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The Devil: Is He for Real? Why Does God Let Him Hang Around?
SpiritualDirection ^ | September 22, 2014 | FR. BARTUNEK

Posted on 09/28/2014 2:49:18 PM PDT by NYer

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To: Salvation

God allowed for the rebellion. Without it, there would be no choice.


61 posted on 09/28/2014 8:59:46 PM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: BipolarBob

The word says plainly that Satan has access to the throne room.

Why would you doubt it?


62 posted on 09/28/2014 9:23:42 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: tired&retired

Perhaps you do not understand that those that reject his commandments also reject all else of his kingdom.

He would not have said that few will find his gate if it were not so.


63 posted on 09/28/2014 9:26:44 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: tired&retired
>> “I once met an old man who I recognized by his glow that he had been through the gate” <<

No man has been through his gate.

John 3:13

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.


All that will find it will do so at the same moment, at the last trump.
Matthew 24:13

“He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved”

Are you "born of the spirit?

John 3:8

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Have you walked invisibly through any rooms lately?

Many of the things "Christians" say, they would not say if they knew his word.

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64 posted on 09/28/2014 9:40:23 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

“Perhaps you do not understand that those that reject his commandments also reject all else of his kingdom.

He would not have said that few will find his gate if it were not so.”

Jesus said many things. He also said to the disciples when He sent them out,”The things that I do and more you too shall do in my name.”

He said “Ask and you shall receive.”

I prefer to look at the whole glass and with hope in the truth of His message, find that the glass is always more than half full.

Others take the legalistic interpretation of a few of Jesus’ teachings and the glass is always half empty or less by holding onto fear of not being good enough.

This is the message in Galatians 5.

Remember, God’s Love is there for each of us and Jesus said many times that He came to save and not to judge. By accepting Jesus as my savior and my strength, I trust using Him as my beacon to find the gate and pass through, again.

By my actions, others may also find truth in Jesus and find the gate no matter how well it is hidden.


65 posted on 09/29/2014 1:23:03 AM PDT by tired&retired
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To: editor-surveyor

“Have you walked invisibly through any rooms lately?

Many of the things “Christians” say, they would not say if they knew his word.”

Nothing is invisible to God.

Many Christians think they know His word, but it is not until you know and experience Jesus that you truly know His word. There are many levels of “knowing.” Some come only from the presence of the Holy Spirit.

Very few Christians understand the process of being “Born of the Spirit.” When this happens it is as much a change as being born out of the womb and utilizing your five senses to perceive the life around you. When you are truly born of the Spirit, you commune with Jesus and as such can say paraphrased what Jesus said after the temptation, “I am One with Jesus and through Jesus, “My Father and I are One.””

When this happens your perception of the reality around you changes as you begin to perceive not just from your five senses but from the Holy Spirit within you. The invisible becomes visible as other people’s thoughts and memories become physical tangible objects. You begin to see other people’s prayers, but also their sins. You develop a compassion and empathy that is beyond words as you can see the spark of God in all souls no matter how well it is hidden.

I physically died, went to Heaven and experienced His Love. Regretfully I was not allowed to stay and was sent back here for many reasons, some which I do not know. But one thing I do know is that we can experience Heaven here on earth, just as Jesus taught us to petition for in our Father’s prayer. This is all real and experiential, not just theoretical.

I am on the same journey fighting the same battles as everyone else. Having tasted the fruit of the vine I just crave to have the fruit again a little more than most. When you get a full blown experience of God’s Love and then come back her, it is as though your heart it ripped out and the best friend in your life just died and departed you. You will never miss anyone so much. Jesus taught us the path to find it while we are still here.

In response to your question, “Have you walked invisibly through any rooms lately?, when the Holy Spirit is active within your soul, you do not have to walk to be in a room, or even multiple rooms at one time as you become One with our Father who is omnipresent. You are no longer just a hand but realize that you are One with His Body.

Reread John 17 as there is much truth and wisdom in these scriptures that is hidden from most. If I am in Jesus then His Father that is in Him is also in me.

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66 posted on 09/29/2014 1:49:14 AM PDT by tired&retired
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To: editor-surveyor
No man has been through his gate. John 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

John 3: 11 “Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. 12 If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.

When the Holy Spirit is within us and we are One with Jesus, "the one who descended from Heaven" is within us, thus you know "about heavenly things." The Tower of Babel concept is real and when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, you no longer have need for words to communicate. When you become one with Our Father, communication is more like an "epiphany" when you are one with the experience rather than learning something externally from yourself. To find Our Father you must go within.

67 posted on 09/29/2014 2:05:19 AM PDT by tired&retired
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To: ebb tide

I do go to confession. Why do you ask?


68 posted on 09/29/2014 3:55:02 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: editor-surveyor
The word says plainly that Satan has access to the throne room.

Job tells us that Satan had free rein to make accusations in Heaven BEFORE the death of our Saviour. This act exposed Satan (and his accusations) for what they were worth. Satan will once again be allowed admittance one last time so that Scripture may be fulfilled that every knee will bow and every tongue confess.

69 posted on 09/29/2014 5:36:56 AM PDT by BipolarBob (You can't fix stupid but you can vote them out.)
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bkmk


70 posted on 09/29/2014 5:38:49 AM PDT by Faith65 (Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior!)
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To: Dead Corpse

Yes. God created all of us. He gave us free will to follow him or to sin.

We make the choice to sin. Perhaps we are influnced by Satan, but we make the choice.

We need to blame ourselves and be thankful for God’s mercy and his graces.

God’s Peace be with you.


71 posted on 09/29/2014 6:12:28 AM PDT by ADSUM
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To: ebb tide

>>And that is why God gave His One, True, Church the Sacrament of Confession. Do you take advantage of this Sacrament?<<

You won’t get a sparring match from me tide. I since you may be the type of fella that chastises young acolytes for wearing tennis shoes with their cassock rather than black dress shoes.

Not being disrespectful, just been around the block a few times.


72 posted on 09/29/2014 6:52:00 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: BipolarBob

Nothing has changed yet for Satan, it remains as it was in the beginning.

The change comes in the middle of Daniel’s 70th week.
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73 posted on 09/29/2014 1:01:13 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: tired&retired

You have plainly demonstrated in this thread that you do not know heavenly things, so what now?

Does that mean that you have been rejected? Or does it simply mean that you are not reading his word cogently?
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74 posted on 09/29/2014 1:04:35 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: tired&retired

>> Very few Christians understand the process of being “Born of the Spirit.” <<

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No one has yet been “Born of the Spirit!”

That is what Yeshua was trying to tell Nicodemus in John 3.

It happens to all of the elect “At the Last Trump,” and no other time. That is the end of this age, as he said in Matthew 24.
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75 posted on 09/29/2014 1:08:56 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: tired&retired

No, that is not the ‘message’ in Galatians 5.


76 posted on 09/29/2014 1:10:17 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Biggirl

The question was addressed to your Protestant friend, who has refused to answer.


77 posted on 09/29/2014 1:48:58 PM PDT by ebb tide
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To: editor-surveyor
You have plainly demonstrated in this thread that you do not know heavenly things, so what now?

Please pray for me that I may always be guided to the true meaning of scriptures.

78 posted on 09/29/2014 7:36:00 PM PDT by tired&retired
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To: tired&retired
This is all real and experiential, not just theoretical.

It is, especially so now in this time of Grace, unless we place limits on God thus limiting what we let God show us.

Or, we place ourselves off limits with our rebellion and sins.

79 posted on 09/30/2014 8:04:57 AM PDT by GBA (The melting pot has been overturned.)
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