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NASB | 1 Thessalonians 4:7 For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Thessalonians 4:7 For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness [to be dedicated, and set apart by behavior that pleases Him, whether in public or in private]. |
Subject: Holy Living |
Bible Note: Dearest Doctrinograce, Well understood. Even the prophesy of Joel also is understood, dream dreams, having visions, is this not sober mindedness or is it madness? Does one see these dreams or visions in public or in private? Tell me tearcher! What are the dreams about? What are the visions about? Tell me if you have wisdom! We are NOT dependent on experiences. You KNOW that and I know that! Experiences happen and you KNOW that. Have you not had an experience, a private time with our Lord, when you where ecstatic, in prayer, when you could not speak, but all you could do was weep, weep for the future or because of your past or of one that is deep in need? In all your experiences with our Lord, tell me you have never come to the point in all your prayer life, with all your Scriptural knowledge, where you were completely void of self-expression. Tell me teacher; how does the Lord work in MY life? Do you READ only Scripture? Are you talking with God as Adam did in the cool of the garden? Their dialog was not recorded, is it un-Scriptural? Christianity is not a textbook but a Personal relationship, personal, personal relationship, a time for talking and a time for listening. What do you think you will hear … something un-Scriptural? NOT! (Mat 6:6) But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. Then, after our communion, we share it, if so ordered, that which the Lord has revealed to us. Not all things that Jesus did are expressed in the Scriptures: (Joh 21:25) Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. In addition, not all things the Lord God of Heaven does are in the Scriptures. One can miss heaven by 18 inches. Lovingly, Still Your Brother, eklektos |