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1 | Hebrew idioms? | Luke 14:26 | GeorJoy | 101461 | ||
Please forgive me, my dear friend, but you make it appear as though you are searching for something God alone can provide. Without at least a minute amount of faith, you are not going to see that something when you run head long into it. We Christians are far from perfect. Some are further than others. Still yet, some are so far away that they are only "called" Christians, for lack of calling them what they really are, hypocrites. If you are really searching for truth, don’t depend on others. You can learn from others, but don’t depend on anything but the Spirit for truth, for “all man are liars.” In a confounded way, you remind me of myself many years ago. Perhaps this is why I have come down so hard on you. Every time I have ever reached out to anyone, I have been let down, disgraced and discouraged. I finally realized that there is no one I can depend on other than the Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. One has to believe in something before he can believe in anything… I noted what you consider the discrepancies in the bible very early in my “pre Christian” life. Even then, I knew that there was much that I did not know. I did not allow those “doubts” to mature. From your posts, you seem to be feeding and nurturing your doubts. Again, I will have to tell you that there MUST be at least a grain of faith before there is a chance. Yet, HE can do anything, and perhaps your time simply hasn’t come yet. Wait patiently. Don’t be discouraged. It took nearly 49 years for me to call myself a Christian, for I knew myself and I refused to become a hypocrite such as those of whom you make note. . READ MY PROFILE.” “poor in spirit” is not what you depicted, and most assuredly not what I was referring to. Wicked and evil would be better suited. Just a thought you may want to consider. The post that I responded to, made it appear as though you were simply looking for fuel for a fire. I am sure you have heard of "the wolf in sheep’s clothing." In Christ George |
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2 | Hebrew idioms? | Luke 14:26 | seeking4truth | 101469 | ||
George, thanks for your note of encouragement. I will endeavor to take to heart what you say. You may be right about God alone being able to provide what I seek. Isn't that one of the axioms of the Christian faith - that God has created us for Himself and we are restless until we find Him? At the same time, I believe that no man is an island and that while God is perfectly capable of revealing His truth to me without any other human interaction, I find that He frequently does use fallen vessels to contain and convey divine truth. And, to the best of my knowledge and conscience, I DO have some faith. To think that my 3 pounds of brain could completely understand the infinite mind of God would be extremely presumptous. But I am not so sure that it is the amount of my faith that is important as it is the object of my faith that is key. Some things may be meant to be known. Other things may be the secret things that belong to God. Either way, I do acknowledge that we must come to Him and then walk by faith. But again, it is not a blind faith, it is faith in seeing that (the inverse of what you stated) God is not a man that He should lie. If that is true, then we should find something of that assertion put forth in the Bible. If God is God, then His truth does not depend on me. Nor is there one thing that I can say or do to change it. I only seek to understand it better. Grace and peace to you, George. seeking4truth |
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3 | Hebrew idioms? | Luke 14:26 | GeorJoy | 101486 | ||
SFT, are you real, a nightmare, or a dream? George |
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