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What does it take for an individual's free will to believe The Bible?

Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by Alan Gross, Jun 19, 2020.

  1. Alan Gross

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    1 Corinthians 2:12 |
    Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.




    "And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life." John 5:40

    "So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy." Romans 9:6

    "Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power" Psalm 110:3

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    I believe that it is a possibility that 'the spirit' of God is an integral component, not only in The Bible, but also for the ability of an individual's free will to discern The Bible, as The Bible Says:

    "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." I Corinthians 2:14


    Isaiah 11:2 |
    And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;


    Haggai 1:14 |
    And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,


    Romans 8:9 |
    But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.


    Ezekiel 1:20 |
    Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.


    Ezekiel 3:14 |
    So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.


    John 6:63 |
    It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.



    Romans 8:26 |
    Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.


    Ecclesiastes 7:8 |
    Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
     
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