[SIZE=16pt]Again nothing but your opinion. You have not rebuked anything of my post with anything but your opinion of what you think scripture says.[/SIZE]FHII said:No, Scripture will not contradict what John said, but you don't grasp the full meaning of what he said, nor have you acknowledge ALL that he said. He did say we cannot sin and gain the kingdom, but he also said we all sin and we all have an advocate who takes care of our shortcomings. You continuously deny these facts about the Bible, which you believe we don't need to follow because Jesus personally is teaching you.Ok. Have you deliberately committed sin? I don't mean in your past years, I mean today.
[SIZE=16pt]Jesus proclaimed me clean almost forty years ago, and has kept me clean ever sense. No I do not sin![/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]Again read what John said with a little more attention.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt](1 John 2:1-2) “I am writing this, [/SIZE][SIZE=16pt]my children[/SIZE][SIZE=16pt], to stop you sinning; but if anyone should sin, we have our advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, who is just; he is the sacrifice that takes our sins away, and not only ours, but the whole world’s.”[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]Notice it says an advocate who is just. Justice mean one will get what one deserves if one is good a just judge will reward, and if one is evil he or she will be punished justly.[/SIZE]
I don't have "brave words", I have what the Bible says whether it be the NIV or KJV. You quote the NIV but reject it at the same time. I stand on the written Word and make no apoligies for doing so. You stand on what Jesus told you personally in a dream, or however your received it. I say dream because you mentioned it in another post.
My understanding doesn't contradict the words of John. All of them. That is the Book of John, John I, John II and John III. Furthermore, it doesn't contradict the rest of the Bible. If it does, please show me and I'll humbly correct it. It has happened before, but not too often. I'm not saying John is wrong, I'm saying that what he said is correct. But I look at all of what he said, not just one or two verses which I conviently isolate, like you are doing.
Now, what about your understanding? What proof do you have that it is real? I am ready to go into the rest of the WORD of God, now where do you want to go to prove your understanding is correct?
I try the spirits by the written Word. What do you try them by? "to you, I don't understand any of it."? Fine... Doesn't matter to me what you think. I'm more concerned with if it's right and if God says it's right. I can't go by that little Jesus voice in your head or mine.... I go by "IT IS WRITTEN".
Fail-proof!
[SIZE=16pt]By the way Jesus personally told me he is God, and that the bible was the written Word of God.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]Jesus came in the flesh, died on the cross, and rose on the third day.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]Yes I have tested the spirits. And the proof that I am being taught, and led by God is that the fruits produced are good. Sin is rotten, and those who sin are of the devil, and not God. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]1 John 3:8) “He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work” [/SIZE]