The human heart cannot self-generate joy. Joy is a fruit from the Holy Spirit.
The human heart cannot self-generate peace.
The human heart cannot self-generate peace. Peace is a fruit from the Holy Spirit.
The human heart cannot self-generate goodness.
The human heart cannot self-generate goodness. Goodness is a fruit from the Holy Spirit.
The human will cannot self-generate righteousness.
The human will cannot self-generate righteousness. Righteousness is a free gift from God that comes by grace, which is through faith, which comes by hearing the leading, teaching, and correction of God.
Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God.
Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God. ~ John 8:47 Berean Study Bible
every attack against Christ, the Father, the Holy Spirit, or Scripture suffers from the same problem.
I have found that every attack against Christ, the Father, the Holy Spirit, or Scripture suffers from the same problem. The lack of truth and an abundance of bare claims.
lack of truth and an abundance of bare claims.
Most of the questions Christians debate have the same problem. The lack of truth and an abundance of bare claims.
The skeptic or dogmatist comes in without true premises.
The skeptic or dogmatist comes in without true premises.
All knowledge is hidden in Christ.
All knowledge is hidden in Christ.
The Münchhausen Trilemma destroys godless arguments
The Münchhausen Trilemma destroys godless arguments
Skeptics stand on made-up stuff veiled in a cloud of smokescreen fallacies.
Skeptics stand on made-up stuff veiled in a cloud of smokescreen fallacies.
Wouldn’t it be great if skeptics were skeptical of their own thinking?
Wouldn’t it be great if skeptics were skeptical of their own thinking?
being transfigured into the image and likeness of Jesus Christ
The one thing God is doing in the Church is helping us to get to know Jesus Christ to the point of being transfigured into His image and likeness.
Jesus is real and knowable.
Jesus is real and knowable.
God the Father is real and knowable through Christ.
God the Father is real and knowable through Christ.
The Holy Spirit is real and knowable.
The Holy Spirit is real and knowable.
Ask God to Make it Clear to You
If you hear a word, a prophecy, or a teaching,
don’t receive it because a godly person says,
“I have this from the Lord (or the Bible).”
Don’t receive it because someone says,
“I’m a prophet (teacher, pastor, theologian, or apostle).”
Don’t get swept along by pressure, threats, or emotion.
Rather, ask God to make clear to you
whether you should believe it.
Stand in God’s presence and remain there.
Even if you are deceived for a while,
the Holy Spirit will correct you and teach you.
Anyone can check out Christ.
Anyone can check out Christ.
You can know Jesus. That’s not a figure of speech.
You can know Jesus. That’s not a figure of speech.
Jesus couldn’t say His own words or do His own acts
If Jesus couldn’t say His own words or do His own acts but only what came from the Father, who do we think we are?