Correct on the first and third points. As for the second, I remember enough to be absolutely certain that your assertion is incorrect.
What might the Lord Jesus be referring to in His Promises?
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In that case, you are only depending on what you have read and studied. Am I correct again?
The different groups in Christianity today do the same thing as you do and make the same claims. They read and study the entirety of the Holy Scriptures, and they claim that their knowledge of God’s words was revealed to them by God.
However, their disagreements and their differing understandings of the Lord Jesus which result in different doctrines and different ways of salvation are already sufficient proof that the truth was not actually revealed to them by the Lord God.
And this truth was revealed by the Lord Jesus to the Apostle Paul.
2 TIMOTHY 3:7
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Therefore, that is not God’s way of revealing the truth.
ISAIAH 55:8-9
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Before, I depended on my preacher.
But when I humbled myself before the Lord God, my understanding of the Lord Jesus became a revelation from God the Father (Matt 16:15-17). I followed the example of His disciples, who asked questions and waited for what the Lord would reveal.
While I was waiting, the Lord revealed to me the meaning of the door: anyone who does not enter through the door is a robber and a thief.
JOHN 10:1
10 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
I asked the Lord Jesus who the door was that He was referring to, through whom everyone must enter. I read His answer in the Holy Scriptures.
It turns out that the Lord Jesus Himself is the door.
JOHN 10:9
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
I asked Him again, ‘Lord, what do You mean that You are the door that must be entered?’ And His answer was that He is the truth.
JOHN 14:6
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
If the Lord Jesus is the door and the Lord Jesus is the truth, I gradually came to understand that what must be sought is the truth.
Once again, I asked the Lord Jesus how to ‘knock on the truth,’ and how the truth as the door would be opened to me, according to your promise in Matthew 7:7.
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What God reveals is consistent with His word. His word reveals truth about Him. Rejecting the literal understanding of His word in favour of some “personal revelation”is intentional ignorance.
Rejecting the literal meaning of the Word of God comes from God Himself, and the command of God to His chosen ones. Because what God desires is the spiritual meaning of His Word as the truth that gives eternal life.
So when the Lord Jesus revealed this to the Apostle Paul, Paul in turn shared this truth.
2 CORINTHINAS 3:6
6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
And the spiritual meaning of the Word of God is something that God Himself will reveal.
Therefore, anyone who does not reject the literal meaning of the Word of God, but instead uses it as the basis for salvation, will perish.
The truth is, the literal meaning of God’s commandments is not the true basis, because its benefit is only for the flesh or the body. But the spiritual meaning of the words of God benefits the soul. That is why this is God’s purpose, because it is the soul that will be with Him in eternal life, and not the flesh or the body.
God has given people the freedom to decide for themselves. And God is revealing the truth.
Therefore, anyone who forces what is not the truth will remain in their sin.
JOHN 9:40-41
40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
Except where it is.
God’s commandments are literal. Do not literally make an image of God. Do not literally kill people. Do not literally have sex with anyone else’s spouse.
While there are portions of Scripture that are intended to be non-literal, rejecting the literal meaning of God’s word without a very good co text-specific reason is nothing short of
STUPID.
The Lord Jesus will never force you to believe the truth.
You can stay in your belief.
For He is looking for the lost sheep, those who are meant to be with Him in eternal life. And those who refuse to believe or are not worthy will be left behind.
And no matter how many they are, the Lord will not regret leaving them behind. What use is a large number of those who are not worthy to be with Him? Even just one person, as long as they are worthy to be with God in eternal life, He will seek them.
LUKE 15:4
4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
Knocking on the door of truth is very important so that it may be opened. For what people do not realize is that they are captive and enslaved by human teachings of the Word of God. Therefore, only the truth can set them free.
JOHN 8:32
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
What is the truth that the Lord God proclaims?
Regarding the truth, this is what I read in my holy book.
The two commandments given by the Lord Jesus.
There was once a scribe who asked Him which is the first commandment of all.
According to Him, there is nothing greater than these two commandments.
MARK 12:29-31
28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
When I used to depend on my preacher, I believed that his 5 to 10 years of study in Bible school or seminary had given him wisdom from God. He was the one who introduced me to the Lord Jesus, so I believed everything he taught and preached.
Because of what I had read, I asked him about these two commandments, what the first commandment is and what the second commandment is. He told me that the first commandment is verse 30, which is to love God, and the second commandment is to love your fellow human being.
But since I came to know the Lord Jesus through the revelation of God the Father (Matthew 16:15–17), I no longer depended on any person. Instead, I began asking God Himself. And I asked the Lord Jesus what He meant by the two commandments He gave as the truth?
For the Truth Seekers;
The Lord God gave a warning that should be taken into consideration.
PROVERBS 13:3
3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Perhaps the Lord led me to reflect on which is truly the first of all the commandments. It turns out that it is not Mark 12:30, but Mark 12:29, where the Lord Jesus clearly answered after He said that the first of all the commandments is: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord.”
MARK 12:28-29
28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
This was not only commanded by the Lord in the New Testament. Even in the Old Testament, it had already been commanded in Mark 12:29: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord.”
DEUTORONOMY 6:4-5
4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
It turns out that Mark 12:30 is only a continuation of Mark 12:29. That is why the complete first commandment is Mark 12:29–30. This also explains why verse 30 begins with the connecting word “AND.” Same with Deut 6:4-5. In verse 5 there is also a connecting word of "AND".
It therefore became clear that in the first commandment, one must first know the one Lord and God before loving Him.
Even in the law of love, knowing must come first before loving. This order cannot be reversed.
And all the more, it is impossible to love God if He is not truly known.
This is what God desires most from mankind: that people may know the one true God. That is why the Lord God disregards the sacrifices of those who do not truly know Him.
HOSEA 6:6
6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
That is why the Lord God is deeply grieved by those who keep trying to love Him even though they do not truly know Him.
JEREMIAH 4:22
22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Ask in His Will, Used his wisdom ,Speak with the anointing authority, The Lord God will fullfill promises.
Start with Lord bless to know The Anointing Faith instead of bless without instruction type of thing .
I heard men prayers to God seriously I had to apologize to the Lord of how they prayed. I felt sorry for the Lord that he has to listen to faithless
I heard men prayers to God seriously I had to apologize to the Lord of how they prayed. I felt sorry for the Lord that he has to listen to faithless
I can't stand in the word of Paul Peter any Scripture wrote of them .
I have to use the gift given to me yes anointed with authority His Will.bedt I can tell u without you thinking I'm something that I am Not,! Or if you do understand !
I have to use the gift given to me yes anointed with authority His Will.bedt I can tell u without you thinking I'm something that I am Not,! Or if you do understand !
Words are all we really have. who has words of life ? Only one I know and His Is Bond in His Own.
Words of life come from within, A man.
that is only the author has the abode Full Will
Words of life come from within, A man.
that is only the author has the abode Full Will
The truth in Mark 12:29 and likewise in Deuteronomy 6:4 is that the Lord Jesus emphasized it as the foundation for fulfilling Mark 12:30 and Deuteronomy 6:5. When the Lord Jesus prayed to His Father, He prayed for His disciples who had come to know the one true God.
Therefore, they alone can attain eternal life or be with God in His kingdom.
JOHN 17:1-3
17 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.