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To: Mrs. Don-o

I have included a few scriptures which refer to either Jesus or the discernment that comes through the Holy Spirit allowing one to know the thoughts of others.

Matthew 9:4
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

Matthew 12:25
And knowing their thoughts he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

Luke 2:35
yea and a sword shall pierce through thine own soul; that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.

Luke 6:8
But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man that had his hand withered, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.

Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.


63 posted on 02/23/2014 1:29:25 AM PST by tired&retired
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To: tired&retired

Jesus, being God, knows the thoughts of man. None of the passages you cited support what you’re claiming though. Can you provide any specific scriptural support for you being able to “read the souls” of other people?

Certainly you believe that the Apostles were born again believers, and yet they nowhere speak of such ability.


64 posted on 02/23/2014 12:51:27 PM PST by paulist ("there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus")
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To: tired&retired
I've always understood all of these passages to refer to Christ, who, being God, is all-knowing.

Nevertheless, I do know of some instances where confessors have experienced, in some instances, and to a limited extent, some extraordinary powers. St. (Padre) Pio of Pietrelcina and St. Jean Vianney sometimes had knowledge of penitents' hidden thoughts. It didn't seem to be the detailed, comprehensive mind-reading you described, though. I never heard of such a thing in my life.

You might have a future with the NSA! (Just kidding)

66 posted on 02/24/2014 8:10:15 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Judica me, Deus, et discerne causam meam de gente non sancta.)
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