Valley of Decision.... It's time to make a choice!

[CharliRenee]

When a crisis hits that forces us to consider if God exists or if we are saved, we are in the "valley of decision"......

Joel 3:14 King James Version (KJV)
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

So, what is the “valley of decision”? It’s the fork in the road, the place where you can’t go on without making a choice. Which way to go…….which path to choose… Life or Death.

Deuteronomy 30:19 King James Version (KJV)
19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

God's Will is that we would choose Life which is filled with blessings. He wants us to be with Him now on the Earth and in all eternity. God loves us!

Our sin separates us from God. He could have just annihilated us, but instead He chose to save us. He chose to give us Life, not Death. Now, God wants us to also choose Life, not Death.

On purpose, God gave us a choice because He doesn't want robots, He wants us to choose to love Him, to choose to know Him, to choose to be with Him. We don't have to wait till we die and go to heaven to be with God, we can be with Him now, on the Earth.

Yeshua/Jesus had to come to take away our sin so that we could receive the Gift of Eternal Life and be reconciled to the Father just because He loves us and wants to enjoy fellowship with us now on the Earth and in eternity.

By receiving the Body of Yeshua/Jesus, we receive the Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.
By receiving the Blood of Yeshua/Jesus, we receive total forgiveness and penalty paid in full for all our sins.

The Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus is the Human Fulfillment of the Law of Moses. While on the Earth, Yeshua/Jesus fulfilled all of the Human Law of Moses in His Body - every good work and obedience to the Law of Moses was recorded and fulfilled in the Body of Yeshua/Jesus, as well as all that the Prophets had written about Him.

On the Mount of Transfiguration Yeshua/Jesus was examined by Moses and Elijah - the Law and the Prophets. He was transfigured because He passed His examination - He had fulfilled all the "works" of righteousness for us.

Now, He was ready to go to the Cross where He would pour out His Blood and give His Life for us so that we would be able to choose Life. His Blood was examined and accepted by the Father. We know this because He rose from the dead, alive forevermore - the firstborn of many brethren. Yeshua/Jesus Christ offers us His Body and Blood, He offers us Life, if we reject Christ, then we have chosen Death.

Yeshua/Jesus Christ is the ONLY SAVIOR for us, there is NO OTHER. Don't play with or gamble the Gift of Eternal Life that the Father offers you. Death is real. There is a Lake of Fire that awaits those that choose the path of Death, by rejecting Yeshua/Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

After we make our decision with ALL our heart and choose Life by receiving Yeshua/Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we are "sealed" with the Holy Spirit immediately and marked as God's possession.

However, the "baptism" and "continually being filled" with the Holy Spirit is a Gift from the Father - just as He gave us the Gift of His Son - He gives us the Gift of the Holy Spirit which empowers us to live this new life in Christ that has been given us.

After we are "sealed" with the Holy Spirit, God wants to "baptize" us with the Holy Spirit. Our body is to be the Temple of the Holy Spirit - to be indwelt with the Holy Spirit. This is Emanuel - God with us on the Earth.

The "baptism" with the Holy Spirit is when God first fills you with His Holy Spirit. To help understand this, Solomon built the first Temple in Jerusalem and after the priests had placed the Ark in the Holy of Holies and left the temple, the Glory Cloud (Holy Spirit) filled the temple.

1 Kings 8:10-11 New International Version (NIV)
10 When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the temple of the Lord. 11 And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled his temple.

The same happens to us - it's phenomenal! Absolutely a joyous time! You'll know when it happens.

After we are saved with the Body and Blood of Yeshua/Jesus, sealed with the Holy Spirit and baptized in water.......

How do we get baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit?

Simply ask the Father and the Lord Yeshua/Jesus Christ, "Father, Lord Jesus, I receive Your Gift of the Holy Spirit, baptize and fill me. Indwell me with Your Holy Spirit, I want to live with You on the Earth now and for all eternity. I choose Life. Your Gift of Eternal Life in me. Thank You, Father, in the Name of Yeshua/Jesus, amen."

