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<blockquote data-quote="Integrity" data-source="post: 6068356" data-attributes="member: 26800"><p>[USER=11490]@tourists24[/USER],</p><p></p><p>So you know, although you see, I verbally joust with certain individuals about certain religious topics and thoughts I do take my spiritual life very seriously. I see more Pharisees in them than I see Christ.</p><p></p><p>I admit, sometimes I say confusing things. I do not in any way, mean or think myself to be worthy to even tie the sandals of my Lord Jesus, but I do believe he lives in me spiritually, and I also understand that things he said were very confusing to the established religion of his day such as the Pharisees. I do believe that some of the confusing things I say, are confusing to these individuals on this site because they lean towards the thought and religion of the Pharisees and not religion of a living Christ.</p><p></p><p>That is between them and God, or in their case between them and the Bible.</p><p></p><p>I want you aware that my viewpoint of the Bible is this:</p><p></p><p>I believe the Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God, that they may enter into Him, that they may delight in His presence, may taste and know the inner sweetness of the very God himself in the core and center of their hearts.</p><p></p><p>These thoughts of mine have been codified in the written manuscripts that have been accumulated, selected, and decided upon to be used as religious doctrine by previous church leadership, ultimately to end up in the Holy Bibles that we see on the shelves of bookstores and online and it’s various iterations.</p><p></p><p>Religion and religious writings can be and are very useful in my spiritual life. But apart from God, himself in the Holy Spirit moving in through and acting upon all of creation, they might as well be Mad Magazine. The Holy Spirit within is the necessary component, the person who can lead one to understanding, not our intellect or understanding of a book. I suspect their unbelief in the Holy Spirit‘s residence in the believer is what hinders them.</p><p></p><p><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙏" title="Folded hands :pray:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f64f.png" data-shortname=":pray:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Integrity, post: 6068356, member: 26800"] [USER=11490]@tourists24[/USER], So you know, although you see, I verbally joust with certain individuals about certain religious topics and thoughts I do take my spiritual life very seriously. I see more Pharisees in them than I see Christ. I admit, sometimes I say confusing things. I do not in any way, mean or think myself to be worthy to even tie the sandals of my Lord Jesus, but I do believe he lives in me spiritually, and I also understand that things he said were very confusing to the established religion of his day such as the Pharisees. I do believe that some of the confusing things I say, are confusing to these individuals on this site because they lean towards the thought and religion of the Pharisees and not religion of a living Christ. That is between them and God, or in their case between them and the Bible. I want you aware that my viewpoint of the Bible is this: I believe the Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God, that they may enter into Him, that they may delight in His presence, may taste and know the inner sweetness of the very God himself in the core and center of their hearts. These thoughts of mine have been codified in the written manuscripts that have been accumulated, selected, and decided upon to be used as religious doctrine by previous church leadership, ultimately to end up in the Holy Bibles that we see on the shelves of bookstores and online and it’s various iterations. Religion and religious writings can be and are very useful in my spiritual life. But apart from God, himself in the Holy Spirit moving in through and acting upon all of creation, they might as well be Mad Magazine. The Holy Spirit within is the necessary component, the person who can lead one to understanding, not our intellect or understanding of a book. I suspect their unbelief in the Holy Spirit‘s residence in the believer is what hinders them. 🙏 [/QUOTE]
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