I learned that the human mind needs around (35) exposures to be able to recite, verbatim, the pledge of allegiance of our flag with comprehension. It never hurts or hinders to reiterate certain points knowing that at some point it may be comprehended by the faculty of the human mind. I am not talking about about spiritual understanding but I am talking about the comprehension level and objectivity that makes up our ability to think with the faculty of the human mind we have been given. The Spirit takes that faculty and gives it understanding and revelation based on the objectivity of the inspired written word. That is not circular reasoning as some would refer to it but direct objective wisdom and understanding that produces faith in the mind and heart that can be received through humility or rejected through pride.
But the spirit would never contradict the requirements Christ set down for a person to have everlasting life.
So anyone who added to or took away from the requirement Christ made could not be being led of the Spirit, even if in their opinion they were
I would propose that when the heart has received the seed of God's word and Satan is able to come immediately and snatch it away, so that they would not be saved, is because the soil of the heart had no humility and was therefore unable to receive that seed with understanding. The knowledge of the word remained in the mind and could be used for religious convictions and purposes of good works that would support morality but not spirituality and never have the power or ability to give the hearer spiritual understanding or the power of a transformed and regenerated heart that would need the mercy and grace of God for every weakness, every sin and every failure that might befall the saved sinner through out his life.
It surely is the transformed heart that matters most. And what better way to know a heart has been truly transformed and loves God than when we can see that the individual only seeks the Glory for God from the bottom of their heart, and seeks no praise or recognition for themselves from man
There is no truer a way to know that wonderful transformation has taken place and that such a heart is one of humility
But the spirit would never contradict the requirements Christ set down for a person to have everlasting life.
So anyone who added to or took away from the requirement Christ made could not be being led of the Spirit, even if in their opinion they were
I would propose that when the heart has received the seed of God's word and Satan is able to come immediately and snatch it away, so that they would not be saved, is because the soil of the heart had no humility and was therefore unable to receive that seed with understanding. The knowledge of the word remained in the mind and could be used for religious convictions and purposes of good works that would support morality but not spirituality and never have the power or ability to give the hearer spiritual understanding or the power of a transformed and regenerated heart that would need the mercy and grace of God for every weakness, every sin and every failure that might befall the saved sinner through out his life.
It surely is the transformed heart that matters most. And what better way to know a heart has been truly transformed and loves God than when we can see that the individual only seeks the Glory for God from the bottom of their heart, and seeks no praise or recognition for themselves from man
There is no truer a way to know that wonderful transformation has taken place and that such a heart is one of humility
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