Meaning Of The Spiritually Discerned
Unlike the Quran, in the Bible behind every name of a person or Angel, or Prophet mentioned, every country, every tribe, every earthly ruler, there's an important story to be learned that will help you understand the meaning behide every scriptures written therein. Please, do some research first before posting verses you do not understand!
◄ What Does Born Again from Above mean? ►
Nicodemus, was known as a “leader among the Jews,” which means he was probably a member of the Sanhedrin. The Sanhedrin was the high priests' political council. This council was the highest legislative body in Jewish Palestine. Think of it as a supreme judicial court reserved for only the most important cases.
One of the most significant encounters involving Nicodemus occurs in John 3:1-21, where he visits Jesus at night. This nighttime meeting is often interpreted as a sign of his cautious approach to Jesus, wanting to avoid the scrutiny of his peers, because he did not want to lose the High seat he held in Rome.
During this conversation, Jesus speaks to Nicodemus about the necessity of being "born again from above" to be able to see the Kingdom of God, leading to one of the most famous verses in the Bible, in John 3:16.
Nicodemus appears puzzled by Jesus' teachings about spiritual rebirth, demonstrating a contrast between earthly understanding and spiritual insight.
(John 3:9-12) Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be [can a person enter his mothers womb again]? 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? 11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. 12 IF I HAVE TOLD YOU EARTHLY THINGS, AND YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, HOW CAN YOU BELIEVE WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU WHEN I SPEAK OF HEAVENLY THINGS?
► What Does Numbers 23:19 Mean? ◄
Read the whole sentence and DO NOT twist our scriptures to mean what you want them to by quoting part of scripture, like "God is not a man" to make up your own version of what is actually written.
"God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? (Numbers 23:19)
TRANSLATION (Numbers 23:19):God is perfect in all His thoughts and trustworthy in all His ways, UNLIKE MEN who often distort the facts, twist the truth, and are easily tossed about like waves on the sea, God's counsel is steadfast, His promises are sure, His Word is dependable, and His Truth lasts from one generation to another.
◄ Who Are The Sons of God? ►
Jacob is God's son and firstborn: God says... "Israel is my son, even my firstborn" Exodus 4:22. Solomon is God's son "He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son": 2 Samuel 7:13-14. Ephraim is God's firstborn: "for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn" Jeremiah 31:9 (who is God's firstborn? Israel or Ephraim?). Adam is the son of God "Adam, which was the son of God (because God breathed His spirit in Adam)" Luke 3:38. Common people (you and me) are the sons of God: "Ye are the children of the LORD your God" Deuteronomy 14:1. "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God" Romans 8:14.
What our Father in heaven is saying here is that anyone who is born in the Spirit is considered His firstfruits/sons and daughters of the Most High... who are born not because human will but because of God's will. Not every first born that is born by human will, but the first born that has God's Spirit in him.
Essau was first born, then Jacob & Manessah was the first born, then Ephraim. In both cases the second born ones got the blessings.
Jesus also promised us that after he is gone that he will send us a comforter/Holy Spirit who will... remind us all Jesus has taught us. So therefore, the spirit in Muhammad is teaching you a different gospel because the gospel of Jesus is that he came down from heaven to do his Father's will, and to fulfill all the prophecies that were written about him in the Old Testament, and to gather back the people of God who were led astray by the false teachings and traditions of the elders and Pharisees that sat in high places (held important positions in Rome) that only cared about their own well being instead of caring for God's people (John 12:43-50; Matthew 23). And these are not my own words, you can easily find them in the Bible that is God's Word.
And lastly and most importantly... Speaking what Jesus taught us by spreading the true light that comes from above and exposes the dark places in this world is not hate... but true unconditional love. Because Jesus also taught us to love one another, and yes, even our enemies/disbelievers (Matthew 5:44). By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another (John 13:35). The reason we follow the gospel of Jesus and not of Muhammad is because God commanded us to listen to Jesus words. (Matthew 17:5, Mark 9:7, Luke 9:35, Matthew 3:
* God's chossen are not every first born that is born by human will, but the first born that has God's Spirit in him.
◄ What Is The Meaning Behind (Psalm 137:8-9)? ►
"O daughter Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall they be who PAY YOU BACK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO US! Happy shall they be who take your little ones and dash them against the rock!" (Psalm 137:8-9).
The Books of Psalms are songs. The words of that song does not order us to do what is says.
(Psalm 137:8, 9) was written because of (Isaiah 13 and 2 Kings 8 and Hosea 10 & 13).