The Holy Spirit dwells within us and with us on the Earth - just as Yeshua/Jesus was with His disciples on the Earth. The Holy Spirit will teach us, guide us, counsel us, comfort us, instruct us, correct us, empower us to be an effective witness of Yeshua/Jesus, and always be with us.

After the "baptism" of the Holy Spirit, the scriptures open up so beautifully to us and the things of God begin to make sense, we receive understanding and our love for God and His Ways increases tremendously.

However, loving God is ALWAYS a choice. He never takes the "choice" away from us. Every day if we do not choose God, then our flesh gets stronger and we backslide. It's very important to stay "filled" with the Holy Spirit. We do this by reading and meditating on God's Word, praying, singing songs in our hearts to God, fellow-shipping with other believers, etc.

Our flesh grieves the Holy Spirit. We need to learn to walk by the Spirit so we do not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. It's a choice..... just keep choosing Life!

Permission to pay this forward...

 

[MattforJesus]

When a crisis hits that forces us to consider if God exists or if we are saved, we are in the "valley of decision"......

Joel 3:14 King James Version (KJV)
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

So, what is the “valley of decision”? It’s the fork in the road, the place where you can’t go on without making a choice. Which way to go…….which path to choose… Life or Death.

While everybody has a decision to choose salvation or not, and this scripture it kind of relating to that, this scripture has to do with the future from now when the nations come together as one and try to establish peace on earth, for then everybody has a decision to make to either stay with God, get with God, or follow the world.

Paul said when the nations come together and say peace and safety the saints will not be deceived by that but know it is not of God.

And Jesus will deliver the saints from the temptation that shall come upon the whole world to try them that dwell on earth, which there can only be one temptation that can tempt everybody at the same time which is in the future when the nations come together as one, the governments.

The world will say they have the ability to achieve peace on earth, and the world will drift farther away from a personal God, and eventually the time will come they will not want to hear the word of God in the truth but according to the new age movement who interprets all religions the same, evolution, and they are still evolving to be greater and spiritual provided by the New Age Christ in the future.

 

[G2RBeliever]

James 4:7-10 Submit yourselves therefore unto God. Resist the devil,and he will flee from you.
Draw nigh unto God,and He will draw nigh unto you. Cleanse your hands,ye,sinners; and purify your hearts,ye double minded.
Be afflicted and mourn,and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning,and your joy be heaviness.
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,AND HE SHALL LIFT YOU UP.

Valley of decision....it's time to make a choice
Submit
Resist
Draw nigh
Cleanse
Purify
Be sorrowful
Humble yourselves!

Today is your salvation nearer than when we began!

Create in me a clean heart and a right spirit!

Forgiveness comes at repentance through the Holy Ghost conviction!

....as for me and my house we will serve the Lord!
2 Corinthians 1:6,
2 Corinthians 6:2,
Psalm 51:10,
Epheasians 1:13,
John 6:63,
Joshua24:15

 

[Jackson123]

You believe because you are saved. You are not saved because you believe.

Bible say whosoever believe Will be save

John 3:16 King James Version (KJV)
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

 

[massorite]

When a crisis hits that forces us to consider if God exists or if we are saved, we are in the "valley of decision"......

Joel 3:14 King James Version (KJV)
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

So, what is the “valley of decision”? It’s the fork in the road, the place where you can’t go on without making a choice. Which way to go…….which path to choose… Life or Death.

Deuteronomy 30:19 King James Version (KJV)
19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

God's Will is that we would choose Life which is filled with blessings. He wants us to be with Him now on the Earth and in all eternity. God loves us!

Our sin separates us from God. He could have just annihilated us, but instead He chose to save us. He chose to give us Life, not Death. Now, God wants us to also choose Life, not Death.

On purpose, God gave us a choice because He doesn't want robots, He wants us to choose to love Him, to choose to know Him, to choose to be with Him. We don't have to wait till we die and go to heaven to be with God, we can be with Him now, on the Earth.

Yeshua/Jesus had to come to take away our sin so that we could receive the Gift of Eternal Life and be reconciled to the Father just because He loves us and wants to enjoy fellowship with us now on the Earth and in eternity.

