God . . . never ceases to blow my mind (sorry for the rough phrasing).
From my experience and continued study . . . there is an historic "progressive revelation" and there is a personal "progressive revelation". NOT in the way that the cults speak of and use to bemuse and confuse and seek worldly gain. BUT as it (progressive revelation) appears and is rendered in The Book, in His Word., and happens, whether quick as a whip or through a lifetime for an individual; so long as it conforms to His Word, it is well and how He apparently relates and teaches and fathers'.
He lays things out as He will. In HIS own time. The Holy Spirit guides and reveals The Way. And we thank God, since Pentecost especially, His Spirit abides within.
So, today . . . this is what I Heard:
"The Adamic heart looks at the living dead, and it feels a subtle snidely striking sense of superiority, schadenfreude. HA! Look at those lost wayward fools who have not been benefitted by the knowledge I have.
"The living born again heart, washed in the blood of Jesus looks at the miserable wretches and weeps, and longs and, if granted wants to shatter the shackles, share and teach The Good News, The Gospel. Believe! The Adamic impulse is always there (in this mortal run) BUT the Holy Spirit is also there, and that is the One the disciple, believer finds him/her self cleaving to, by newborn nature.
"It's not how much we can or do to love Him. You come towards grasping The Gospel in realizing--being shown--how much HE LOVES YOU! YOU can do nothing of any (divine) report. Realizing, believing it is all His Perfect Work is where it's at.
"How can you be saved if you don't know that you're lost?
"You're not a sinner because you sin; you sin because you are a sinner.
"Mount Sinai ... Moses/Paul ... law vs. grace. They both went there and heard from The Lord. One revealed the law; one revealed grace.
"How do you know you're a lost sinner? Because of the law. It convicts. . . .
"Hence the need for the Savior, Who nailed ALL infractions to The Cross with His blood. He took it ALL on, paid-in-full!
"Many believe in God. The crux is, do you believe God!?
"Well, which God? What did He say? Did He Say (through scripture) all that He wanted, intended, meant to Say, such that, by Hearing, you Hear His Word, His Revelation?"
