08-28-2004, 03:27 AM
Quote:I do not need your answers.
Well let me answer your questions since you asked anyways.
I am a born-again Christian. I was bought and paid for by Jesus's blood and accepted into His kingdom by my own repentence back around 3:30 in the morning of January of 1992. I was 27 at the time, and I was a major freaking heathen.
Since then I have been water baptized in the name of Jesus, and went on to ask for and receive the indwelling Spirit of Truth from The Almighty, which is The Holy Spirit, with the witness of the gift of tongues following. I have been granted a few of the spiritual gifts since then, some of them are the gift of wisdom, the gift to discern the one true Spirit, and a gift of prophecy at times. I have one more step to complete in this journey, and that is the Annointing, the power from on high, which I will receive when GOD is ready for me to do HIS work/will, of which HE has been preparing me since my re-birth.
It is no longer me who does this work but The Almighty through me, and that is as it should be to correctly follow Jesus. I am an instrument of His righteousness.
So far,......what I have learned from Paul's site and many, many, many others is that none of the texts are without some sort of mistake. I take a common sense approach to every side with GOD being the final answer. The greek has mistakes, the old syriac has mistakes, the latin has mistakes, the peshitta has mistakes, etc, etc, etc, etc.
I have let GOD be the last word about all of these texts, not man. Everything has been taken to HIM in prayer with the following revelations from HIM. I have asked and continued to ask what was wrong and for HIM to show me every time. I have refused to go on any mans word alone.
This has been my method and will continue to be, as it should be for any Spirit-filled Christian who truely desires to follow The Spirit, should be.
GOD was the creator of time, and HE is the absolute in truth, so HE has the final answer for me, no matter what.
Now,....what am I doing here? I was learning, but I have reached a point and see where there is no more to learn here.