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To: Jvette
The Holy Spirit working through them and in us at the behest of the Father and Jesus is the basis for that trust.

If the Holy Spirit at work in us is the same one that is and was at work in them, He can enlighten us just the same as He can and did enlighten them.

God is not a respecter of persons and there is nothing about the positions that they attained that makes them any more special or special to God than any one of us. He can enlighten us just the same as He can enlighten them. And we don't need a degree in theology from a seminary for it to happen.

2,767 posted on 11/19/2011 4:50:22 AM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: metmom

****God is not a respecter of persons****

This is true, God loves all of us, each personally and as an individual, but that does not mean that He doesn’t have different missions and paths for us.

***and there is nothing about the positions that they attained that makes them any more special or special to God than any one of us.****

Again, it is not that God has more love or shows partiality, but that there are those whom God has chosen for special things. What made Jesus choose the men He chose as His Apostles? We don’t know why God uses those He does to fulfill His will.

**** He can enlighten us just the same as He can enlighten them. And we don’t need a degree in theology from a seminary for it to happen.****

We don’t need a degree in theology to believe in Jesus and love Him.


2,916 posted on 11/19/2011 6:11:49 PM PST by Jvette
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