HI jER... I just
LOVED that! Thank you, will be copying it.
And thanks Darren, especially for Proverbs 3: 5-8 and your sentiments on spiritual truths and how they might relate to this forum. I agree that:
How then can a spiritually enlightened person be at all rough or hard on these folks, for they know not what they do, for they are working only with what they have been given. (Just as we all are)
Thanks v v much for the reminders of Romans 12: 3 and Gal 5: 15; They are good reminders to us all.
We must NEVER forget, that these very same ones should and WILL know us by our Measure of Spirit; for take away that which has been freely given us (Not Earned!) we are no different than anyone else.
Agreed. Here are some supportive verses:
2Chr 1: 12a Wisdom and knowledge is GRANTED unto thee;
John 6: 29 Jesus answered and said to them, "
THIS IS THE WORK OF GOD,
that you may be believing in that One Whom He commissions."
[CLNT]John 16: 13 Yet whenever that may be coming --
the spirit of truth --it
WILL BE GUIDING YOU into all the truth, for it will not be speaking from itself, but whatsoever it should be hearing will it be speaking, and of what is coming will it be informing you.
John 3: 27-28 John answered and said,
A man can receive NOTHING,
except it be given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
Phil 3: 14-15 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect [mature], be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded,
GOD SHALL REVEAL even this unto you.
1John 5: 20 And we know that
the Son of God is come, and
HATH GIVEN US AN UNDERSTANDING,
that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Matt 13: 11 He answered and said unto them, Because
IT IS GIVEN UNTO YOU to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven,
but to them it is not given.
Eph 1: 17 that the
GOD of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,
MAY GIVE TO YOU the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
1Cor 2: 10-11 But
GOD HATH REVEALED THEM UNTO US by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so
the things of God knoweth no man,
but the Spirit of God.
2Tim 2: 7 Consider what I say; and
THE LORD GIVE THEE UNDERSTANDING in all things.
1Cor 1: 5 That
in every thing ye are enriched by him,
in all utterance,
and in all knowledge.Col 2: 19b Christ makes the whole body grow as God wants it to, through support and unity given by the joints and ligaments.
[God’s Word Translation]Phil 3: 14-15 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded,
GOD SHALL REVEAL even THIS UNTO YOU..
2Thes 3: 5 And
THE LORD DIRECT YOUR HEARTS into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
2Pet 3: 15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also
according to the wisdom GIVEN UNTO HIM hath written unto you;
2Thes 3: 3 Yet faithful is
THE LORD , Who
WILL BE ESTABLISHING YOU and guarding you from the wicked one.
[CLNT]2Cor 3: 4-5 Now such is the confidence we have through Christ toward God (not that we are competent of ourselves, to reckon anything as of ourselves, but
OUR COMPETENCY IS OF GOD),
[CLNT]Col 1: 12 at the same time giving thanks to
THE FATHER, Who
MAKES YOU COMPETENT for a part of the allotment of the saints, in light,
[CLNT]James 1: 18 Of His own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
1Cor 4: 7 For who maketh thee to differ from another?
and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
2Cor 3: 2-3 You are our letter, engraven in our hearts, known and read by all men for
you are manifesting a letter of Christ, dispensed by us, and
engraven,
not with ink,
but with the spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets, but on the fleshy tablets of the heart. [CLNT]
Job 32: 8 But there is a spirit in man: and
the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
WHY DO WE NEED HIS SPIRIT??Phil 2: 21 For all seek their own,
not the things which are Jesus Christ's.
AND WITHOUT HIS SPIRIT WE WOULD BE/THEY ARE:2Tim 3: 7a Ever learning,
and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
VIEWPOINT FROM RAY:All of God's gifts of spiritual discernment, wisdom, knowledge, understanding, etc., start small and grow. Being "born again" does not make us spiritually mature adults in an instant of time. We grow in grace and knowledge and we mature in the spiritual things of God. I know and understand more today than I did even yesterday. Faith itself increases by the reading of God's Word--a process that takes time.
God will give His Holy Spirit to those whom He has called and chosen. There are no physical formulas now that we know Christ no more after the flesh, we are COMPLETE IN HIM, which certainly includes His Holy Spirit.I like his part about
START SMALL AND GROW...
A PROCESS THAT TAKES TIME... If I have ever been judgmental or harsh on this forum, I certainly repent of it and will be cautious about it in the future. Thanks a lot Darren for a refreshing viewpoint!
In His joy,
Janice
HI MG~ Just saw your post after I posted
AND I LOVE IT!