Greetings to you Lollipop2000 and welcome
It is so great to see you seeking for Truth and I sincerely believe that you WILL find it. Amen (you may know this (or not) Amen means 'so be it')
Mathew 7vs7: Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you.
vs 8: For EVERYONE who asks receives, he who seeks finds, and to Lollipop who knocks the door will be openend
vs 9: which of you, if his son asks for bread will give him a stone?
vs 10: or if he asks for a fish will give him a snake?
vs 11: If you then, though you are evil (that's all of us sinners) know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to Lollipop2000 who asks Him?
You are seeking Truth which is a most excellent gift when given and when received (found).
This is why I say I believe you will find THE TRUTH because according to the bible you will get what you seek and as i see you are not yet satisfied or fulfilled with many of the answers that you have received that is why you still seek, you knock, you ask.
Father God, creator of the universe, creator of mankind, creator of Lollipop2000, she is asking for the Truth to be revealed to her in such a personal way that no one will ever be able to take it from her. Lord you said if we ask we will receive THAT VERY THING that we ask for, we can trust you God that if we ask for Truth that is what you will give us, nothing less. Thank you Jesus that you reveal yourself to her in an awesome awesome way, Come Lord show her, she hungers for Truth, she asks, she seeks, she knocks, Come Lord Jesus grant the request of her heart, show her that you Live still and for ever, that you communicate with us through your Holy Spirit. Thank you Lord
1 Corinthians 2:14 says the natural man (your mind) does not receive the things of the Spirit of God for they are foolishness to us (when we try to work God out with our minds), nor can we know them for they are SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED.
Your flesh and bones is only the house of the real you, your spirit is the real you, but our spirits need a touch from God to come alive and be connected to Him.
Romans 3:23 says that there is absolutely NOT ONE person on this earth who is without sin (I am sure you agree). Sin seperates us from God, so there we see already something needs to be done about this sinful situation we find ourselves in. Even in Moses' time not just anyone could enter the Holy of Holies, even then man needed a mediator, and the priests of those days concentrated and dedicated their lives to being Holy and clean so that when that annual time came they were prepared to go in to that Holy place on behalf of the nation.
John 3vs3-7 Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish RULING council and a very educated religious teacher of his times, came to Jesus, BY NIGHT, and was basically asking him how he could know God better. And Jesus answered him 'you must be born again or you will NOT see the kingdom of God"
I know that you at least agree that Jesus is a prophet sent from God, so consider this, will a prophet sent from God lie? Did he speak the TRUTH when Jesus said, if you do not become born again you will not see the kingdom of Heaven! He also said many other things, such as He is the only way to God and if you do not have him then you do not have God either, he also said he was the Son of God, He said he is the light of the World and he said that he came to take away the sins of the whole world. An audible voice was heard by many that came from heaven declaring "this is my Son with whom I am well pleased, listen to Him. The name of Jesus is also the ONLY name under heaven given to men by which they might be saved.
And even Nicodemus with ALL his education (head knowledge) could not work this one out, it was foolishness to his mind (1 Corinthians 2:14 quoted above)
Nicodemus said in John 3vs4 'will a man enter into his mother's womb for a second time to be born again!!
But Jesus was talking about his spirit that needed to be born again not his flesh.
We are all sinners, our spirits are seperated from God because we are all unrighteous, and our spirits need to be born again. We cannot reach or connect to God by any amount of our OWN WORKS that is why God in his mercy made a PLAN FOR US, and as it will be revealed to you, that plan was Jesus Christ as a one time ultimate sacrifice for all the sin of mankind. By accepting God's plan for you, by having faith in Jesus' sacrifice for you, you can be born again and experience a personal relationship with God, where He himself will teach you all things. There is just no way we can reach God by trying to do any amount of good works because our hearts betray us by the deceptive motives that are in them.
There is so much to speak about but I will end here and believe that the Holy Spirt is already guiding you into all truth.
God bless you with Truth and wisdom Amen
Lotsa love Beam