HOW CAN I "KNOW"?

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HOW CAN I "KNOW"?
Prayer Claim Him Accept Jesus Cry
out Heartfelt
Spirit within Dreams Signs Feelings
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The paradox? That these
leaders of God deny Gods truth!
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
John 1415
He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it
is who loves Me and he who loves Me shall be
loved by My Father, and I will love him, and will
disclose Myself to him. John 1421
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The paradox? That these
leaders of God deny Gods truth!
What of Women preachers,
unqualified pastors,
Old Testament worship,
unscriptural organization, etc., etc.
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Those Who Talk the Talk Aren't Walking the Walk

• Claiming the Spirit?

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Love never fails but if there are gifts of
prophecy, they will be done away if there are
tongues, they will cease if there is knowledge,
it will be done away. For we know in part, and
we prophesy in part but when the perfect comes,
the partial will be done away. 1 Cor. 138-10
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In that day a fountain will be opened for the
house of David and for the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity...and I will
also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit
from the land. And it will come about that if
anyone still prophesies, then his father and
mother who gave birth to him will say to him,
You shall not live, for you have spoken falsely
in the name of the Lord
Zechariah 131-3
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and with all the deception of wickedness for
those who perish, because they did not receive
the love of the truth so as to be saved. 2
Thessalonians 210
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Those Who Talk the Talk Aren't Walking the Walk
Claiming the Spirit?

• But not led by the Spirit!

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Can't We "Feel" Our Salvation?
Jacob felt Joseph dead
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But Naaman was furious and went away and said,
Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to
me, and stand and call on the name of the Lord
his God, and wave his hand over the place, and
cure the leper. 2 Kings
511
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Can't We "Feel" Our Salvation?
Jacob felt Joseph dead
Naaman felt he understood cleansing
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Acts 231 / 269
And Paul, looking intently at the Council, said,
Brethren, I have lived my life with a perfectly
good conscience before God up to this day.
So then, I thought to myself that I had to do
many things hostile to the name of Jesus of
Nazareth.
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Can't We "Feel" Our Salvation?
Jacob felt Joseph dead
Naaman felt he understood cleansing
Paul felt his conscience was clear
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Can't We "Feel" Our Salvation?
Jacob felt Joseph dead
Naaman felt he understood cleansing
Paul felt his conscience was clear
Peter felt Jesus should live
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And when His disciples James and John saw this,
they said, Lord, do You want us to command fire
to come down from heaven and consume them?
Luke 954
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Can't We "Feel" Our Salvation?
Jacob felt Joseph dead
Naaman felt he understood cleansing
Paul felt his conscience was clear
Peter felt Jesus should live
James John felt they respected the Lord
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Salvation is NOT a Matter of Feeling
This is whywe read for insight ...the word
perfects us ...the word gives us an
inheritance ...fellowship is based on proclamation
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What was from the beginning, what we have heard,
what we have seen with our eyes, what we have
looked at and touched with our hands, concerning
the Word of Life--2. and the life was manifested,
and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you
the eternal life, which was with the Father and
was manifested to us--3. what we have seen and
heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too
may have fellowship with us and indeed our
fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son
Jesus Christ. 1 John 11-3
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These things I have written to you who believe
in the name of the Son of God, in order that you
may know that you have eternal life.
1 John 513
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Seeing that His divine power has granted to us
everything pertaining to life and godliness,
through the true knowledge of Him who called us
by His own glory and excellence. 2 Peter
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And now I commend you to God and to the word of
His grace, which is able to build you up and to
give you the inheritance among all those who are
sanctified. Acts 2032
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