DEATH
and
LIFE
are in
the hand
of the
TONGUE
Pr 18
Much of the time what is often referred to as God speaking to someone is either conscience or intuition, and while these are blessings and gifts of God, they are as much (or less) the voice of God as basic logic and calculation; and humans fail in their intuitions as much or more as in their logical conclusions.
When Scripture speaks of the sheep hearing and knowing the voice of the shepherd, this is what Scripture is speaking of when it says, for example, "I tell you not these things because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and ye know that no lie is of the truth" 1J 2.
God has given us the ability to think, to know, which is the the ability to discern the truth, and God's voice is truth itself. He has given us the ability, and commands us to be wise.
Those who have not blinded themselves, who have not cast aside the knowledge they have, who are not willingly ignorant, those who have the integrity to acknowledge what God has given them the ability to recognise, they are the sheep who know and hear the shepherd's voice.
We should be grateful to God for instinct and insight, without exalting these things as being more direct than other gifts of God. If someone insists that they are hearing the personal voice of the Creator himself, they must do a miracle to prove it.
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Mt 7 "every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and...
doeth them NOT (foolish man) DOETH them (wise man)
Your fate is decided
based on what you do.
My wife and I recently found a new group to fellowship with that is pretty good. We ran across some false teachers in the past who were left with little to no people in their congregation after we walked out. This group we meet with now we like. We know some of the people from other groups we fellowshipped with in the past. We spent some time talking since we hadn't seen each other in a while and I was happy to see one of my friends from another group we used to fellowship with. We really don't like bouncing around and since we moved into a new area you don't really know how things are going to go until you visit some of the groups. The group we fellowshipping with now is led by a man who moved into this area about the same time we did. Which was about two and a half years ago. They hosted Sukkot and we brought our camping trailer so we could attend. Things went very well and this group has good understanding of the scriptures.
Please watch this critical introduction to First Fruits Ministries' brand-new Community series, which ought to be viewed by anyone considering our congregation to be their faith community: https://firstfruits.cc/blog/20....24/10/26/community-p
Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
2 Kings 4:35
I have heard that the "seven times" could refer to the entire process of Elisha lying on the child and then the child sneezing rather than just to the sneezing as most translations read. This possibility is made more apparent by the literal wording in the YLT:
"...and he turneth back and walketh in the house, once hither and once thither, and goeth up and stretcheth himself upon him, and the youth sneezeth till seven times, and the youth openeth his eyes."
It seems that Elisha performed this ritual twice and then the boy sneezed seven times or else he performed the ritual seven times and the boy sneezed each time before finally opening his eyes.
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In 2 Kings 4:34, Elisha goes through a very odd ritual in resurrecting the Shunnamite woman's son from the dead. Mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hands to hands... What was the reason for this strange behavior? Maybe he was symbolically returning breath (the mouth), consciousness (the eyes), and strength (the hands) to the child. IDK.
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