warrior12

You hit the nail on the head my brother.

There are many trivia sites that you have to answer questions . They help in sharpening your look up skills. As you look them up, you can write the ones that captures you and keep repeating them. Also, some people can't retain memory verses in completion, but have parts of the verses in their head, that is me and I still have to go back and read the whole verses again when it comes to mind. Oh well, some I can and some takes some effort. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Bible-Trivia-Questions/questions.php

The bible states clearly that the believer war is not with flesh and blood, but the spiritual host of wickedness in high places. So what are our weapons, they are not of carnal means, but the full armor of God. Ephesians 6. As belivers live in this world, his experience as living the biblical life, with the trials, temptations and others that comes to draw him away back into the world would be teaching lessons as to encourage and strengthen him in the daily decisions and struggles that he may face. Satan would never give up his assault and schemes to draw the believer back into his world using his famous tools, fear, lust and the myraids of other things. This is my experience anyway. The one thing that the believer would stand alone is in his spiritual walk and the experiences that he encounters there. It seems to me that many here have not or afraid to share their testimony of that part of their life, which is a reality to me as just as the sun rises in the morning and I can see it. There is where the real battles are fought and you now understand things that no one ever can teach you, but is your very own reality that cannot be taken away from you. So, should be fear Ai and the rest of the drama that is prepared for belivers, No. As we still have this flesh and the wants of it, there would be struggles to come to terms with many decisions, but that would be you the individual and your relation of your biblical values and at the cost that you are willing to pay. Maybe you may not have to face the brunt of the new technologies, but you would certainly be concerned about your family future. Ai is quite different from all the other technologies, in that it now claim to be the holder of truth of the world contents. This is where the spiritual man in you has to be steadfast in your beliefs and doctrine. So all the implementations that will come, we cannot fear their imposition, as absent in the body is present with the Lord, if we only believe and live by it.

The way the system is working, you would have to comply or upgrade to their system or be left behind, so to speak. I never owned a cell phone or smart phone. I however has been using them since my company switched to them a decade or more. I always had my land line, but no one called that line and I just used it for reference when filling out documents as to have my own number. I had to abandon that now, since my service provider no longer provided DSL land line internet and now I have to use wifi, which I resisted for years, because of some professionls say they emmit radiation that can be harmful. I don't know the truths to that. About a week ago, microsoft said my computer can not be upgraded to win11, and my computer, which is a desktop works perfectly fine, speed is good ect. So, like you I will have to get another one and this will go to the landfill and increase the pollution. They have be prompting me to upgrade to their software and office 365 which I don't need, and I guess they got tired of me saying no . The company smart phone I have also kept prompting me to update the firmware and yesterday I did it and when it was done , I now have this AI asking me if I want help and to ask any questions. It's the new reality now and they are forcing the implementation of their software and tools to faciliatate Ai control of maybe your life now. The human life now is for the most part artificial already , as all our food which keeps our bodies alive is artifical. Now, your cognitive mental status must be trained to be artifical so that you now depend on the truths of the Ai system. You can no longer think for yourself. You might say that cannot happen, but in the novel 1984, the end story was 2+2=5 and that became the truth when they were done with their manipulation. It's here folks, and we must stand firm in the power and might of the Lord and resist the devil and his schemes at ALL cost. Well that was my take, who really knows, maybe Ai would bring about the utopia that those who developed the system promises. Humans have gone through a lot of technological and developmental stages that brought us many things that fill our homes and allow us to commute with ease. Do we like them, yes of course, but at what cost. Our planet is in decline and we, not the animals, but humans and I can dare say satan are the master planners of it. Well satan used the humans to do all his bidding. Oh I fell, I can write some more and I was supposed to stop after the second paragraph, but --.

Don't know about the USA, but the banks here in Canada and businesses are making it difficult for one to do any kind of business, even personal business if you don't have a SMART phone, not a cell phone as there is a difference. For example, the government postal service here is possibly going to strike soon and the bank has sent notice to that effect and to set the mail that is normally received by mail to online received. When you have done this and you get accustomed to the process, then you are never going back to paper. I agree to paperless in some transaction, but others I prefer to have a paper record. Last year the above situation with the postal service occured and I forgot about the strike and they charged me for my credit card late payment. I had it fixed, but the hassle was stupid. Just like everything, agenda 3.0 is on course and the systems are priming the population to be full participants to their prodding. Covid kicked it off, IMO, and so Ai and the rest to follow. All resistance would be cut and you would be forced to comply or be left behind or live like a hermit. Edit: I know that the world does not remain stagnant and technology has brought many enhancements, plus convenience that makes our lives easier to navigate. We can't have our cake and eat it too. At the same time, even with all the technology, uncertainty and upheavals are with us in a world of plenty. Everyone has to make their bed as they have to lie in it.

Nowadays , is that a word, ha , well, if you do online banking and others, they require you to have a phone , either to answer as a confirmation of your login credentials or text you. I held on to my landline, until I saw that I was just paying for a service I no longer use. If you are going to live in this digital world, then it is a must that you have a smart phone, not just a cell phone. It is part of the beast system or some would say evolving technological world we have entered into, and there is no going back. If you are not employed, then maybe you can get away without having one, but eventually you would be forced to as to not paying for phone calls to friends, family and even business places. Whattsapp seems to be the communication medium now that most people are using for communication. I am sure their is some drawbacks as to security ect, but the alternative is to pay for other service providers.

