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Post by Murph on Dec 30, 2011 16:39:17 GMT -6
Story of Balaan and his encounter with the Angel who confronted him on the road that day in his travels to Moab. Numbers 22-23
Balaan knew of the Hebrews God which was not unusal in that day nor is it today...for unbelievers to know of our God but not to know Him.
At any rate...the Angel confronted Balaam who promptly...obviously out of fear...admitted he had sinned to keep the angel from killing him.
My question is this...how can we tell when someone's profession of faith is real or just out of fear or need?
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Post by Murph on Dec 31, 2011 8:25:42 GMT -6
stupid question?
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Post by Keith on Dec 31, 2011 8:57:37 GMT -6
Not at all, and the answer is: By their fruit!
"Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?" (Matthew 7:16)
How one lives their life, how one conducts their business, how one interacts with friends and family and etcetera is a reflection of the Spirit that's in them. Remember though, we're still human beings in a mortal body and we still sin. We don't do the right thing all the time and that has to be taken into consideration.
There are unsaved people who are generally good folks, but talking to them will usually reveal their thoughts on the Lord.
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Post by Murph on Dec 31, 2011 9:16:51 GMT -6
but by the same token...I have met people who have done bad things who when I started really talking to them...were saved.
They had just royally screwed up.
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Post by Keith on Dec 31, 2011 11:43:12 GMT -6
Exactly.
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Post by Murph on Dec 31, 2011 12:38:21 GMT -6
got cha...
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Post by allelujah on Jan 2, 2012 21:54:49 GMT -6
but by the same token...I have met people who have done bad things who when I started really talking to them...were saved. They had just royally screwed up. LOL! I think I just did that yesterday!!!    eeek! Happy 2012 God Bless you greatly! Check out Chuck Smiths Psalm 7 commentary on the thought that our Creator KNOWS each and every heart... www.blueletterbible.org/commentaries/comm_view.cfm?AuthorID=1&contentID=6809&commInfo=25&topic=Psalms&ar=Psa_7_9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and the reins (Psa 7:9). And God is gonna try the hearts; our motives will one day be judged. Actually, our works are all to be judged by fire to see what sort they are, and those that remain after the test of fire we will be rewarded for. But much of man's work will be destroyed. God judges the heart. God knows the motive, something that we are not even always aware of. My defense is of God, which saves the upright in heart. God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. If he turn not, he will whet his sword [or sharpen his sword]; he has bent his bow, and made it ready. He has prepared for him the instruments of death (Psa 7:10-13); That's sort of a heavy scripture. God has already for the wicked the way by which he is going to die. "He's bent his bow, he has sharpened his sword, he already has planned the method of the destruction of the wicked." |
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Post by Murph on Jan 2, 2012 22:31:20 GMT -6
HELLO MABZAR!!!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!
Hope you have a very blessed year!
and Amen!
Was just thinking about you and here you are...
;D
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