Sam, not all that one knows has to be written down. Also, a person can be viewed from different angles. For example, my children look at me as father, they describe me in those terms, They do not write to me as "Dear Tax Payer" they write to me as "Dear Dad" because that is the concept they want to emphasize. Paul was interested in many things concerning Christ, one of them was, ' Jesus is Lord', this he had first hand experience with when The Lord knocked him from his donkey(horse, whatever). This was reinforced by God giving him the Holy Spirit.
These are the things that were burned into his mind, and should be the same things burned into your mind, that is, that Jesus knocked you from your wayward path against Him(hopefully) and gave you The Holy Spirit of life(hopefully). I don't know you Sam so it may be that you have not been born again, just a person familiar with The Scriptures. There are many who are deceived in this manner. I can't look at a person and tell whether they are a true Christian(born again) or not, neither can I read a person's writing and tell if they are born again. Human limitations, that is the weakness of the flesh, because I was first born into a state of sin, but have since been born by The Holy Spirit and I know God is my Father because His seed The Holy Spirit remains in me("No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God." (1 John 3:9 NIV)
God bless,
David
"And don't address anyone here on earth as 'Father,' for only God in heaven is your spiritual Father." (Mat 23:9 NLT)
"And the Father leaves all judgment to his Son," (John 5:22 NLT)
"so that everyone will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. But if you refuse to honor the Son, then you are certainly not honoring the Father who sent him." (John 5:23 NLT)
"However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them." (John 6:37 NLT)
""Where is your father?" they asked. Jesus answered, "Since you don't know who I am, you don't know who my Father is. If you knew me, then you would know my Father, too."" (John 8:19 NLT)
"Jesus told them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, because I have come to you from God. I am not here on my own, but he sent me." (John 8:42 NLT)
"Anyone whose Father is God listens gladly to the words of God. Since you don't, it proves you aren't God's children."" (John 8:47 NLT)
"The Father and I are one."" (John 10:30 NLT)
David |
