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1 | ... | NT general Archive 1 | cuddle | 180830 | ||
I wish I could narrow it down to one, but I cannot. I think one word could cover everything...LOVE. What makes it difficult, is that even those of the world love.(Luke 6) The depth of LOVE when we beign to experience love from the Lord covers every aspect of life. Our thoughts, actions, habbits, what, who, where; it,love, is consuming. When we act outside of the experience of His Love and we give way to our flesh we realize more and more our NEED for HIM. Paul discusses this battle, and when I first began to study, I did not understand what he meant, and I am not sure I fully do today, but I do feel like I have experienced the struggle. I could list all types of things I have learned that are applicable, logical, and even awesome topics for discussion, but once they have been examined the common denominator will be LOVE. I know it use to anger me when I would hear people talk about the God of anger in the OT and the God of love in the NT. (those who believe the NT is the only one that matters) This would bother me because I do not believe God enjoyed destroying Sodom and Gomorah or drowning the earth or the death one human in battle. If we are going to accept ALL Scripture as beneficial(2 Timothy 3), we need to see that He did give chance after chance, discipline after discipline(or as I like to explain to my teenage daughter"grounding after grounding"). These were all in love. It was and is the human free will that chose and still chooses these measures of detruction. (Habakkuk 2:12-14) The justness of God would be a lie if He did not enforce His expectations. Love would be incomplete if it were not just, and the Lord is NOT in-complete. My rambling may seem child like and I am sorry if my response is not as deep or theoretical as a response some of the other people on this forum may give you, but my approach to Bible study is child like. I am HIS child, and while I do learn from the words and examples of people, the TRUTH I learn is from the Holy Spirit. John 14; Matthew 18; 1 Corinthians 13; Acts 17:11b In His Service, cuddle www.foundationfaith.org |
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2 | ... | NT general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 180836 | ||
Greetings Cuddle, It sounds like you’ve done some extensive Bible studying as have many on this forum. Here is a monumental question that I enjoy asking people, and hearing the various responses. With all of your biblical endeavors and studying, can you say for certain, without a shadow of doubt, that you have come to the place where you have eternal life? I guess what I’m asking is, do you know for certain that heaven is a sure thing as far as you’re concerned? How would you answer that, in your own words? x CDBJ |
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3 | OCuld not get to post as a note, help | NT general Archive 1 | cuddle | 180881 | ||
CDBJ, I know this is another simple and child like response, but I have only been a part of the forum for a few days; I got off on the wrong foot, and I am trying really hard to observe from the side lines to learn "how deep" I can go in answering questions, how much of my "opinion" I can include in my answers, and so forth, without being offensive to others in the forum or being offended myself to a response I may get from a post. I am not a "scholar" (though I am working on it) so until I am more comfortable with what is expected in this forum, my answers may not be what you would like as far as depth. I like being asked and asking, but again, I am still getting a feel for things. With all of that said,...John 3:16, and if you have a concordance or Greek to English dictionary, or some tool such as this(assuming you are not fluent in Greek), do a word study of the word BELIEVE. This I feel is a beginning at least, to answering your question. Please keep them coming. This way I get to participate in the forum and "get my feet wet" I will say It is strictly opinion, that we each experience a comfort and confidence in our relation with the Lord during different seasons of our life. Our experiences are what usually shape that comfort and assurance in our relationship with God. When we study His Word we gain a higher comfort level and dependance on His promises to those who BELIEVE. If you choose to take my advice and do a word study, please remember to check the tense of the word BELIEVE. I know it is sometimes time consuming to reflect on grammer as far noun, verb, adverb, etc., but it is worth it when we realize how much more we understand of this grand love letter of spoken communication to each of us from our Heavenly Father. In His Service, Cuddle www.foundationfaith.org |
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4 | OCuld not get to post as a note, help | NT general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 180895 | ||
Hi Cuddle, That’s an interesting lengthy statement but you completely neglected to answer my question. Forget all of the forum protocol stuff just relax and be yourself, and tell me if you have come to the place “yet” where you, “personally” can say “for certain” that you have eternal life or not. There is only one answer and you are the only one on earth that can answer that question “truthfully”. I’ve ask this question to people who have been in the ministry for years and you wouldn’t believe all of the varied answers I heard; it's neat. It’s just a question that sparks my interest. It really isn’t that hard a question, and it’s probably been well over a week since the last time the forum Gestapo broke down someone’s door and tickled them to death with a chicken feather for being truthful. Tell it like it is, I won’t turn you in and besides that my German shepherd ate my black leather rain coat. Yah but they vast going to send me da new von sume day. Have fun, CDBJ |
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