The will of the human soul must come to that place where it can face the truth without getting mad and offended by it, and where it can stand in the light so all of its doings can be fully seen without it running away back into the shadows. Before the will can have any chance of being healed and made whole by God who is willing and able to renew that will it must give God a chance to speak to it. By the Grace of God, the will of a person can give God the Holy Spirit a chance to speak to their own mind and heart even when a saving faith or understanding of who Jesus is does not presently exist within them or the embers of a saving faith that once blazed hot are cooling off. God is so good to invite us into reason. He's given us the ability to think and process so we can have a relationship with Him through Jesus Christ.
Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling! (Psalm 43:3 ESV)
And the Lord said to Moses, “How long WILL this people despise me? And how long WILL they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them? (Numbers 14:11 ESV)
For this is the WILL of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I WILL raise him up on the last day.” (John 6:40 ESV)
As it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.” (Romans 9:33 ESV)
“‘Look, you scoffers, be astounded and perish; for I am doing a work in your days, a work that you WILL not believe, even if one tells it to you.’” (Acts 13:41 ESV)
But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The REASON why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.” (John 8:45-47 ESV)
“If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you WILL not believe, and if I ask you, you WILL not answer. But from now on the Son of Man shall be seated at the right hand of the power of God.” So they all said, “Are you the Son of God, then?” And he said to them, “You say that I am.” (Luke 22:67-70 ESV)
“Come now, let us REASON together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. (Isaiah 1:18 ESV)
But Jesus, knowing the REASONING of their hearts, took a child and put him by his side and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great.” (Luke 9:47-48 ESV)
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 16:13-17 ESV)
“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who WILL believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. (John 17:20-21 ESV)
And he REASONED in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks. (Acts 18:4 ESV)
But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, REASONING daily in the hall of Tyrannus. (Acts 19:9 ESV)
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I REASONED like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. (1 Corinthians 13:11 ESV)
Let your REASONABLENESS be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; (Philippians 4:5 ESV)
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to REASON, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. (James 3:17 ESV)
but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a REASON for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, (1 Peter 3:15 ESV)
The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I WILL praise him, my father’s God, and I WILL exalt him. (Exodus 15:2 ESV)
The Lord is near to all who WILL call on him, to all who WILL call on him in truth. (Psalm 145:18 ESV)
I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I the Lord speak the truth; I declare what is right. (Isaiah 45:19 ESV)
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