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Struggles by Non-Christians
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<blockquote data-quote="ajcarey" data-source="post: 74264032" data-attributes="member: 420009"><p>Good question. I would say that being reconciled to God through repentance from sin and the atonement of the blood of Christ breaks the barrier in the inner person from the life of God that was lost by the Fall of man. God's eternal life is being indwelt by His Spirit through a living faith in Christ; and this is something that one who is justified before God with a clean heart can discern, be comforted by, and above all be enabled to (consistently) overcome temptation and do the good one knows they ought to do. I can say that I know this firsthand and that the thing I'm most amazed by is how He has not suffered me to tempted beyond what I am able according to His promise (1 Corinthians 10:13). To see, hear, and touch the Lord (by faith) is also something that can be done through the ministry of the Holy Spirit when one is rightly relating to God through Christ - and that is primarily through the Spirit's enlightening as one reads the Scriptures with a willing heart. It is practical and not sensational, yet as real as anything. And maybe above all it should be emphasized that it does not happen on one's own terms. We must do our part and God will minister to us as He sees fit, whether that's in a subtle, barely discernible way or through a powerful eye-opening spiritual experience. Any and all of this can of course be counterfeited and/or imagined, but there are ways to test the reality and source of spiritual experience- and seeking God according to the terms of His covenant in the Scriptures will surely result in a corresponding relationship and experience which will also be in line with God's promises and God's way also delineated in Scripture. It is all very practical and objective, yet neither mechanical nor a cookie cutter experience for everyone who genuinely knows God.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ajcarey, post: 74264032, member: 420009"] Good question. I would say that being reconciled to God through repentance from sin and the atonement of the blood of Christ breaks the barrier in the inner person from the life of God that was lost by the Fall of man. God's eternal life is being indwelt by His Spirit through a living faith in Christ; and this is something that one who is justified before God with a clean heart can discern, be comforted by, and above all be enabled to (consistently) overcome temptation and do the good one knows they ought to do. I can say that I know this firsthand and that the thing I'm most amazed by is how He has not suffered me to tempted beyond what I am able according to His promise (1 Corinthians 10:13). To see, hear, and touch the Lord (by faith) is also something that can be done through the ministry of the Holy Spirit when one is rightly relating to God through Christ - and that is primarily through the Spirit's enlightening as one reads the Scriptures with a willing heart. It is practical and not sensational, yet as real as anything. And maybe above all it should be emphasized that it does not happen on one's own terms. We must do our part and God will minister to us as He sees fit, whether that's in a subtle, barely discernible way or through a powerful eye-opening spiritual experience. Any and all of this can of course be counterfeited and/or imagined, but there are ways to test the reality and source of spiritual experience- and seeking God according to the terms of His covenant in the Scriptures will surely result in a corresponding relationship and experience which will also be in line with God's promises and God's way also delineated in Scripture. It is all very practical and objective, yet neither mechanical nor a cookie cutter experience for everyone who genuinely knows God. [/QUOTE]
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