as a whole (at peace?)

    Hi there, So this is just to establish that the "resurrection" is a process. You do not just "snap your fingers" and you are resurrected. Depending on how God has made you, different parts of your body will reach a state where they are alive again, in ways that vary depending on God. The point...
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    At the Great White Throne Judgment, there will be prizes "for the best interpretation of scripture" (seeking the Holy Spirit?)

    Hi there, I suppose you can imagine many prizes, at the Great White Throne Judgment (Revelation). The Lord sort of opened up my mind, to what they would be. There would be a prize "for the best interpretation of scripture", "most lives lead to the Lord", "most people preached to", "most...
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    Revelation 13:12 says "everyone on earth, will be forced to worship the beast", does that mean everyone on earth needs to repent? (refuse to repent?)

    Hi there, So I took a very little interpretation of Revelation 13:12 and I came to the conclusion, that since I am on Earth and at war with the sin in my members (as Paul says in the letters), I am at the very least going to be tempted to worship the beast. Now, I thought about it and thought...
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    When you are at peace, God teaches you about life; but when you are at war, God teaches you about how to be resourceful (balanced?)

    Hi there! So this is a very simple thing, that has helped me relate to God a lot. God does not create for us, circumstances that never change, nor does He force us to live under certain conditions but not others. Now, you might think "God has a path set for me, once He has told me to walk down...
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    Let us be a generation that was familiar with the Lord's presence, with His Glory in God (Australia?)

    Hi there! So every nation is different and those nations that serve (read: are slave to) other nations, must work all the harder to keep their perspective on God. In Australia, I think that means being familiar with the Lord's presence and His Glory before God. The Lord does not boast before...
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    You have to help? My physician is slow, my fellow citizens hate my poverty and my efforts at finding work are a constant struggle

    Hi there, So who wants a pity story, right? The thing is, I am being betrayed on all sides, by bad choices, bad interpretation, bed expectation. I have schizophrenia, which in and of itself is neither good or bad, but interpretation makes it change. The bad choice, is for my physician to say...
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    Praise God! God loved us, before He created us; then once He created us, He made His love constant - power to God!

    Hi there, So yes: God loved us before He created us - loved every detail! He foresaw it all, the good times, the bad, the sin, the repentance and He loved us! Once God created us, He made His Love constant - waited for us to seek Him, to inquire of what He had done! He rejoiced to be tested...
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    Grief comes more easily to the simple of heart; those that trust the Spirit have their share of strife (selah)

    Hi there, So I wanted to focus on something that I didn't actually think I would encounter as a believer. For a long time, I thought the problem with my faith, must be that I backslid; which constantly seemed to drag me back into doubt. Then I realised I was trying to "do faith" on my own, too...
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    "Go big or go home"? The Holy Spirit says no! Go great for God, then share it with the faith! (ready?)

    Hi there! So there is a great opportunity as we head in to the end, for people to do great works for God (Daniel, from memory). What helps this idea, as the Bible says "say Lord willing, we will do this or that" (James? Letters, from memory), is what you will do with the success you get. I...
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    Is the Holy Spirit pleased with the children of God, when they come? (question?)

    Hi there, So Jesus is reported to have said "Will the Son of Man truly find faith on Earth, when He comes?" and I have a similar question. Will the Holy Spirit be pleased with the children of God, when they come? (selah) We are called to be good stewards of our faith, if those that come after...
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    I was struggling with the Dragon and I realised "the attack on my faith cannot be stronger, than the Holy Spirit's presence in me is simple to trust"

    Hi there! So yes, praise God! I was struggling with the Dragon and I realised "the attack on my faith cannot be stronger, than the Holy Spirit's presence in me is simple to trust" - I know, I know "greater is He that is within me, than he that it is in the world" (letters, from memory), but by...
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    If you had faith but backslid, one of the Devil's darts have got through and you are doing nothing about it? (hurt?)

    Hi there, So this is what I would call a clinical diagnosis of backsliding: you had faith, but then a dart of the enemy got through your armor and now you are doing nothing about it. Does that sound about right? The point is that the faith, is simple; it is not the Spirit that separates us...
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    The first Day of Genesis is a slower revolution of Earth - that's how millions of years are accounted for (waiting?)

    Hi there, So this is a fairly simple concept, when you understand it, but it can be difficult to communicate. The idea is this: when God talks about the "morning and the evening" he is talking about a span of time, that He creates. In the beginning, God says "let there be light" - at this point...
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    "If you were really Christian, you wouldn't mind" - how twisted is that?!

    Hi there, So I get that "turning the other cheek" is scripture. But there's nothing in scripture that says you can't ask for turning the other cheek to end. Revelation says the anti-christ goes into perdition, meaning the whole world will be tempted to just keep sinning - as Jesus said "he that...