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To: tired&retired
They are the truth as when you follow their teachings in your life they set you free to know and experience Jesus and our Father. When the map leads you to the treasure it is the truth.

Amen! The words of Scripture are the very words of Almighty God and the word of God is powerful.

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. (Hebrews 4:12,13)

14 posted on 03/11/2014 8:55:06 PM PDT by boatbums (Simul justis et peccator.)
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To: boatbums

“This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written” ~ John 21:20-25


17 posted on 03/11/2014 9:40:19 PM PDT by NKP_Vet ("I got a good Christin' raisin', an 8th grade education, ain't no need ya'll treatin' me this way")
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To: boatbums

Everything you said, I am in 100% agreement except for one small detail.. “ it(word of God) judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”

God knows the thoughts and attitudes of the heart, but does not judge them. We create our own judgement between us and our environment. Allow me to say that our environment includes existing within our Father.

Our judgement is created directly by the response between us and our environment. For example, if we hold onto a big bag of gold and try to swim, the additional weight that pulls us under water and drowns us is similar to how sin kills us. The water does not judge us, it is merely impossible for us to walk on water while holding onto sin.

God’s Love for us is unconditional and freeing. It is non judgmental. However sin cannot exist in the presence of His perfect Love. When we hold onto sin it prohibits us from experiencing God’s Love, just as holding onto the gold may prohibit us from breathing above the water.

In order to know thy Father you must be like a child. That means that your soul needs to have the purity of a child. The eyes are the window of the soul. You can see the purity in a young child. But as soon as they do something wrong, they cannot look at you or God with their eyes. They feel judged and unworthy of Love. We are that same way with God.

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Nor is it hidden from you if you become one with our Father by following Jesus’ teachings. It is real and experiential, not just theory. Remember what Jesus said, “I and my Father are one. My Father exists in Me and I in My Father. If you exist in Me then My Father that exists in Me also exists within you.”


36 posted on 03/12/2014 2:51:05 AM PDT by tired&retired
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