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To: Treeless Branch

>>>So you are saying if someone is not saved by saying the magic words that God is not within them? And that once they say the magic words, the Holy Spirt someone enters into them? Where does it enter, through their toes or maybe their eyes?<<<

People do speak to God when they are being saved, but that is not what saves anyone. Sure, we confess (agree) with Him as to our need to be saved, but it is with the heart (or the bowels, or the innermost part of our very being) that we believe that He is able to save us.

“But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed” (Romans 10:8-11).


34 posted on 01/22/2022 6:45:14 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

The Buddhist path is spiritual, not religious. Its goal is self-knowledge, not salvation; freedom, not heaven. And it is deeply personal. Without curiosity and questions and your open mind, there is no spiritual path, no journey to be taken, even if you adopt all the forms of the tradition. God gave us this remarkable brain for a purpose and to question dogma of any religion or philosophy; is certainly what he intended.


47 posted on 01/22/2022 1:24:21 PM PST by barney10
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