Originally Posted by JAPOV
Originally Posted by Fdemetrio
Originally Posted by JAPOV
The Bible is not a book of "religion", Dom...

The first page of the Bible opens with this;

Genesis 1
New King James Version
1) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Then continues with this;

26) Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.

The opening page of the Bible forces you to ask yourself two very important questions...
Do I accept the existence of an all knowing and all powerful triune God?
And...
Do I accept that I am God's creation and He is in control of my destiny?

If your answer is no, then the Spirit will not enable you to understand the rest of the Bible as it should be. You will not see it from God's perspective (Jesus' Amplified Point Of View). You will only intellectualize the obvious wisdom it contains and dismiss the rest, leaving you with many more questions.

However, you shouldn't be discouraged. The fact that those questions will stick with you is also the Spirit at work. If you earnestly seek God then the Spirit will answer you.

On the other hand, if you allow your intellect to continually struggle and argue with the Spirit, then you deny the power of God.

It is better to fear God than trust your own limited understanding. You should also fear your self indulgent and sinful nature. Being made in His image gives you access, a right of passage. But it does not give you any authority, only dominion over lesser creatures.

You should also understand that you are not God, and respect His divinity.

Matthew 12
31)“Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
32) Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.

The Bible is the only place you can find the Spirit of God.

Every Bible says that.

And what else would expect to see...a Bible saying only here can you find truth...

I can write one too and say same thing

I highly recommend you test that theory, Dom...

Let us know how it works out for you.

Exactly, you would think I was crazy, but you don't think it's crazy that a book written 2000 years ago, and 75-150 years after it all happened and revering it as The Truth, is crazy? I may still believe but I know it's not logical.

What did you eat for breakfast three Mondays ago? But.....

And its a good thing Biblical times weren't today, because nobody would believe a word of it, and it would have never taken off.

There were no cameras, cell phones, eyewitness news then.

Last edited by Fdemetrio; 01/17/24 07:40 PM.