By receiving the Body of Yeshua/Jesus, we receive the Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.
By receiving the Blood of Yeshua/Jesus, we receive total forgiveness and penalty paid in full for all our sins.

The Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus is the Human Fulfillment of the Law of Moses. While on the Earth, Yeshua/Jesus fulfilled all of the Human Law of Moses in His Body - every good work and obedience to the Law of Moses was recorded and fulfilled in the Body of Yeshua/Jesus, as well as all that the Prophets had written about Him.

On the Mount of Transfiguration Yeshua/Jesus was examined by Moses and Elijah - the Law and the Prophets. He was transfigured because He passed His examination - He had fulfilled all the "works" of righteousness for us.

Now, He was ready to go to the Cross where He would pour out His Blood and give His Life for us so that we would be able to choose Life. His Blood was examined and accepted by the Father. We know this because He rose from the dead, alive forevermore - the firstborn of many brethren. Yeshua/Jesus Christ offers us His Body and Blood, He offers us Life, if we reject Christ, then we have chosen Death.

Yeshua/Jesus Christ is the ONLY SAVIOR for us, there is NO OTHER. Don't play with or gamble the Gift of Eternal Life that the Father offers you. Death is real. There is a Lake of Fire that awaits those that choose the path of Death, by rejecting Yeshua/Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

After we make our decision with ALL our heart and choose Life by receiving Yeshua/Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we are "sealed" with the Holy Spirit immediately and marked as God's possession.

However, the "baptism" and "continually being filled" with the Holy Spirit is a Gift from the Father - just as He gave us the Gift of His Son - He gives us the Gift of the Holy Spirit which empowers us to live this new life in Christ that has been given us.

After we are "sealed" with the Holy Spirit, God wants to "baptize" us with the Holy Spirit. Our body is to be the Temple of the Holy Spirit - to be indwelt with the Holy Spirit. This is Emanuel - God with us on the Earth.

The "baptism" with the Holy Spirit is when God first fills you with His Holy Spirit. To help understand this, Solomon built the first Temple in Jerusalem and after the priests had placed the Ark in the Holy of Holies and left the temple, the Glory Cloud (Holy Spirit) filled the temple.

1 Kings 8:10-11 New International Version (NIV)
10 When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the temple of the Lord. 11 And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled his temple.

The same happens to us - it's phenomenal! Absolutely a joyous time! You'll know when it happens.

After we are saved with the Body and Blood of Yeshua/Jesus, sealed with the Holy Spirit and baptized in water.......

How do we get baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit?

Simply ask the Father and the Lord Yeshua/Jesus Christ, "Father, Lord Jesus, I receive Your Gift of the Holy Spirit, baptize and fill me. Indwell me with Your Holy Spirit, I want to live with You on the Earth now and for all eternity. I choose Life. Your Gift of Eternal Life in me. Thank You, Father, in the Name of Yeshua/Jesus, amen."

The Holy Spirit dwells within us and with us on the Earth - just as Yeshua/Jesus was with His disciples on the Earth. The Holy Spirit will teach us, guide us, counsel us, comfort us, instruct us, correct us, empower us to be an effective witness of Yeshua/Jesus, and always be with us.

After the "baptism" of the Holy Spirit, the scriptures open up so beautifully to us and the things of God begin to make sense, we receive understanding and our love for God and His Ways increases tremendously.

However, loving God is ALWAYS a choice. He never takes the "choice" away from us. Every day if we do not choose God, then our flesh gets stronger and we backslide. It's very important to stay "filled" with the Holy Spirit. We do this by reading and meditating on God's Word, praying, singing songs in our hearts to God, fellow-shipping with other believers, etc.

Our flesh grieves the Holy Spirit. We need to learn to walk by the Spirit so we do not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. It's a choice..... just keep choosing Life!

I didn't doubt God for a second. It is what it is. But God is in control and His will be done.

 

[iamsoandso]

I didn't doubt God for a second. It is what it is. But God is in control and His will be done.

Indeed at birth we knew little but in old age see that Gods will is best in the end what so ever we perceived it as at first.

