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To: Alamo-Girl
The power of God is unmistakable, dear ahayes.

So many people speaking for many different Gods say, my question is how do we tell which God is the true God? Which revelation is the true revelation? You say that your revelation is the true revelation because you've felt it so deeply, but those who have not experienced your revelation are not convinced (some of them have their own revelations which they've felt deeply). If you don't have a way to distinguish your revelation from theirs, you're essentially saying, "I believe it because it's mine!", which doesn't really help anyone else. You're basing your opinion on what absolute truth is on a subjective experience not shared by most people. It's a rather gnostic position to take.

398 posted on 06/11/2007 9:28:16 AM PDT by ahayes ("Impenetrability! That's what I say!")
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To: ahayes; betty boop; hosepipe; .30Carbine; Dr. Eckleburg
You say that your revelation is the true revelation because you've felt it so deeply...

I didn't say that.

You're basing your opinion on what absolute truth is on a subjective experience not shared by most people.

As to objective Truth, it should be obvious to everyone that only God can reveal it, because only He is capable of speaking from the aspect outside of Creation, i.e. "all that there is."

If it were possible for me to "mind meld" with you and share the revelation that Jesus Christ is Lord, I would.

But God didn't make it that way, His choice of a family is rather selective. It is a straight path and narrow gate and few will find it.

Jesus Christ could have revealed Himself to everyone and ushered in the new heaven and earth some 2,000 years ago from our space/time coordinates. But that was not the plan from the beginning - First Cause, Final Cause, Alpha and Omega. There is a family to be gathered.

Look, God the Father has revealed Himself in four ways:

1. Through His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. When you know Jesus, you know the Father.

2. Through the indwelling Holy Spirit. He leads us into all Truth.

3. Through Scriptures, His recorded words.

4. Through the Creation itself, both spiritual and physical.

If a person cannot receive any of these revelations, I cannot help him.

402 posted on 06/11/2007 9:48:00 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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