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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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To: tired&retired

The best way to describe the experience one encounters when the Holy Spirit moves in and you connect experientially to our Father is that it is like connecting to the internet.

Suddenly all knowledge is available to you. However, you must know enough to ask the questions before you can get an answers. If you have unlimited knowledge at your fingertips, there are no better questions to ask than “Why did Jesus say......?”

Ask and you shall receive..


39 posted on 03/12/2014 3:51:06 AM PDT by tired&retired
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To: tired&retired
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.”

No; I do NOT 'remember' this.


Neither does Google®.


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53 posted on 03/12/2014 4:33:09 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: tired&retired
I was quoting directly from Scripture, Hebrews 4:12 which says the word of God "judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart". And I respectfully have to disagree with you about God judging. He is a just and righteous judge, unlike human judges, because He CAN know the thoughts and intents of the heart.

People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart. (I Samuel 16:7)

136 posted on 03/12/2014 9:57:25 PM PDT by boatbums (Simul justis et peccator.)
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