 

[Lafftur]

I think Jesus said whoever believes has eternal life. So you are already saved if you believe enough to make a decision. The problem is, you end up trusting your decision instead of Christ who gave you the faith to make the decision. It's like baptism. You were already saved or you would not have believed enough to get baptized.

Billy Graham preached this sort of thing. But those who went forward to decide already were saved or they would not have believed enough to go forward. Trust in Christ, not in your decision.

The Spirit will bear witness to us. We will know we are saved and joint heirs with Christ.

We’re not trusting in our decision, all our faith and confidence is in Christ alone.


For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Romans 8:14-17 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Romans 8:14-17&version=KJV

 

[Lafftur]

More CALVINISTIC NONSENSE. So any Christian who is a non-Calvinist is trusting in their faith rather than Christ. What total nonsense. And of course Dave-L had to neither repent nor believe. He was just somehow magically saved.

No need to attack denominations, just lift up Yeshua/Jesus.

 

[Lafftur]

You believe because you are saved. You are not saved because you believe.

We are saved because God revealed to us by the Holy Spirit that the Blood and Body of Yeshua/Jesus saves us and reconciles us back to our Father in Heaven.

The Truth that God reveals to us is Faith. It is Truth given to us directly from God, not man or human reasoning. Immediately, when God imparts His Truth into our spirit we know it is TRUE and we believe and rejoice because we love the Truth - it FREES us!!!!

Hallelujah!!! His Truth sets us free!

 

[Lafftur]

Don't you have to believe in Jesus before you are saved? I don't understand what your point is.

Yes, believing unlocks the door and love for the Truth opens the door of your heart and you embrace your Savior and Lord - Yeshua/Jesus.

You are saved, you are His.

 

[Lafftur]

Where do you get that Moses and Elijah examined Jesus?

When I read scripture, I ask the Holy Spirit questions a lot.

One day, I was reading and came upon the story of Yeshua/Jesus being transfigured while He was speaking with Moses and Elijah.

I had a “Selah” moment - pause and think about that, or ponder what you just read........that’s when I know the Holy Spirit wants to teach me or tell me something.

So, I asked, “Why Moses and Elijah? Why not Abraham and David?”

Then, the Holy Spirit opens scriptures and shows me how Yeshua/Jesus was circumcised on the 8th day, about His Father’s business at the age of 12 and water baptized in the Jordan preaching in the temple, sitting captives free, giving sight to the blind......He did EVERYTHING that the Father required a “human” to do to fulfill the Law and EVERYTHING that the prophets had written about the Messiah- The Christ.

Before He could go to the Cross, He had to be examined by the Law and the Prophets because God was “preparing a body” to sacrifice for us - His perfect Lamb.


Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Hebrews 10:5-10 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Hebrews 10:5-10&version=KJV

 

[Lafftur]

While everybody has a decision to choose salvation or not, and this scripture it kind of relating to that, this scripture has to do with the future from now when the nations come together as one and try to establish peace on earth, for then everybody has a decision to make to either stay with God, get with God, or follow the world.

Paul said when the nations come together and say peace and safety the saints will not be deceived by that but know it is not of God.

And Jesus will deliver the saints from the temptation that shall come upon the whole world to try them that dwell on earth, which there can only be one temptation that can tempt everybody at the same time which is in the future when the nations come together as one, the governments.

The world will say they have the ability to achieve peace on earth, and the world will drift farther away from a personal God, and eventually the time will come they will not want to hear the word of God in the truth but according to the new age movement who interprets all religions the same, evolution, and they are still evolving to be greater and spiritual provided by the New Age Christ in the future.

Perhaps, but MEANWHILE on planet Earth........

when a crisis hits that rattles and shakes everyone globally..... God is sticking a fork in everybody’s road and desiring us to make a decision, a choice........

 

[Lafftur]

Valley of decision....it's time to make a choice
Submit
Resist
Draw nigh
Cleanse
Purify
Be sorrowful
Humble yourselves!

Today is your salvation nearer than when we began!

Create in me a clean heart and a right spirit!

