The source and foundation of your beliefs

[SunshineCinderella]

It's Jesus.


Not churches, not others or outside myself, not ME....if you get what I mean.


It's Jesus, it's me knowing that "He is" and "I am not."


It's the slow death of my ego.


It's me admitting my own faults to myself.


It's the bible that I occasionally read, because of Jesus.

[Matthew 4:4]

Originally Posted by SunshineCinderella

It's Jesus. It's the bible that I occasionally read, because of Jesus.

I'm a little surprised to read ^ above ^ ' occasionally read ' because Jesus often prefaced his statements with the words, "It is written..." meaning Jesus was very familiar with the Scriptures, and Psalm 1:2 recommends reading Scripture daily.
The people of Acts 17:11 searched or researched the Scriptures daily.....
Peter (1st Pt. 2:2-3) recommends to us to be as a new born and desire the 'milk of God's Word ' in order to grow (spiritually) .
James 1:25 recommends we peer into the perfect law and persist in it -> the Law of Christ - Galatians 6:2 B.
And notice what that will do for us according to Psalm 19:7-11.
This is one way we seek first God's kingdom - Matthew 6:33

I remember when I first started to read the Bible that by day's end I found that I had not read anything that day.
So, to help I made a promise to my night-table lamp that I would Not turn it off until I read something. That worked for me.
Notice what the psalmist said at Psalm 63:6.

And if we think about it, do we just spend occasional time with a favorite loved person or rather spend much time _______

[SunshineCinderella]

Our bible also says that His truths are hidden in our heart, or they should be....not in our intellects as we, I believe wrongly think of when discussing things like this.



Our bible says that narrow is the way and that few find it. I therefore am left to believe that many know about...Jesus but do not personally know Him. In fact there is scripture for this, too. In that day many? will tell Him how diligently they worked for Him but He is then going to tell them to get away from Him....in essence if not in the very words, Jesus telling them to go to Hell.



A person could memorize the whole bible and not be a regenerated, truly saved soul. I think that Church attendance makes too many souls think it is well with their souls. Can't be helped that the ambiance of church lends itself to fake salvation.


Many folks will never experience any rapture except the raptured feeling of a religious high. We must guard ourselves least we fall into that comfy-feeling pit with them.


I do not read the scripture daily. It is not a recipe to Heaven, I refuse to "go through the motions" as so many, I fear are lost in doing.

Originally Posted by Matthew 4:4

I'm a little surprised to read ^ above ^ ' occasionally read ' because Jesus often prefaced his statements with the words, "It is written..." meaning Jesus was very familiar with the Scriptures, and Psalm 1:2 recommends reading Scripture daily.
The people of Acts 17:11 searched or researched the Scriptures daily.....
Peter (1st Pt. 2:2-3) recommends to us to be as a new born and desire the 'milk of God's Word ' in order to grow (spiritually) .
James 1:25 recommends we peer into the perfect law and persist in it -> the Law of Christ - Galatians 6:2 B.
And notice what that will do for us according to Psalm 19:7-11.
This is one way we seek first God's kingdom - Matthew 6:33

I remember when I first started to read the Bible that by day's end I found that I had not read anything that day.
So, to help I made a promise to my night-table lamp that I would Not turn it off until I read something. That worked for me.
Notice what the psalmist said at Psalm 63:6.

And if we think about it, do we just spend occasional time with a favorite loved person or rather spend much time _______

[Miss Hepburn]

Originally Posted by Thoreau424

Directly from God, through prayer and meditation. I've read the bible as a starting point (a road map of sorts), but the rest is entirely spiritual, between the source and me.
No middlemen or religious schtuff in the way to taint what should be left pure. Communicating directly with God can be nothing less than the most reliable source.

Yup...the above, direct revelation, Divine Insights given; downloaded into my brain.
(It's like we're twins.)
I must say I was influenced by the love of Jesus and words of Krishna; not the Son,
supposedly, but Lord Vishnu incarnated Himself.

Focus your mind on Me and you are assured of finding Me.
Seek the Kingdom of Heaven first and all else will be given.

I found these to be true. Amazingly, suddenly, many times over.