My brother,
All these accusations, without even knowing, why, I have not been to church for years.
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Are you angry, because I have shown you the truth? And it is a little different than what you thought?
I'd made you look at things, from a slightly different angle?
Ok, be angry, but then listen, reason, see the possibilities.
Who is the beast iron nation that lasts until the stone strikes?
Who is the Roman iron beast nation, right now?
Jn 3:5, "....Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."
Acts 2:38, "....Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."
No, I am not even remotely close to angry, but I am sad for how deceived you have allowed yourself to become.
You are sincerely believing and teaching false doctrines and twisted interpretations. Many liberal Christians will water down the message, so as not to offend you; but I believe TRUE LOVE, will tell people the Whole TRUTH.
You did not even attempt to explain Born Again, which I take as validation that you are not born again. Which is why your understanding is so twisted and false. When you are Born Again, the understanding is taught to you by the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:4-16 (NIV)
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4 [/SUP] My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power,
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5 [/SUP] so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.
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6 [/SUP] We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
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No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began.
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8 [/SUP] None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
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9 [/SUP] However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"--
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10 [/SUP] but
God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
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11 [/SUP] For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
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12 [/SUP] We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
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This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit,
expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
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The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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15 [/SUP] The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment:
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16 [/SUP] "For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
1 Timothy 4:1 (NASB)
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1 [/SUP] But the Spirit explicitly says that
in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,
John 14:15-17 (HCSB)
[SUP]15 [/SUP] “If you love Me, you will keep My commands.
[SUP]16 [/SUP] And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever.
[SUP]17 [/SUP] He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive Him because it doesn’t see Him or know Him. But you do know Him, because He remains with you and will be in you.
1 John 2:3-5 (HCSB)
[SUP]3 [/SUP] This is how we are sure that we have come to know Him: by keeping His commands.
[SUP]4 [/SUP] The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” yet doesn't keep His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
[SUP]5 [/SUP] But whoever keeps His word, truly in him the love of God is perfected. This is how we know we are in Him:
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (HCSB)
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All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness,
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17 [/SUP] so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
Hebrews 10:23-25 (HCSB)
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23 [/SUP] Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
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24 [/SUP] And let us be concerned about one another in order to promote love and good works,
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not staying away from our ⌊worship⌋ meetings,
as some habitually do, but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
1 John 2:19 (NKJV)
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19 [/SUP] They went out from us, but they were not of us; for
if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but
they went out that they might be made manifest,
that none of them were of us.