Re: The pharisees lacked discernment too.

Now you change your tune Ed as per usual.
When you first appeared you said the Bible is behind the times, dusty, out of date...

More of your lies my friend.   I never said any such thing and i continue to read my bible as worship on a regular basis... yet your lying heart received only what it wanted to receive.  What do you suppose is influencing you?  I challenge you to post a direct quote from me that supports your lies. 

that one cannot idolise it alone,

Ah yes.  this part is true.  Do you believe we should engage in bible idolotry / bible worship?... do you believe in part that we are not to be led by the Holy Spirit moment by moment, but instead by the bible which is impossible and which contradicts that which the bible itself teaches us to do?

yet you pick from it the words to tickle your fancy.

If by this you mean i pick primarily the words of my Lord Jesus, then yes.  i am so delighted by His words, that i actually have chosen to live by them.  Are you willing to say why you haven't chosen to do this?

This time it's fasting but with you it's playing Jesus isn't it, playing the roll by trying to redeem yourself.

No, i let the Lord Jesus play Jesus and i play His servant.  I have been redeemed only through His sacrifice and i am and will always be eternally grateful.  In addition to blessing me with the gift of eternal life in heaven, He has set me free from captivity to sin, just as my bible said He has done for those who truly receive Him as Savior and Lord as i have.   How about you?

As I said before, why do you need to be "born again"?

My friend, is it not my Lord Jesus who has said so?  Do you love Him so much and yet do you not know His words? 

John 3

(New King James Version)

Don't be afraid of demons my friend since they are easily made to leave in Jesus name.  Just genuinely repent of your sins which provide them legal grounds to stay and then let somebody to whom the Lord Jesus has given authority over them (His true disciples) cast them out for you in Jesus name.  If you really want help with this, you can call me.  If you begin to Live holy unto the Lord Jesus, abiding in Him as He calls us to do, He will give you authority over them too and then next time you can tell them to leave yourself.   I am not saying the Lord never does deliverance without His disciples praying for it, but it has become obvious to me that He loves to allow His servants to take part in His work.

You are wasting your time mate because your sincerity is non-existant.

Oh my friend, if only you knew how sincere i really was.  All i want is for you and all of the others to make it into heaven. 

Your guilt will stay with you throughout your life even if you crawl on your stomach around the planet because you have no faith in our Lord,

my guilt was nailed to the cross and i no longer have any.  My Lord Jesus truly has set me free indeed just as the scriptures say.

for if you had you'd know that a simple prayer instead of all this millarky you propose to others will do.

Ah, the simple sinners prayer, right?  Accepting Jesus with your lips and denying Him with your heart and actions?   Is that really the way to heaven my friend?  Please cry out to the Living God to immerse you in His Spirit... in His Truth.   So far you have not understood the teachings of my Lord Jesus which are very clear.  I have spoken of my Lord's teachings many times throughout many posts, but as my Savior has said, "he who has ears to hear let him hear."  Do you not have ears to hear?