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To: RnMomof7
You need to read your bible.

What would be the point of that? Obviously, different people draw different meanings from what they read. Wouldn't it be more efficient to just have you explain what the bible actually says? It seems to me that a lot of confusion could be avoided that way.

307 posted on 07/07/2002 9:24:17 AM PDT by St.Chuck
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To: St.Chuck
"Obviously, different people draw different meanings from what they read."

So true.

Only those with "the mind of Christ" will be able to correctly handle the Word of Truth.

It is as Paul said when he wrote to the church (those with the Spirit) in various locations:

"For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ."

"[I am] called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ --- separated to the gospel of God --- among whom you *also* are the called of Jesus Christ --- *called to be saints* ..."

"Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. ... But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them because they are spiritually discerned."

"Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ [not regenerate] he is not His."

And Peter also writes: "... ignorant and unstable people (those without the Spirit of God / the mind of Christ) distort [Paul's writings], as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction."

And Jesus, himself said: "I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper ("Parakletos" - "One which is called to aid"), that He may abide with you forever, even the Spirit of TRUTH which the world cannot receive because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and shall be in you. ...the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in My name HE will teach you....".

And John writes this to the elect of God: "These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you. The anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that ANYONE teach you ..."

[1Cor.2:16; Rom.1:1-7; 8:9; 1 Cor.2:12-14; 2Pet.3:16; John 14:16-17,26; 1 John 2:26-27]

So you are right when you said, "Obviously, different people draw different meanings from what they read."

Only the people in whom God dwells will be able to correctly handle the Word of Truth. The rest are God haters who will just naturally twist Scripture to their own destruction.

The Spirit of TRUTH dwelling in the regenerate ... the Helper whom the Father sent in Jesus' name -- HE teaches us. The anointing which we have received from Him abides in us, and we do not need that ANY man teach us...".

Those who say otherwise are denounced by the apostle John as "deceivers" [1 John 1: 26-27].

309 posted on 07/07/2002 1:54:35 PM PDT by Matchett-PI
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