Re: just 65 years old (edited)
not exactly. its not that we are born with the knowledge(lean not to your own understanding), but that we CAN obtain it. that requires real diligence and seeking god with every fiber of your being. here is the process mentioned in matthew 16. it has, of course, been completely defiled by the world:
15He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
19And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
nobody had to tell simon this. he knew. how did he know? the father revealed it to him. who is the father in heaven?
Proverbs 5:7
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
jesus said his words are spirit and truth. what is spirit and truth? the father is spirit and truth. simon peter had taken in enough of the words of jesus in order to form the father inside of him. all he had to do then is pay attention to what the father said.
so what is the rock? flesh and blood hath not REVEALED this to you. the rock upon which jesus "builds his church" is revelation.
in other words, the bible is incomplete. it only goes so far. it is the seed(remember the parable), but the plant that grows from the seed looks nothing like the seed and it branches out to cover and enormously larger area than that single seed(parable of the mustard).
if you can see this, then you can see that all christian religion has never taken one step out of the bassinette. that is the real abortion crisis in the world, every church building being an abortion center. and which is more real, the physical or the spiritual?
finally, you may ask yourself how does the church perform these abortions? that is simple.
remember it is the words in the heart(i have hidden thy word in my heart that i might not sin against thee) that forms the father inside of a person. this is also the same way that jesus and the father was one.
well, the church prevents this from happening through inactivity. hearing the words are not good enough to get them into the heart. all that amounts to is mental erotica.
James 1:22-24
22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Psalm 119:2
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Proverbs 8:32
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
Luke 11:27-29
27And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
29And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
James 1:25
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
every church says it cant be done. every church teaches not to do what god has said to do. every one.