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Repentence: What Does It Really Mean?
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<blockquote data-quote="ephraimanesti" data-source="post: 58675248" data-attributes="member: 131538"><p>MY BROTHER,</p><p></p><p>Our Lord states, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">FOR EVERYONE WHO ASKS RECEIVES; HE WHO SEEKS FINDS; AND TO HIM WHO KNOCKS, THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED.</span></p><p>"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM?"</span> (Luke 11:9-13)</p><p></p><p>So, as most things spiritual tend to do, in the end it all comes down to Faith. Do you believe God's promises? Do you trust Him to provide that which you are asking based on those Promises? One of the biggest struggles for a new child of God is trusting God's promises IN SPITE of their feelings. You mention that the Scriptures don't mention anyone being gifted with the Spirit without this being accompanied by miraculous signs and wonders. You perhaps need to take into account that the purpose of miracles is not to provide rules and precedent but to establish Christ Jesus' legitimacy and aid in the founding of His Kingdom in a very hostile environment. Now that the Kingdom has been established and matured (well, mostly) over 2000 or so years, another of our Lord's pronouncements pertains to our present situation, "Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed;<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN AND YET HAVE BELIEVED."</span> (John 20:29)</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">TRUST</span> God.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">TRUST</span> His Promises.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">ACT</span> accordingly.</span></p><p></p><p>LOVE TO YOU IN CHRIST,</p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">ephraim</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ephraimanesti, post: 58675248, member: 131538"] MY BROTHER, Our Lord states, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. [FONT="Arial Black"]FOR EVERYONE WHO ASKS RECEIVES; HE WHO SEEKS FINDS; AND TO HIM WHO KNOCKS, THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED.[/FONT] "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, [FONT="Arial Black"]HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM?"[/FONT] (Luke 11:9-13) So, as most things spiritual tend to do, in the end it all comes down to Faith. Do you believe God's promises? Do you trust Him to provide that which you are asking based on those Promises? One of the biggest struggles for a new child of God is trusting God's promises IN SPITE of their feelings. You mention that the Scriptures don't mention anyone being gifted with the Spirit without this being accompanied by miraculous signs and wonders. You perhaps need to take into account that the purpose of miracles is not to provide rules and precedent but to establish Christ Jesus' legitimacy and aid in the founding of His Kingdom in a very hostile environment. Now that the Kingdom has been established and matured (well, mostly) over 2000 or so years, another of our Lord's pronouncements pertains to our present situation, "Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed;[FONT="Arial Black"]BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN AND YET HAVE BELIEVED."[/FONT] (John 20:29) [SIZE="5"][FONT="Arial Black"]TRUST[/FONT] God. [FONT="Arial Black"]TRUST[/FONT] His Promises. [FONT="Arial Black"]ACT[/FONT] accordingly.[/SIZE] LOVE TO YOU IN CHRIST, [SIZE="1"]ephraim[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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