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1 | Natural man understanding truth? | Mark 12:34 | Huron | 104428 | ||
Very helpful. So, to recap, you don't see any contradiction between this view of understanding the things of God, and us being dead without being regenerated? Huron |
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2 | Natural man understanding truth? | Mark 12:34 | Aixen7z4 | 104447 | ||
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the words that we speak, from the word of God, they are spirit, and they are life. The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. The gospel of Christ is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth. |
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3 | Natural man understanding truth? | Mark 12:34 | Ray | 104452 | ||
Hi Aixen7z4, You wrote, "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the words that we speak, from the word of God, they are spirit, and they are life." I agree with the statement and the spirit in which it was given. Can we not say also that the Spirit quickeneth? Here we see the Giver and the gift of life. John 6:63, "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life." John 3:11, NKJ, "Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak that which We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness." The gospel and the power is spirit and life to everyone that believes. From the heart, Ray |
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4 | Natural man understanding truth? | Mark 12:34 | Aixen7z4 | 104467 | ||
You caught me again, Ray, and now I think I will never get this capitalization thing down pat. I do not even think of it when I am responding to others. In this case I was cutting and pasting and it did not occur to me to change the form of the words. But I agree. It is the Spirit who gives life. He brings us to life and makes us able to respond to the Gospel. If we do not respond to the Gospel, then we die the second death. My point to Huron was that when we are unsaved we are indeed dead in sin. However, that is not a problem to God. He brings us to life and renders us capable of responding. It is not a matter that a man who is dead in sin is nevertheless close to understanding about God? There is no such thing as being almost a child of God. You are either alive or dead. However, the Holy Spirit is able to awaken us to our responsibility toward God, to the need for repentance, and while under His influence we can respond. Without Him we are not able. Every person is near to the kingdom of God. We need to be awakened to that fact. One might wonder why Jesus said those words to that man. Was he near to the kingdom while others were far. There is a song we sing that says, “I’ve wandered far away from God”. Was that man nearer to the kingdom than others? I think that Jesus said that to him because he was asking about it. But it is Acts 17:30 that tells us specifically that God is not far from “any one of us”. I trust that Huron will be able to use some of these verses when he talks again with that particular person, or any others like them. If what we say here is true, then the Holy Spirit will bring them to life. |
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