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Terry:
a lot of children when they are very small learn that if they don't do this or that, or if they do this or that the Boogie Man will get them, as they get older its not the Boogie Man but the Devil that will get them, if we are taught something long enough we will believe it,Only God can deliver us from such teaching.
Terry
Astrapho:
--- Quote ---But someone testifying that Christ spoke to them and told them that He'd never create such a god-forsaken place, and that He really does love everyone... well, to the carnal-minded man, that's just boring...
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Amen to that...
Not to mention that the hell believers will be all over that guy! :o
daywalker:
--- Quote from: Astrapho on July 07, 2009, 12:43:17 PM ---
--- Quote ---But someone testifying that Christ spoke to them and told them that He'd never create such a god-forsaken place, and that He really does love everyone... well, to the carnal-minded man, that's just boring...
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Amen to that...
Not to mention that the hell believers will be all over that guy! :o
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Yeppers! Ironically, they'd crucify him [or her] just as quickly as the Jews crucified their God, Jesus.
TheRysta,
You need to slow down and take a few breaths, my friend. You are eager for answers, and that is very good. These desires of yours to understand all the Truths of God are, in fact, from God Himself. And He will give you your answers in HIS time. For now, your focus should be on living the Godly life. Put what you've already learned into action. Then as you walk with Christ, He will reveal more and more to you... a precept here... a precept there... here a little... there a little.
"And since everybody's 'Holy Spirit's can't seem to come to any logical consensus around the world, can you even trust the one in your own head?"[/b]
Nobody has the "Holy Spirit" unless God put it inside them. Clearly, the world HAS NOT the Holy Spirit, as they "can't seem to come to any logical consensus". The world is lost; if you're looking for answers OUT THERE, then you will continue to be lost,
..."for lo! the kingdom of God is inside of you."--Luke 17:21.
And that is, of course, IF God put it there.
"For it is GOD which works in you both to WILL and to DO of His Good Pleasure--Phil 2:13
It seems as though you're expecting one day for everything to just *click*.. and then *boom* suddenly you have all the Wisdom of the Almighty. [don't we all ???] Well, it doesn't happen like that.
Isa 28:10 For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.
13 Therefore the word of the LORD will be to them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
We ALL must be BROKEN before God can REPAIR us, and reveal to us all His Sacred Secrets.
Psalms 34:18 The LORD is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
In God's Time, my friend,
Daywalker. 8)
TheRysta:
Thank you all for your input. ;D
As I gather from Marlene's posts the Holy Spirit works on people in different ways, as we all have different egos and different things about us which need correcting. It's odd because you act as if whenever a sin is revealed to you you feel ashamed. I am fully aware that I am a sinner, but I don't feel ashamed, nor do I feel proud. I am by nature quite a shameless person so I find it hard to comprehend what it is to other people... but if you're okay with it and you feel it leads to improvement then I have no quarrel. It's even made me think. Perhaps, with certain people, the Holy Spirit can be so desperate to change them that they could give them a vision of hell? That seems very extreme, but it could happen I guess.
@ Daywalker: Human lust for horror sickens me, but where are these testimonies? Even if I had just ONE it would make the difference.
It's funny. I have never had any experience of the Spirit. Or at least no obvious experience. I have ASD which gives me a very hightened sense of self and ego, so it's no wonder. However, I would never ever deny it. That's not out of fear, it's out of the evidence I see. It's like a knowledge of something I just haven't experienced. We can't prove God or Jesus but I would never lose faith in the Spirit. If only it knew me.
- Ryan
Kat:
Hi Ryan,
You seem to want a vision/sign, but what did Jesus say about those seeking a sign...
Luke 11:29 When the crowds were increasing, He began to say, "This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
--- Quote ---Perhaps, with certain people, the Holy Spirit can be so desperate to change them that they could give them a vision of hell? That seems very extreme, but it could happen I guess.
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So you think that God gets desperate? When you consider that God is sovereign and that He is in control of everything, why would He be desperate to change people? There is a reason why people believe in something that is not real (hell), the explanation is in Scripture.
2Th 2:11 Therefore God sends upon them a strong delusion, to make them believe what is false,
v. 12 so that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
This age is blinded to the truth (except for a very few) and it is intended to be that way.
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, the old serpent called Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil.
When God is ready, He can remove this blindness in an instant, remember Saul/Paul.
Act 9:3 As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven.
v.4 Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"
v. 5 And he said, "Who are You, Lord?"
Then the Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads."
v. 6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?"
After this Paul served the Lord for the rest of His life.
mercy, peace and love
Kat
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