MAN has taught us many lies.
If you do not LET GOD BE INSIDE OF YOU, then you are going to have CALL OUT to Him ("pray to" Him).....this is logical....oh yes it is).
Most of what Jesus said 2,000 years ago was said to OTHER PEOPLE (this is COMMON SENSE LOGIC).....oh yes it is.
We should make distinctions about what is relevant to us and our devotions today. The "doctrine of Christ" (Christ and Him crucified) is the ONLY doctrine that we should be concerned with.
The "doctrine"/teaching about what Jesus did has been DONE/accomplished. Our relationship devotion should no longer depend on what has been "DONE"/finalized. We should MOVE ON (go "ahead") to a "more excellent" devotion (1 Corinthians 12:31) that is based on "the greatest of these" (1 Corinthians 13:13).
MAN has taught us ONLY "milk", and has not taught "SOLID FOOD" (many ministers don't truly care about our soul, they just NEED our money in the collection plate).
"MAN" (the 6th day creation) wants to play the role of FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT (3 sixes),.....THAT is the 666 stumbling block.....("it is a human number", Revelation 13:18 in the RSV).
"I will answer him MYSELF" (Ezekiel 14:4)...THAT is the reason for the ever-present "strong delusion",....NO, the strong delusion is NOT a FUTURE event.
666 is not the number of a 'seventh day creation' (a new creation,,,,"living, breathing, soul" like Adam before the fall in the Garden of Eden), it is the number of a "sixth day creation (fallen man). God wants to "RESTORE" us to be a "living, breathing, soul".
God does not want to be our "master", He wants to be "ABBA FATHER" to us so we can be SONS OF HIS.
"lover of goodness, master of himself" (Titus 1:8).
Do you have the courage and strength of heart to leave the 'status quo' of what has always been taught by man?. Only if you forsake man and his ways will you be able to understand the "DEPTHS of God" (1 Corinthians 2:10), then you can have "eyes to see".
Become a "living, breathing, soul" that loves GOD ONLY for DIVINE spirituality and goodness. Mankind seeks to glorify itself for what is divine. Do not have a "corban" devotion, give God what is rightfully HIS (ALL of the GLORY).
God will help you find the 'God seed' that is inside of you (if you decide to "MOVE ON" to "solid food"),....and when you find it, the "anointing" will occur (then you will understand more of what HE DECIDES you should know.....IF and WHEN He decides that you should know).
Hebrews 6:1
"Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God".
I have faith in the laws of physics, but I don't love them. No longer only believe that He exists (faith "TOWARD" God), but also have faith that He is KIND/LOVING.
Romans 1:17 "FAITH FOR faith".................................Hebrews 11:6 "AND that He is a REWARDER".....(not a punisher, "PERFECT LOVE casts out fear").
Why be afraid of satan?.....If His spirit is INSIDE OF YOU, then the combination of His Spirit and your spirit will repel satan (satan has no HOLD on a righteous man...can only TEMPT).
2 Thessalonians 2:6 "And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time".
The "word" became FLESH, not 'TEXT'.....
Acts 13:48 "they were glad and glorified the word of God".
Colossians 1:5 "the word of the truth, the gospel of salvation".
God will show you that Peter the denier made the wrong choice at the "Incident at Antioch"....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incident_at_Antioch
Acts 11:26 happened around 50 A.D. (17 years after the crucifixion). The Jews that had come to Christ no longer wanted to be MEMBERS OF "the Way", Acts 9:2 and 19:9.
You will understand why Jesus said to Peter "you are not on the side of God" (Matthew 23:18).
Do you want to be a SON of His?.....then He must be "FATHER" to you.
Romans 8:15
"For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry, "Abba! Father!"
Deuteronomy 32:8 "separated the sons of MEN".
Psalm 53:2 "that seek after God".
John 14:6......."I am the way, the truth, and the life" (ETERNAL life).
"it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God" (Romans 8:16).
All verses are from the RSV.
CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION on the previous post.
....................."Why be afraid of satan? (I should have made the next word the beginning of a new paragraph.....like this)
.....If GOD'S (should have clarified this gramatically) spirit is INSIDE OF YOU, then the combination of His Spirit and your spirit will repel satan (satan has no HOLD on a righteous man...can only TEMPT).