What does Psalm 137:9 mean when it says, “Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks”?
https://www.gotquestions.org/dashing-babies-against-rocks.html
Everything that is written in the scriptures are inspired by God, but not everything written in the scriptures delights God.
God is allowing things to happen that He hates because He does not force us to obey him, but instead gives us free will to choose ourselves.
Our God does not force us to believe in Him, nor is He ordering us to cut off heads, hands and feet of oposite sides, in His name like Muslims do if we don't obey Him.
Our God taught us what is good and what is evil, and told us to choose our selves which way we want to go, but He also let us know what the consequences of our actions will be. But the choice is ours!
God commands us in (Ezekiel 33:11)
"...As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?"
Another example why God allows things to happen, even when it breaks His heart, is that He allows us to rely on our own understanding so we can experience the cocsequences of our actions when we choose not to trust in his loving ways.
When the people wanted an earthly king to rule over them and judge them instead of God, Samuel asked them "Why do you want a human king, don't you want me, your God, to be your King?" but the people insisted that they wanted a human king to be judge over them. So God told Samuel to let the people have it their way, because they are not rejecting Samuels' word, but instead they are rejecting God Himself to be their ruler and judge over them. But God also told Samuel to tell the people what will happen to them if they choose their way instead of Gods' way. But the people still wanted an earthly king like all the other nations have, so God gives them what they want even if it breaks his heart. (1 Samuel 8)
* We are often uncomfortable with the idea of vengeance because it doesn’t seem consistent with God’s love. Yet, in the right context, vengeance is something good that God pursues.
The Scriptures repeatedly speak of the vengeance of God as a positive thing. Evil comes with the vengeance of man. “That Moses was directed by God to ‘take vengeance’ on the Midianites reflects one side of the Hebrew verb nqm, which can also mean ‘vindication.’ God directs his vengeance against the immoral, idolatrous, and unjust; and yet his vengeance is often self-limiting according to his great mercy.”
In this circumstance, Israel was in a unique role – with a special call to be an instrument of God’s vengeance upon the varied people of and near Canaan. This is something no individual, acting on their own authority, can rightly take upon themselves today. There is also no community defined as the people of God (such as a church congregation or denomination) that has the same unique place that ancient Israel had in God’s plan.
While God has not called the church as His instrument of vengeance, God has ordained certain instruments of society (such as government) to take vengeance on evildoers (Romans 13:1-4).
God does tell us to love others, even our enemies (1 John 4:7-8, John 13:34-35, Luke 6:27-28, Ephesians 5:1-2, John 15:12) and the Bible does certainly say that God loves all people (John 3:16-17, 1 John 4:10-11, Lamentations 3:22-23, Romans 5:8, 2 Peter 3:9). This doesn’t mean that God accepts or supports what people do though, nor are we instructed to.
Once you have been awakened spiritually, you see the world differently. It feels like an earth-shattering, ego-smashing, and alienating experience. Your entire view of the outside world isn't the same as it once was. You can't look at anything the same, including the people and relationships in your life.
Bible Scriptures Trinitarians Will Never Teach You
Jesus said in Mark 10:45, "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many".
According to Acts 2:22 in the Bible, Jesus of Nazareth was a man approved of God by God's miracles, wonders, and signs. The verse says,
"Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God unto you by mighty works and wonders and signs WHICH GOD DID BY HIM in the midst of you, even AS YOU YOURSELVES KNOW"
JHN.8.17-19 In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true. I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.” <= TWO distininct beings
2 Corinthians 13:1 “In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.” ... And as the Scriptures say, “Any charges must be proved true by at least two or three. <= TWO distininct beings
John 17:33 For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world--to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."
1 John 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
John 3:12-14 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
If Jesus is God The Father, how can we do greater works than God?
Matthew 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Matthew 14:10, 11 - Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
Matthew 14:23, 24 - Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever!
John 14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
Many are called, but few are Chossen!
(Ezekiel 4:22) Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
(Proverbs 3:5-6) 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
God's Holy Spirit teaches us by revealing God's word to us through the Bible, dreams, and visions. The Bible itself is complete and trustworthy, but impossible to understand without the guidance of the Holy Spirit. (Ezekiel 14:22; Ezekiel 36:22-28; Psalm 51)
Saul was filled with the Spirit of God (1 Samuel 10:9-10), which is God's power.
David was filled with the Spirit of God (1 Samuel 16:13), which is God's power.
1 Corinthians 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ. Amen!