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To: stuartcr

The nature of the motive for sharing my opinion with you could be (primarily) one of two types: internally directed or externally directed.

That is, either I’m doing it for myself or I’m doing it for something other than myself. Other than myself could include the sake of God, your sake and the sake of truth.

As we discussed earlier, belief initiates not from intellect but from will.

They say the very demons themselves know the truth of the Lord Jesus Christ factually, but they reject belief in the sense that they reject the ethos of belief in Christ. Like “Do you believe in Rock and Roll” doesn’t mean do you think it exists, it means are you with it in your heart.

Some hearts choose to deny God. Some only think they do this, not knowing that down the road they will turn to Him, for whatever reason explainable only through the mystery of free will, a reason known only by the Holy Spirit.


188 posted on 07/21/2012 10:20:07 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (Why do you seek the living among the dead? (Luke 24:5))
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To: reasonisfaith

You said that belief initiates not from intellect but from will, not me.

Who are they, that actually, really know, anything factual about demons?


189 posted on 07/22/2012 4:58:39 PM PDT by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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