After the incident I mentioned before, I was then introduced or exposed to the spiritual realm, where all these smells, and taste coming into my mouth and nostril or senses came into my reality. I was at that point fearful as to not knowing where all these things were occuring from. So this kept me in check and as I read the bible with intensity, I realized that all vices and harm to our bodies are to be avoided. Thus as time went on, still with all these things still happening, I stopped all habits that were not wholesome to the body. Except one, which I would not mention here. As time went on though and with prayer and determination, it took a while where that stronghold is broken. Sometimes , the Lord would send trials to get things done, but we may see them as burdens. On reflection later on, we would see them as that My take is this. The body is the temple of the Lord, it has to be kept pure and clean and that includes keeping it free of tatoos and all other vices that does not belong there. It is just my way of seeing things and everyone has to make their choice. I think the key and point of breaking addictions, is to acknowledge that the Lord hates those things and that the devil wants to keep us in them. So, therefore persistance in prayer and determination that Jesus is your helper and promise to keep you from those things, would now engage you in spiritual warfare to keep you check. Yes, he can eliminate it all at once , but the trials are teaching moments to build up your faith and courage. Later on, you would reflect, and see all this. Perseverance is the word.

Thank you. The spirit of God will cause the New Birth and also reside in him. Before being born again, he had a different spirit, i.e the one of if I may be blunt satan. Why, because we were born in iniquity. So the New Birth brings forth a different spirit, that is from God, who opens his mind, heart and soul to the biblical teachings and the Christian way of life that shows and admonishes him to live a different life from the former one. His mindset starts to conform to the way of the Church and the body of Christ. In that regard, he is a new creation, the old things would fade away and the newnest of the gospel would be his pursuit. Yeh, he would face the temptations, lust and all as Satan is the strongman that like to keep his house filled, and would throw the firery darts to plant fears ect. So the war starts and war the believer must, and he soon knows the power of the Holy Spirit to help him in those battles. Thanks closest friendnt, for your reply and blessings to all. Psalms 51:5 5 Behold, I was brought forth in [a state of] iniquity; my mother was sinful who conceived me [and I too am sinful].

Ok, but there is a change and what is the result of that change. Something takes place, that relates to this new life that you did not have before. what is this ?.

If I was to ask you to describe what it means to be "Born Again", how would you term it in your own words ?. Just want to say too, in my own experience of life, after I gave my life to Christ, I struggled with temptations of sorts. I won't be explicit here, but when I realized who satan was , which I did not know before as I was not familar with scripture, and then came to Ephesians, I then knew I was in a battle. Then I learned about sanctification and so on. The point is, I did not lay down and lived recklessly, but strived to be obedient as I then knew the devil wants be back in his den. So it was a war from then on. Till this day the war rages on. I understand , we are saved by grace. But the born again term has monumental meaning to it and believers have to guard that status with all the tools given to him, not just be dormant and go back into the world. The world is now, if I may use the term, dead to him.

I understand that, yes. I do sin, I cannot deny that. I was replying to the question that was asked and it specifically used the words "rebellious and disobedient ". Those are continous willful acts that does not reflect a born again believer with the Holy spirit as his guide. Sometimes our sins are to drive us to repentance , but we cannot be continous in that sin or

The "born again" statement that refers to the new creation, where the old things are done with and the new life of Christ is in that person now, is profound. How could this new life go back to the old man, it cannot be. Then I am no judge, but biblically , the fruits of a born again believer does not produce rebellion, it simply cannot, especially to a "disobedient life". This can lead to lenghty back and forth, essentially into OSAS discussion. My point is , yes we still have this flesh and we can stumble at times with sin, and I will say petty things. The beliver, would tremble at the thought of committing serious sin and the Holy spirit would intercede I believe. Sin is sin, yes, but let the Lord be the judge. The passage below describes the rebellious and disobdient man and the verdict. Hebrews 6 4 It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age 6 and who have fallen[c] away, to be brought back to repentance. To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace. 7 Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God. 8 But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.

As the song goes "count your blessings name them one by one " and even in your afflictions and trials. The storms of life brings out the most heartfelt conversation with our maker.

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Understood. The human mind capacity to reason is mostly based on the tangible world that we are accustomed to. In our objective thinking, a machine could never be able to have consciousness or then it becomes a living being, which is imposible. The spiritual world is different, in that what cannot be seen by humans , does not mean it does not exist. The manipulation that can and does happen in that realm is real and really cannot be explained by the ones who have been through the episodes and things of that realm. Well, we are bible belivers and we know satan does things in the spiritual realm and that also manifest in the physical too. There are lot of things that people have written and expressed that they have witnessed that sounds weird and well not believed, but only them have that witness if they are speaking the truth or not. I have come to the conclusion that only my testimony is the truth as I spoke it, others have to stand by theirs as they will have to give an account for what they have spoken about. Satan is the master deceiver and why was he given or allowed all this power to do things of such evil mangnitude is all in the Lord plan and wisdom. I can't answer that for sure. We sure are approaching times that seems like sci fi stuff. The saints have to be strong and stand on their faith, cause it is all that they have to withstand the powers that will be unleashed . Sounds a bit harsh, but so it seems to me anyway. Or, maybe an utopia awaits the world.