>>It's because I believe and trust in God. Jesus said (John 14:6), "I am the way, the truth,
>>and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me."
>The exact same has been expressed by many others in many other religions throughout
>the ages, in many languages and from many cultures. But you assume they must all be
>wrong and only yours is correct. And there is a question of interpretation. Problem for you.

I have affirmation of the Holy Spirit. When I read the scripture I feel the life in the words. When I pray I feel the life in prayer. And I have seen the changes exhibited outwardly in my life, in my heart's attitude, in the love I exhibit and feel toward people in new ways. And even in other things that totally took me by surprise, like driving down the road and seeing the flowers in bloom and even noticing them in the first place, let alone also thinking to myself, "My goodness, those are really, really, really beautiful." The first time that happened I was absolutely floored. My whole life I'd never given them a second thought, and now as I drive by and see trees in bloom, or the beauty of a flower garden, even the beauty of plowed and planted fields ... it just floors me.

These changes were internal. Not external. I was along for the ride. And I have never been the same since.

God provides affirmation through His Holy Spirit so that the believer is not relying upon things of himself to believe, but rather God affirms and confirms within. And the beliefs that believer has will align with his Holy written word, the Bible, because God did not leave man abandoned, and there is confirmation for all those who are born again, able to hear and see it in everything around us.


>>It's the idea of the rebirth, of making a dead person alive (spiritually, eternally). It's an act
>>of God, and nothing the person can do on their own (for they are already dead).
>As I said, I understand.

Well ... other people read this thread as well. :-)