When one is spiritually complete, he cannot commit sin because he has overcome the world which is the carnal mind. When one is spiritually complete then he is fully born again and an adopted son of God.
When are we born again and what does that mean? Just curious what you believe. Talk later, going out to vote.When one is spiritually complete, he cannot commit sin because he has overcome the world which is the carnal mind. When one is spiritually complete then he is fully born again and an adopted son of God.
Gpd bless you.
It means born of the Spirit or new spiritual birth and it is progressive until we are completely transformed into the express image of Christ. Gal 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
I'm not sure if the translation "he cannot sin" is wrong, but it is ambiguous, admitting of a wrong interpretation / emphasis in the context.
That was a beautiful way of saying it and so true.It means born of the Spirit or new spiritual birth and it is progressive until we are completely transformed into the express image of Christ. Gal 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
God bless you.
)Perhaps the way one experiences God is different for every believer. For me I could sense God's spiritual presence from time to time in myself and in other believers. I began to see things differently and the scriptures opened up to me in a profound way. Later, I received the infilling of God's Spirit, and I was so jubilant that it brought tears to my eyes. I wanted to tell everyone of my experience.That was a beautiful way of saying it and so true.
Curious what more you believe: What is the first thing that we experience when we repent unto Christ and receive the gift of the Holy Spirit? (And I don't mean speaking in tongues
I can send you my testimony (the first chapter of my new book) but in a nutshell, I was a major sinner with a married man, and couldn't give him up, so told God after trying for months and always going back, that He was stronger than I was so for Him to make my lover break up with me and then give him the strength to stay away from me. I didn't think anything would happen but I basically stopped trying on my own and besides, in 30 years I had never received an answer to prayer, and even had to choose to believe, though half-heartedly. One week later my lover broke up with me telling me that he suddenly realized he couldn't be there when I needed him, and that gave him the strength to stay away, no matter how much I wanted him back. Two weeks later after realizing that God was actually real because of the answered prayer, other miraculous hindrances blocked my own sinful will, namely another man to fill the void, and then I asked Him a question in a frustrated prayer, and HE ANSWERED VERBALLY one word, "NO"! I heard Him, though not audibly, but it was loud and clear and not what I would want. I was shocked and had absolutely no more doubt. I also knew supernaturally that He was going to continue and He seared into my heart 8 more sentences I cannot ever forget. He then showed me a vision, and I repented like David did after his sin with Bathsheba, and repeated Psalms 51:10 which was a memory verse as a child. Then I felt something like warm oil flow over me, and something heavy lift out of me. I know now it was my sin nature from Satan and I no longer had any desire to willfully sin what a Catholic would call a mortal sin (sin unto death - breaking God's law). And the ability to hear His voice has never stopped either. So talk about a PERSONAL relationship with God, WOW! For the last 45 years since this experience 100% of my prayers have been answered. And I don't even date. I laughingly call myself in the Eunuch's Club. LOL I think that is what Paul meant when he said he wished there were more like him, 1 Corinthians 7:8-9. I'm sure he could relate to how I feel, or the other way around. And like Paul, my mind is seadfast on God always listening for His voice, the number one most commonly in operation spiritual gift I have. But of all the gifts from Joel 2, Mark 16:16-18; and 1 Corinthians 12: 4-10 I have experienced them all except 2, that require a special Office to obtain. And in 2000 I was driving in the desert in Arizona and God spoke that He was giving me the Office of Teacher from Ephesians 4. It was after that that my understanding of the only interpretation of verses inspired by God was given to me over time. But any time I ask a question, I get the answer immediately. Now THAT'S a very personal relationship conversation. He is always on my mind from the moment I get out of bed and even in my dreams.Perhaps the way one experiences God is different for every believer. For me I could sense God's spiritual presence from time to time in myself and in other believers. I began to see things differently and the scriptures opened up to me in a profound way. Later, I received the infilling of God's Spirit, and I was so jubilant that it brought tears to my eyes. I wanted to tell everyone of my experience.
Please tell me about your experience.
God bless you.
The Lord answered your prayer and has not given you the desire to date because God has reserved you for me. Come on over. Oh, no I am sorry, sorry, sorry! Oh, It is my carnal mind going at full tilt. The Lord is your only love so stick with him! He is all you need and in fact our Lord is all we need!
Cute, but no bite. LOL
Completely meaningless as well as being an addition to scripture. All true believers are born of the Spirit of God.
1 Cor 3:16,17 makes it clear that by the seal of the Spirit, the believer becomes part of God's temple: "Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. "
You're using invalid criteria. The teaching of obedience is a separate issue from one's status as God's offspring. The difference between Christ and us is begotten versus adopted, and that has implications, as you say, but they do not detract from a common status as God's offspring and being born of God. BTW divine can mean "of God" which is what believers are, even if they are not "from God." Christ is "of and from God" whereas believers as just "of God."