For most of us it's a matter of just reading the word of God, not a matter of trying to understand it, but just reading it and letting God pour some "miracle grow" on that seed to cause it grow in our lives.
_________________Robert Wurtz II
So it is incorrect to equate the working of the Holy Spirit in Psalm 51 (concerning David) and the working of the Holy Spirit within you and me.
_________________Jimmy H
Brother Jay asked:
So how can God say He 'seals' us with His Spirit if it can be taken away? What kind of 'seal' is that?
_________________Jeff Marshalek
Brother Robert wrote:
The word has to be mixed with faith or it will not profit. Faith is our contribution.
If loosing ones salvation is up to the individual, then gaining ones salvation is up to the individual also. I don't think so.1 Corinthians 1:29-31 That no flesh should glory in His presence. But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.It is God's glory that we are redeemed. It is God's glory that we are in righteous justification where God has put us in Christ Jesus and Christ Jesus in us. It is God's glory that Holy Spirit wisdom is made unto us. It is God's Glory that the Christ Person is sanctified in Christ life. In Christ: Phillip
_________________Phillip
Sis wrote:
We repent again, and again the ground is ready for seed. Sometimes our lives become a "sin - repent" for quite awhile until the day comes when our ground is able to receive seed and keep it. It's like a woman who keeps having miscarriages, but finally she does retain the seed and thus able to give birth.
Brother Phillip wrote:
If loosing ones salvation is up to the individual, then gaining ones salvation is up to the individual also.
ohn 14:21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.Does this verse define what you have stated above?
KingJimmy: Romans teaches that one who is truly a Jew must be a Jew inwardly, receiving a circumcision that is of the heart by the Spirit. This teaching transcends dispensations. The Old Testament saints who were righteous in the sight of God had this inward work done in them as well.