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Old 01-22-2012, 09:12 PM
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Lol; any worry about any...deficiency should be handled...line by line? in this kind of venue, I think. And see how...you too can...talk like Kirk, 2.0
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Old 01-22-2012, 09:19 PM
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If Timmy is truly worried, he can quote a line that worries him, and shine some light.
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Old 01-22-2012, 09:20 PM
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If Timmy is truly worried, he can quote a line that worries him, and shine some light.
I'm not worried about Revelation, if that's what you think I mean. I worry about incoherent posts. Are you OK?
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Old 01-22-2012, 09:50 PM
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I'm not worried about Revelation, if that's what you think I mean. I worry about incoherent posts. Are you OK?
Yes, and if you will just quote anything that comes across to you as incoherent, I or someone else might translate.
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Old 01-23-2012, 08:05 AM
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Um, but maybe the "testing" thing is still unclear, and you should maybe pardon me, as we've discussed it like three times, and I may have bled some of my simultaneous but unstated thoughts on "tongues" in another thread over to here, so, I'd like to be plain:

You can test any spirit, even one that you have created, and yes you can create a spirit, and test it, as well as any other spirit that exists, merely by asking this spirit if Jesus Christ is Lord of All, right there in your thoughts, and trust that in this conversation with..."yourself," that God has provided a way whereby you may know for sure if a thing is of God or not, as this formula will get you right to the source, and you don't have to wonder whether you are just answering yourself or not. This will become real to you the first time you don't get the answer you expect, and testing spirits will then become an everyday thing for you, instead of some exotic thing.

As an example, the preceding paragraph has a spirit, or the idea contained in it does, whether you have understood the words there or not, they could be Swahili, it wouldn't matter (at least I don't think), and you can test this spirit, just get over the fact that you are asking air for an opinion, locate the paragraph's spirit, which you have just read (which is why Swahili might be tougher), so its spirit is therefore hovering right behind your forehead, just see how much "Jesus is the Lord of All" or random praising God that this spirit will do with you, it should be delighted, and don't be afraid to ask a couple different ways, as some spirits are quite strong and can deflect one weak inquiry here, and by deflect I don't mean lie, but rather hit you with a "stay here for the present" type answer that you should not accept.

For some reason I am always led to mention casting lots here as a perfectly acceptable way of knowing God's will in a matter. Rolling dice. Now, to a new Christian, this often reads like heresy, taking the instruments of a ........ game, gambling, and using them to determine God's will; but there it is, right there in Scripture, and when you understand the gist of this or the testing thing, allowing God to show you His will without some..."miracle," you'll see similar spirits, or maybe this is all covered by one spirit, angel, I don't know, but the point is that they are related in a way that a little meditation should make obvious, at least to you (trust that everyone else will think you are nuts).

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Old 01-23-2012, 08:47 AM
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Um, but maybe the "testing" thing is still unclear, and you should maybe pardon me, as we've discussed it like three times, and I may have bled some of my simultaneous but unstated thoughts on "tongues" in another thread over to here, so, I'd like to be plain:

You can test any spirit, even one that you have created, and yes you can create a spirit, and test it, as well as any other spirit that exists, merely by asking this spirit if Jesus Christ is Lord of All, right there in your thoughts, and trust that in this conversation with..."yourself," that God has provided a way whereby you may know for sure if a thing is of God or not, as this formula will get you right to the source, and you don't have to wonder whether you are just answering yourself or not. This will become real to you the first time you don't get the answer you expect, and testing spirits will then become an everyday thing for you, instead of some exotic thing.

As an example, the preceding paragraph has a spirit, or the idea contained in it does, whether you have understood the words there or not, they could be Swahili, it wouldn't matter (at least I don't think), and you can test this spirit, just get over the fact that you are asking air for an opinion, locate the paragraph's spirit, which you have just read (which is why Swahili might be tougher), so its spirit is therefore hovering right behind your forehead, just see how much "Jesus is the Lord of All" or random praising God that this spirit will do with you, it should be delighted, and don't be afraid to ask a couple different ways, as some spirits are quite strong and can deflect one weak inquiry here, and by deflect I don't mean lie, but rather hit you with a "stay here for the present" type answer that you should not accept.

For some reason I am always led to mention casting lots here as a perfectly acceptable way of knowing God's will in a matter. Rolling dice. Now, to a new Christian, this often reads like heresy, taking the instruments of a ........ game, gambling, and using them to determine God's will; but there it is, right there in Scripture, and when you understand the gist of this or the testing thing, allowing God to show you His will without some..."miracle," you'll see similar spirits, or maybe this is all covered by one spirit, angel, I don't know, but the point is that they are related in a way that a little meditation should make obvious, at least to you (trust that everyone else will think you are nuts).
So all one needs in life is faith and a pair of 20 sided dice from an old D&D set.
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Old 01-23-2012, 08:50 AM
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Ok, and I'll just mention as an aside that (I think) this is connected with miracles; present-day miracles, or a perceived lack thereof. Christ walked on a water, and said we would do freakier stuff than that; see that walking on water was not a miracle as far as Christ is concerned, and that for you to do something greater, it will not be a miracle as far as you are concerned. And we are not waiting for some magic mass eye-twinkling or anything (btw, is that supposed to be like "Bewitched," or...what?) to affect these "miracles," or at least God isn't, and you may reflect on an answer some Bible lawyer might give you for "what is lacking, that the kingdom of Heaven might become manifest in the earth," if you doubt.
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Old 01-23-2012, 08:54 AM
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So all one needs in life is faith and a pair of 20 sided dice from an old D&D set.
Well, but you jest. I will say that testing takes a little practice, as there are times, especially where an issue might be "confused," where you are dealing with more than one spirit, and so you have to separate them to test them, and really "interrogate" is the word you should get comfortable with here. An unclear answer indicates an unclear question, for whatever reason, but a little practice of this Biblical principle and you will see, and I note again that you don't have to wait, just pull out your dice, all 20 sides if you want, although I prefer 6, and test this paragraph that way or by interrogation, and let God tell you, you needn't ever trust any man like me again.
I see that I am making assumptions here, that we all know this Scripture, which should be quoted in here somewhere...
1 John 4:1-6 or so, http://bible.cc/1_john/4-1.htm

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Old 01-23-2012, 09:03 AM
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And understand that you will never walk on water until you hoist your leg over the side of that boat you are in...
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