Forgiveness comes at repentance through the Holy Ghost conviction!

....as for me and my house we will serve the Lord!
2 Corinthians 1:6,
2 Corinthians 6:2,
Psalm 51:10,
Epheasians 1:13,
John 6:63,
Joshua24:15

This is all great, but please don’t forget about......

How MUCH God LOVES us! Just keep it simple....... it’s a love relationship that truly does last forever......

God wants us to choose Life with Him.

 

[G2RBeliever]

Galatians2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I,but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,who loved me and gave Himself for me.
1JOHN 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God,because He laid down His life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethern.
John 3:16
Ephesians 6:24 Grace be with ALL THEM that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

 

[Dave-L]

IF one does not believe Christ is who He says He is, we can not be saved. We MUST believe to respond to His call, and when we respond, we are saved.

Faith is a fruit of the Holy Spirit you must have before you can believe.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,” Galatians 5:22 (KJV 1900)

 

[Dave-L]

Don't you have to believe in Jesus before you are saved? I don't understand what your point is.

Whoever believes will be saved is a trait of those whom God saves. It is not a condition people must meet in the flesh before God will save them. The flesh cannot believe. Faith is a fruit of the Holy Spirit.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,” Galatians 5:22 (KJV 1900)

 

[lightbearer]

When a crisis hits that forces us to consider if God exists or if we are saved, we are in the "valley of decision"......

Joel 3:14 King James Version (KJV)
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

So, what is the “valley of decision”? It’s the fork in the road, the place where you can’t go on without making a choice. Which way to go…….which path to choose… Life or Death.

Deuteronomy 30:19 King James Version (KJV)
19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

God's Will is that we would choose Life which is filled with blessings. He wants us to be with Him now on the Earth and in all eternity. God loves us!

Our sin separates us from God. He could have just annihilated us, but instead He chose to save us. He chose to give us Life, not Death. Now, God wants us to also choose Life, not Death.

On purpose, God gave us a choice because He doesn't want robots, He wants us to choose to love Him, to choose to know Him, to choose to be with Him. We don't have to wait till we die and go to heaven to be with God, we can be with Him now, on the Earth.

Yeshua/Jesus had to come to take away our sin so that we could receive the Gift of Eternal Life and be reconciled to the Father just because He loves us and wants to enjoy fellowship with us now on the Earth and in eternity.

By receiving the Body of Yeshua/Jesus, we receive the Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.
By receiving the Blood of Yeshua/Jesus, we receive total forgiveness and penalty paid in full for all our sins.

The Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus is the Human Fulfillment of the Law of Moses. While on the Earth, Yeshua/Jesus fulfilled all of the Human Law of Moses in His Body - every good work and obedience to the Law of Moses was recorded and fulfilled in the Body of Yeshua/Jesus, as well as all that the Prophets had written about Him.

On the Mount of Transfiguration Yeshua/Jesus was examined by Moses and Elijah - the Law and the Prophets. He was transfigured because He passed His examination - He had fulfilled all the "works" of righteousness for us.

Now, He was ready to go to the Cross where He would pour out His Blood and give His Life for us so that we would be able to choose Life. His Blood was examined and accepted by the Father. We know this because He rose from the dead, alive forevermore - the firstborn of many brethren. Yeshua/Jesus Christ offers us His Body and Blood, He offers us Life, if we reject Christ, then we have chosen Death.

Yeshua/Jesus Christ is the ONLY SAVIOR for us, there is NO OTHER. Don't play with or gamble the Gift of Eternal Life that the Father offers you. Death is real. There is a Lake of Fire that awaits those that choose the path of Death, by rejecting Yeshua/Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

After we make our decision with ALL our heart and choose Life by receiving Yeshua/Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we are "sealed" with the Holy Spirit immediately and marked as God's possession.

However, the "baptism" and "continually being filled" with the Holy Spirit is a Gift from the Father - just as He gave us the Gift of His Son - He gives us the Gift of the Holy Spirit which empowers us to live this new life in Christ that has been given us.

