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Ritajanice

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which means its time for you to answer the question i asked .
WHAT has been my evil , what is my sin , what is my deadly deceptoin and crime
FOR REMINDING all of the dire need to be reading their bibles .
See, you cant answer..how do you know that your spirit has been Born Again.?

You teach religion you do not teach the truth of the Living God.
 

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HOW do YOU KNOW you KNOW GOD rita . What if i i told you there are an innumeralbe
amount of people who beleive they KNOW and hear from GOD , from the SPIRIT
and yet their version of said god has led them far and deep into the broad raod of destruction .
ONLY the FATHER can draw us to the SON and it is the SON who revels the FATHER UNTO us .
SO enjoy that last sentence . but do take heed to the first part as well .
FOR MANY can claim but their heart be FAR FAR FROM HIM .
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For imo , a lot of what the Spirit preaches through me, you seem to either, never agree, evade , or just pass by
Me, and I'm sure some others, are passing your posts by because they are being presented as an ARGUMENT being pitted against holy writ, not because we disagree in principle with the Spirit and spirituality, or don't already know and understand and experience these things. God had the scriptures written down for good reasons.....which scripture itself tells us and witnesses and attests to.....so it's not a case of either/or. Does that mean we are to approach the scriptures by the carnal mind of the natural man and not in spirit and by the Spirit...no it doesn't, of course not. Maybe you need to keep in mind that there are different parts of the Body of Christ with different gifts, and all are needed. I know one thing for sure, to overemphasize one truth at the expense of another is always error and begets more error. We need the Spirit AND the word, both.

There are so many scriptures.......the sword of the SPIRIT is the WORD of God. And that is the sword we see in the MOUTH of Jesus in Revelation. And scripture is also the weapon He used when He was being tempted of the devil in the desert. So yeah, kind of important I think sister. Believers who are not well grounded in the pure word of God are sitting ducks for deception and error and going astray and not growing in the Lord....see it all the time sadly, and it's increasing hugely in our time.
 

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Me, and I'm sure some others, are passing your posts by because they are being presented as an ARGUMENT being pitted against holy writ, not because we disagree in principle with the Spirit and spirituality, or don't already know and understand and experience these things. God had the scriptures written down for good reasons.....which scripture itself tells us and witnesses and attests to.....so it's not a case of either/or. Does that mean we are to approach the scriptures by the carnal mind of the natural man and not in spirit and by the Spirit...no it doesn't, of course not. Maybe you need to keep in mind that there are different parts of the Body of Christ with different gifts, and all are needed. I know one thing for sure, to overemphasize one truth at the expense of another is always error and begets more error. We need the Spirit AND the word, both.

There are so many scriptures.......the sword of the SPIRIT is the WORD of God. And that is the sword we see in the MOUTH of Jesus in Revelation. And scripture is also the weapon He used when He was being tempted of the devil in the desert. So yeah, kind of important I think sister. Believers who are not well grounded in the pure word of God are sitting ducks for deception and error and going astray and not growing in the Lord....see it all the time sadly, and it's increasing hugely in our time.
spot on right sister . that was done by man for power and control . He convinced this people
to EITHER OR . PAUL preached BOTH . THE SCRIPS are not contrary to the SPIRIT
NOR IS the SPIRIT contrary to the scrips . THEY act as though its either GOD or the bible but it just cant be both .
BUT WHY . why was this done . TO MAKE those who use the bible seem to be legalistic , as not loving GOD
cause THEY KNEW if the people ever get in the scrips and stop seeingthe EITHER OR MINDSET
these wolves are DONE fleecing and makig money cause folks who do so would not sit under them .
Satan is quite crafity indeed . He pits GOD against His words , He pits the SPIRIT against the written word
so as souls can stay trapped in his deceptoins and his men whose love is for the world and money
THEY sure like this mindset cause it keeps them getting richer and folks are all the dumber .
 

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Me, and I'm sure some others, are passing your posts by because they are being presented as an
I have not argued the scripture I have explained that the scriptures are not the Living Holy Spirit..
ARGUMENT being pitted against holy writ,
I also pass by your posts as they never preach of the Living Holy Spirit, just religion.
not because we disagree in principle with the Spirit and spirituality, or don't already know and understand and experience these things.
So why not speak more from your heart/ spirit?.or maybe you do, only I can’t see very much of it, sorry Sis, I see you telling stories, maybe we should accept where we all are in Christ, my question is why can’t you accept where Epi is with the Lord?
God had the scriptures written down for good reasons.....which scripture itself tells us and witnesses and attests to.....so it's not a case of either/or. Does that mean we are to approach the scriptures by the carnal mind of the natural man and not in spirit and by the Spirit...no it doesn't, of course not. Maybe you need to keep in mind that there are different parts of the Body of Christ with different gifts, and all are needed. I know one thing for sure, to overemphasize one truth at the expense of another is always error and begets more error. We need the Spirit AND the word, both.
We need to know the Spirit first before we can ever understand the scriptures, Thats why we must be Born of the Spirit, before any said scripture can be understood?
There are so many scriptures.......the sword of the SPIRIT is the WORD of God
The sword of the Spirit is a Living word, which comes to us via the Living Holy Spirit, which penetrates the heart?..the Spirit testifies Of Jesus to our spirit as he’s indwelling our spirit permanently.
. And that is the sword we see in the MOUTH of Jesus in Revelation.
Jesus spoke out the Living word of God.everything that came out of his mouth was from God?
And scripture is also the weapon He used when He was being tempted of the devil in the desert.
Disagree, the Spirit is where the power is, who happens to indwell our spirit, that is where Gods power is in us.
So yeah, kind of important I think sister. Believers who are not well grounded in the pure word of God are sitting ducks for deception and error and going astray and not growing in the Lord....see it all the time sadly, and it's increasing hugely in our time.
I don’t believe a Born Again can be deceived, maybe for a short while, we still have to walk in faith on what we heard from God...he always brings us through the deception of man.
 
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my question is why can’t you accept where Epi is with the Lord?
I have no idea where Epi is with the Lord, as the Lord hasn't seen fit to show me exactly. I only discuss and go by what he says and teaches.....and how he behaves......which I don't think you have been reading his threads long enough to know much about what he says and teaches. Some things he says I agree with but there are some serious problems with other things. Not minor things, major foundational things.
 

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.and how he behaves.
We can all get stuck in the moment of self, i still do that at times, if we are Born Again, then we should be showing the fruit of Jesus.

But, like I said, we can let the old man take over, then I’m afraid Jesus is no more ,we have all done this,..Epi is not the exception..
 

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Do you not know, have you not read?
Romans 8:14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.
How do you know that God is a Living Spirit and that he leads you?

What is you living testimony of the Living God?...how do you know that scripture you post is Gods truth..I know it’s Gods truth.

I would like to know how you know that scripture is Gods truth?
 

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How do you know that God is a Living Spirit and that he leads you?

What is you living testimony of the Living God?...how do you know that scripture you post is Gods truth..I know it’s Gods truth.

I would like to know how you know that scripture is Gods truth?
I know that I know…I’m a Christian.
 
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