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Gods work is in conviction of sin, repentance is our response.
How could our response be Gods gift, or His work?
God talks about hardening the hearts of people, but does He soften our hearts
or is that our response to His love?
I suspect love dictates it has to be, we who soften and acknowledge our need.
Some never do. It is why Hell exists.
How could our response be Gods gift, or His work?
God talks about hardening the hearts of people, but does He soften our hearts
or is that our response to His love?
I suspect love dictates it has to be, we who soften and acknowledge our need.
Some never do. It is why Hell exists.
Some might say others are cowards for walking away, when that is exactly what Jesus told His disciples to do when they were not well received. God knows the heart. We are to be meek before Him but bold before others as we proclaim the Truth of His Word. How can two walk together if they are not in agreement? Seems pretty simple to me 
Now, finding agreement, that may not be so simple
Now, finding agreement, that may not be so simple 
repentance has to come from the person befor Jesus can enter in
Matthew 3:2
1In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea 2and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” 3This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”…
Means you must repent to recieve Jesus..
Same as the old testiment they had to do this works repentance without the holy spirit indwelled
Matthew 3:2
1In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea 2and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” 3This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”…
Means you must repent to recieve Jesus..
Same as the old testiment they had to do this works repentance without the holy spirit indwelled
All things of ourselves are to be dead, and lived out accordingly. Only the Spirit is to rule our spirit, and we are never to live in the flesh. Thus, emotions, when given by God are to be cherished in relationship toGod's will and purposes, yet even then, not to be loved more than Jesus Himself, but only is support of Him and His will, intentions, and purposes.
You are defending your right to emotions. I am trying to state a fact about how we live our lives thru the spirit, and not to let our emotions or anything from our soulish perspective to be present in our ruling capacity. We have no rights, we have Christ who gives us life. For He is not just life, but He is also the way, the truth, and the life.
This is why the joy of the Lord is our strength and not our gifts. God will give us His joy when we obey Him, yet there are even times He will hold back His joy, to strengthen our resolve in loving Him over His blessings; building our Character. We are, therefore to love the Person of Christ, not just His care-packages.
If emotion is rationalized to be a "God-sent-compass" this is not the Bibles teachings. The Bible teaches us to be restrained within the spirits keeping, otherwise our spiritual experience will have more ebb than flow.Jesus is a river with one direction being headed, and the ocean's returning waters is not His will for our lives. This is why steadfastness, and diligence are marks of a Christians life. To be "slow to speak ...." to "guard our tongues" etc. etc., to let all things that come out of us be in the hands of Our Lord for His will and not our own - is what the Bible teaches.
God's Word does not steal the things He has given us in emotions, nor am I. His Word is clear -He rules them. And God is a God of order and not chaos. "Be anxious about nothing...." Righteous anger, for instance, was never dished out for us to control, it is an intuitive reaction of our spirit to what God controls and is. it is always done in support of love willfully, This is what we are to spiritually hate is sin and its disguises. Our spirit has emotions too, but they of God and never of our flesh or soul.
Off to Church! God bless you all!
You are defending your right to emotions. I am trying to state a fact about how we live our lives thru the spirit, and not to let our emotions or anything from our soulish perspective to be present in our ruling capacity. We have no rights, we have Christ who gives us life. For He is not just life, but He is also the way, the truth, and the life.
This is why the joy of the Lord is our strength and not our gifts. God will give us His joy when we obey Him, yet there are even times He will hold back His joy, to strengthen our resolve in loving Him over His blessings; building our Character. We are, therefore to love the Person of Christ, not just His care-packages.
If emotion is rationalized to be a "God-sent-compass" this is not the Bibles teachings. The Bible teaches us to be restrained within the spirits keeping, otherwise our spiritual experience will have more ebb than flow.Jesus is a river with one direction being headed, and the ocean's returning waters is not His will for our lives. This is why steadfastness, and diligence are marks of a Christians life. To be "slow to speak ...." to "guard our tongues" etc. etc., to let all things that come out of us be in the hands of Our Lord for His will and not our own - is what the Bible teaches.
God's Word does not steal the things He has given us in emotions, nor am I. His Word is clear -He rules them. And God is a God of order and not chaos. "Be anxious about nothing...." Righteous anger, for instance, was never dished out for us to control, it is an intuitive reaction of our spirit to what God controls and is. it is always done in support of love willfully, This is what we are to spiritually hate is sin and its disguises. Our spirit has emotions too, but they of God and never of our flesh or soul.
Off to Church! God bless you all!
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Some might say others are cowards for walking away, when that is exactly what Jesus told His disciples to do when they were not well received. God knows the heart. We are to be meek before Him but bold before others as we proclaim the Truth of His Word. How can two walk together if they are not in agreement? Seems pretty simple to me Now, finding agreement, that may not be so simple
Now, finding agreement, that may not be so simple
One day we will all find out who is right and who is wrong.
One day we will answer for every word we have said.
If we always remembered this, maybe just maybe conversation might be different.
Repentance is from God - He grants it - It is not something that we produce.
All these scriptures show this truth. Acts 5:31 ; Acts 11:18 ; 2 Tim. 2:25
Acts 11:18 (KJV)
[SUP]18 [/SUP] When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
2 Timothy 2:24-25 (NASB)
[SUP]24 [/SUP] The Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged,
[SUP]25 [/SUP] with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,
It is the goodness of God that leads us to repentance. Rom. 2:4
Repentance is not a work that we do by our own will-power or human effort. It's a product of the grace and love of God being manifested to us when we hear of Christ and all that He has done.
All these scriptures show this truth. Acts 5:31 ; Acts 11:18 ; 2 Tim. 2:25
Acts 11:18 (KJV)
[SUP]18 [/SUP] When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
2 Timothy 2:24-25 (NASB)
[SUP]24 [/SUP] The Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged,
[SUP]25 [/SUP] with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,
It is the goodness of God that leads us to repentance. Rom. 2:4
Repentance is not a work that we do by our own will-power or human effort. It's a product of the grace and love of God being manifested to us when we hear of Christ and all that He has done.