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I respect your right to your opinion, but my comment was just like 1000s of other comments on this forum. Even within this thread people have made un-qualified claims and didn't get this kind of response.
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Trapped,
I apologize, but I intended that my remarks be generic and a suggestion to all. Not specifically to your comment. Sorry.
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MY COMMENT: Rather than speak with authority, I think these kinds of statements should include qualifiers like "in my opinion" or "I could be wrong, but...". Leave some room for the Holy Spirit to confirm your beliefs, or not.
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I stand behind what I said and have provided additional examples from other verses and in other comments, and anyone is welcome to make a different case. Requiring that every read of the Bible must have an explicit experience of the HS, or questioning my experiences with the Lord, or stating that phrases might mean something else without providing at least one example of what they might otherwise mean just come across as baseless nitpicking and I'm not interested in it.
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In my suggestion, I don't see any "requirement" or "must have" or "explicit" experience of any kind. It's just what I think and suggested as such. Please point this out to me and I will apologize. That is certainly not what I believe to be my place in the life of another, and not what I intended.
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I'm also not interested in claims of authority. You are adding the label "authority" to what I write, not me, or the way I write. Please focus on the content of what I said and provide alternates, rather than make up false claims about my intentions or apparent inability to perfectly craft a sentence to your liking, etc. Thanks.
Trapped
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I'm not sure what you're referring to. "Make up false claims?" I have no intention to "label" anything. As I said, the statement
"They are definitely not genuine believers
" seems to imply an authority and factually accurate knowledge to make that determination regarding the soul of another. Maybe we have different definitions of "authority". The phrases "oppose the truth", "disqualified from the faith", in my opinion, do not clearly identify someone as not a believer...I could be wrong.
I had no intention to make disparaging remarks about your walk with the Lord or your interaction with the Holy Spirit.
I apologize for my part in this conflict. Please forgive me.
Nell
If you need to discuss further, suggest we use the PM system.