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I believe if we develop a true relationship with Christ we will automatically want to please him without having to follow a list of dos and don'ts. Kind of I there is someone you are really close to you don't want to hurt them in anyway so you try to do your best to please them by doing whats right.
L
It is still a list of dos and don'ts even if you obey the list willingly. "I love You, so I will do this." "I love You, so I don't do this." In order to please someone you have to know what that someone does want you to do and does not want you to do. You have to know what that person does like and what that person does not like.
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So listen to the Holy Spirit. Volunteering at a soup kitchen is good and may please God that you were thinking for God and acting on it but just like David's goodwill to build God a nice house (temple), it wasn't what God wanted him to do. But rather than listening to the Holy Spirit to guide you to do good, you are saying that God wants you to follow a list of items. I think that if you listen to the Holy Spirit, eventually, you will find that you are following most of the items on that list but it is not necessarily because that your following of every item on the list will automatically please God. It's goodwill but it may not be the way he wants you to follow. Who knows? Maybe he wants you to follow one very very specific law in a way that you never could've imagined possible rather than to follow them as you are currently interpreting them! So rather than to attempt to do every item on the list, I think I will stick with the view to know the signposts and to keep an open ear as I listen and let the Spirit work within me.
L
You have to know what God approves of and disapproves of before you can try listening to what He has to say. If you do not know what His desires are, then how do you know the voice in your head is the holy spirit? You have nothing to back it up by. You must study the Bible and know who you are serving before you can try stepping outside the Bible and listening for the holy spirit.
Any way you slice it, there is a list of dos and don'ts. You have to know what they are so that you will not be deceived. If I never read the Bible and did not know what God does and does not approve of, how would I know if the voice telling me to do this or that was the voice of God, my own voice, or the voice of Satan? I wouldn't.
The bible says to study to show yourself approved.
Any way you slice it, there is a list of dos and don'ts. You have to know what they are so that you will not be deceived. If I never read the Bible and did not know what God does and does not approve of, how would I know if the voice telling me to do this or that was the voice of God, my own voice, or the voice of Satan? I wouldn't.
The bible says to study to show yourself approved.
L
So, the Bible is unnecessary then? I mean, if we can simply hear His voice without ever studying His word, why even keep the book? Complete waste of space.
The thing about sheep is that they have to spend time with the shephard before they can recognize his voice (imagine that). Likewise, we have to spend time in the word of God before we can recognize His voice.
The thing about sheep is that they have to spend time with the shephard before they can recognize his voice (imagine that). Likewise, we have to spend time in the word of God before we can recognize His voice.
M
Being a follower of Christ is not a religion, it's a reality. The word religion should not even exist if not for the broad path of endless lies that satan himself gave to man. Watchman and Christians would only water down the Christian experience by defining their relationship with Christ with the countless other lies, for their is only ONE Truth.
Spot on Watchman
Spot on Watchman
It is funny because you are the one that does not get it. If someone truly has a relationship with there Lord and Savior then it is no longer religion, but a relationship. True Christianity is no more a religion than a marriage or a life long friendship. Christianity is only a religion when it is all about your religious beliefs, and nothing to do with your heart. Do you get it? I hope on day you will.
M
The religion of Christianity is the relationship between Christ and man, and all that that entails. Just because it is relational does not mean it is not religion.
My religious beliefs are that of the Christian religion, which incidently does involve the heart; the two concepts are not mutually exclusive.
I hope one day you will get it.
My religious beliefs are that of the Christian religion, which incidently does involve the heart; the two concepts are not mutually exclusive.
I hope one day you will get it.
well if we look at the definition of religion it is:
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted
a look at relationship :
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship
i think it is a bit of both
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted
a look at relationship :
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship
i think it is a bit of both
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