Disernment: How do you know whether you are talking to a true Christian or minister? Just hear him or her speak. People who are operating under the influence of the Holy Spirit do not speak CARELESSLY or ABUSIVELY. Words reveal character. Words reveal what is in a person's heart. We speak from the abundance of the heart. Note: It is written: We shall be held accountable for every careless word we have spoken. By our words we shall be acquitted, & by our words we shall be condemned. (Mathew 12: 36-37). Do not speak like a FOOL, speak like a child of God, like one who is sent by God, who is representing God here on earth. Speak words which heal, edify, build, encourage, comfort, strengthen, full of faith & which gives grace to those who hear them. God bless you all.
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds & write them on their hearts. I will be their God, & they will be My people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying: Know the Lord, because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. (Hebrews 8:10-11). If our hearts are not changed, following God's rules will be unpleasant & difficult. We will rebel against being told how to live the Christian way. The Holy Spirit, however, gives us new desires, helping us wanting to obey God. With new hearts, hearts of flesh & not hearts of stone, we will find that serving God is our greatest joy. Under God's new covenant, God's law is inside us & not outside, ie, on a tablet of stone. No, it's written in our hearts. It is no longer an external set of rules & principles. The Holy Spirit reminds us of Christ's words, activates our ...
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