You are wise to consider scripture. But who are those who desire in their inward parts to obey God and keep His commandments? Are they not those who truly possess God's Spirit? And who is it that changed our affections? Did we change our hearts? Or is it God Himself who is continually working in us to cause us to love Him and His Word? Do you find your power coming from you or is it God who works in you to produce these things? Has He not told you He will never leave or forsake you? Did He place some stipulation upon this offer?
DID HE NOT DIE FOR YOU?
WILL HE NOW NOT LIVE IN AND FOR YOU?
Has He yet to convince you of His dying and undying love for you? Can He not both command as He wills and will as He commands? How long will we with our lips confess how great is the love of God for us, but live as though it is so shallow?
I don't know why God looked upon me with such mercy and grace; I only know that He has. And I'm not going to make less of that love than God has who has said that He who has begun a good work in me will continue it until the day of Jesus Christ. Others can choose less, but only for themselves.
Brother you for sure belong to Jesus and he’s going to save those who trust in him like you do don’t get me wrong
Im just trying to understand what your saying about all this and offer a biblical point of view
“I don't know why God looked upon me with such mercy and grace; I only know that He has. And I'm not going to make less of that love than God has who has said that He who has begun a good work in me will continue it until the day of Jesus Christ. Others can choose less, but only for themselves”
Choose less by believing what the word says about things ? I’m not sure I get that part.
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You are wise to consider scripture. But 😂 who are those who desire in their inward parts to obey God and keep His commandments? Are they not those who truly possess God's Spirit?
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i don’t know honestly why some people even try to quote scripture here in the Bible discussion forum lol it’s always ignored and swerved around . Like a chicken on the road haha
The people who will believe the gospel when they hear it brother will truly possess gods spirit like this
“While
Peter yet spake these words, ( Peter is preaching the gospel to gentiles )
the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.”
Acts 10:44 KJV
There is no differing degrees or secret codes
the holy ghost is a free gift when we hear the gospel and believe
It’s a free gift up front from God the moment a person believes the gospel
“In whom
ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also
after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,”
Ephesians 1:13 KJV
the thing is that’s our birth
its not the end of it it’s the start a new life in Christ but it’s not the end to receive the spirit
“For
it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and
were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to
renew them again unto repentance;
seeing
they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.”
Hebrews 6:4-6
“This is a
faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that
they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.”
Titus 3:8 KJV
“You are wise to consider scripture.
But” 😂
Yeah that’s my whole belief stay away from things people are saying that the Bible teaches differently about and stick with scripture. The reason I
stick to Scripture for my ideas and beliefs about God and don’t stray is that
those are the words of the spirit all along men spoke by Gods one spirit
“knowing this first, that
no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but
holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.”
2 Peter 1:20-21 KJV
and I want to know what the savior said about salvation so I know and believe
the truth that saves
“and that from a child thou hast known
the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
All
scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that
the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.”
2 Timothy 3:15-17 KJV
We talk about the holy spirit as if he didn’t preach the gospel or give tbe words of God to the prophets he authored the Bible for man to have and know.
The right heart towards god is meant to be what the cross and our response is about of our innocent lord dying in our place suffering so greatly for our sins os to change a condemned sinners heart
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This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And
we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
Dear children,
let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence:”
1 John 3:16, 18-19 NIV
these scriptures aren’t someone’s interpretation like that one…. it’s John stating by the Holy Ghost this is how we know …this is what we should do …dont love with words alone but with your deeds in truth , this is how we know ect
…it’s just information from God like a text book for any subject we need to believe or “ buy into the information “ we’re hearing or our minds arent going to shape around the information we’re learning and begin to understand if we reject the right information well
Never come to the right conclusion it seems
it’s all part of Gods
promise and
process to redeem us through Christ
putting Jesus spirit in us
“Because you are his sons,
God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.””
Galatians 4:6 NIV
As we hear we can either reject what we hear or accept it and let that correct what we thought that wasn’t correct according to scripture then we’ll be in line with Gods “opinions and theories “ about salvstion and can just believe him and follow the spirit of Jesus
“There is therefore now no condemnation to
them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
…For
if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die:
but
if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”
Romans 8:1, 13 KJV
we can let it change our mind about God as we’re able to learn from Jesus because we’ve received his spirit and he’s in us from the start working in believers to change thier stubborn minds and hearts
the gospel will
change our mind about God , ourselves , sin , righteousness , mercy and life and death but only if we’ll accept it and believe that Jesus knows about those things better then we could
“So then
faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
the word of God.”
Romans 10:17 KJV
maybe we have a fundamental difference dear brother I really do believe we should build our faith from scripture and. Ot oart from tbier things but rather begin to apply them in our own lives and
see if his promises of obedience are true