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To: OneWingedShark

I’d say more like *knowing* someone is being intimate with them.

In a marriage relationship, that would be intercourse.

But in a God relationship, it would be personal interaction in experiencing the life of the Holy Spirit in you, which considering it is a spiritual experience, would be more intimate that sex.


47 posted on 01/20/2015 12:33:28 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom

> I’d say more like *knowing* someone is being intimate with them.
> In a marriage relationship, that would be intercourse.

Quite true.

> But in a God relationship, it would be personal interaction in experiencing the life of the Holy Spirit in you, which considering it is a spiritual experience, would be more intimate that sex.

Indeed.
The prospect of the heart being laid bare is terrifying, because [to borrow a phrase] “who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?” — I know how I fall very, very short in showing the fruit of the spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control) and, if I’m honest with myself, it’s probably even worse than I can perceive.

But thank God that Jesus is more powerful than my failings.


51 posted on 01/20/2015 12:49:23 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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