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Free Will & The Beast

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Martinez:
The beast likes to try and convince us that he will make it into the kingdom of heaven intact, and that by his own works, but tribulation and the lake of fire are raw beast killing power!

Chris R:
Hi,

For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.[Heb 4:12]

"like" a two edged sword, Or  "sharper" than a two edged sword...able to "spiritually" cut thoughts and intents of the heart.

Why a two edged sword?...i'm not sure.

Chris R

joyful1:
  :) Hi Chris--
I don't know if this helps, but my understanding is that "two edged swords" were meant to be used only in battle....when a soldier was in the thick of it, he could swing the sword back and forth and kill more opponents that way. So in "getting the job done" the 2-edged sword was considered the implement of choice.

Also; from a spiritual perspective....."the power of life and death" is in the TONGUE....which has 2 sides to it, right? But we want to become skillful and mature before we start swinging that sword....so HARD to tame it!

anyway...cheers!
Joyce :)

Deborah-Leigh:
Hi Chris R

Heb 4 : 12 For the word of God is living and powerfully working....

One side of the Sword....living 8)

The other side....powerfully working. :D

A Concordance word search on living shows a dazzling perspective of one side of this Sword of the Word.

Hi Joyful1...not an incorrect observation either!  8)

Peace to you

Arcturus :)

Martinez:
My understanding it a two edge sword has to edges.

In this case it's one edge for the carnal and one edge for the spiritual.

It's what Ray says about the Charlie Brown strips where there is two stories, one for the children and one for the adults.

Two edge sword!

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