......From this, cannot one conclude that those filled with the Holy Spirit of God are OF GOD, and capable of seeing God? Do you disagree, John?
Hello DAVEL : I am not sure why this is important to you. Can we see God with the physical eye? --- only when he manifests Himself to us in some form whether it be a pillar of fire, a burning bush, a spiritual indwelling or in the form of some human. By the say, I am not a Protestant. I see value in the appropriation of first century faith and values -- unlike you, I suppose, I do not believe those values were ever lost. I say that to say this: whatever conclusion we draw, we (or I) must do so without deleting the instructional - yea I say revelatory -- value of a given passage of the biblical text. The apostle's conclusion ( no man hath see God at any time ) must remain a truth. I try not to use scripture to defeat scripture.
I Cor 2 teaches us that those with the Spirit of God have the ability to understand God. Understanding is much more the important matter.
John