After we are "sealed" with the Holy Spirit, God wants to "baptize" us with the Holy Spirit. Our body is to be the Temple of the Holy Spirit - to be indwelt with the Holy Spirit. This is Emanuel - God with us on the Earth.

The "baptism" with the Holy Spirit is when God first fills you with His Holy Spirit. To help understand this, Solomon built the first Temple in Jerusalem and after the priests had placed the Ark in the Holy of Holies and left the temple, the Glory Cloud (Holy Spirit) filled the temple.

1 Kings 8:10-11 New International Version (NIV)
10 When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the temple of the Lord. 11 And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled his temple.

The same happens to us - it's phenomenal! Absolutely a joyous time! You'll know when it happens.

After we are saved with the Body and Blood of Yeshua/Jesus, sealed with the Holy Spirit and baptized in water.......

How do we get baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit?

Simply ask the Father and the Lord Yeshua/Jesus Christ, "Father, Lord Jesus, I receive Your Gift of the Holy Spirit, baptize and fill me. Indwell me with Your Holy Spirit, I want to live with You on the Earth now and for all eternity. I choose Life. Your Gift of Eternal Life in me. Thank You, Father, in the Name of Yeshua/Jesus, amen."

The Holy Spirit dwells within us and with us on the Earth - just as Yeshua/Jesus was with His disciples on the Earth. The Holy Spirit will teach us, guide us, counsel us, comfort us, instruct us, correct us, empower us to be an effective witness of Yeshua/Jesus, and always be with us.

After the "baptism" of the Holy Spirit, the scriptures open up so beautifully to us and the things of God begin to make sense, we receive understanding and our love for God and His Ways increases tremendously.

However, loving God is ALWAYS a choice. He never takes the "choice" away from us. Every day if we do not choose God, then our flesh gets stronger and we backslide. It's very important to stay "filled" with the Holy Spirit. We do this by reading and meditating on God's Word, praying, singing songs in our hearts to God, fellow-shipping with other believers, etc.

Our flesh grieves the Holy Spirit. We need to learn to walk by the Spirit so we do not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. It's a choice..... just keep choosing Life!

Great post but I think it is missing something.

 

[Dave-L]

Keep on contradicting Scripture. There is a record kept in Heaven of all your opposition to God's truth and the true Gospel.

But you assume we are not born wicked and unable to discern spiritual truth. Faith is a fruit of the Holy Spirit.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,” Galatians 5:22 (KJV 1900)

 

[Locoponydirtman]

When I read scripture, I ask the Holy Spirit questions a lot.

One day, I was reading and came upon the story of Yeshua/Jesus being transfigured while He was speaking with Moses and Elijah.

I had a “Selah” moment - pause and think about that, or ponder what you just read........that’s when I know the Holy Spirit wants to teach me or tell me something.

So, I asked, “Why Moses and Elijah? Why not Abraham and David?”

Then, the Holy Spirit opens scriptures and shows me how Yeshua/Jesus was circumcised on the 8th day, about His Father’s business at the age of 12 and water baptized in the Jordan preaching in the temple, sitting captives free, giving sight to the blind......He did EVERYTHING that the Father required a “human” to do to fulfill the Law and EVERYTHING that the prophets had written about the Messiah- The Christ.

Before He could go to the Cross, He had to be examined by the Law and the Prophets because God was “preparing a body” to sacrifice for us - His perfect Lamb.


Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Hebrews 10:5-10 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Hebrews 10:5-10&version=KJV

Jesus is God.
He is not examined according to the law or the prophets. They are under him, and subject to him. He fulfilled both the law and the prophets. His transfiguration was an unveiling of his nature, revealed to the law and prophets as their fulfillment, and witnessed by Peter and John.

 

[notuptome]

Whoever believes will be saved is a trait of those whom God saves. It is not a condition people must meet in the flesh before God will save them. The flesh cannot believe. Faith is a fruit of the Holy Spirit.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,” Galatians 5:22 (KJV 1900)

Faith comes from hearing the word of God. Saving faith comes from hearing the word of God. Man's faith is like all of man's work imperfect and doomed to failure.

Ro 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

For the cause of Christ
Roger