Chapter 2: God Speaks To The Heart

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Let’s step back a moment and examine the issue of reading someone

else’s mail. Could this particular thought hold any truth? Well, consider the following writings from the Bible. Are you reading someone else’s mail?

Are They Writing Mail To You?

Paul identifies who he is writing to in Romans 1:8

“To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints.”

Paul identifies who he is writing to in 1 Corinthians 1:2

“To those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours.”

Paul identifies who he is writing to in 2 Corinthians 1:1 “To the church of God, which is at Corinth, with all the saints

who are in all Achaia.”

Paul identifies who he is writing to in Ephesians 1:1

“To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus.”

Paul identifies who he is writing to in Colossians 1:2

“To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ.”

Peter identifies who he is writing to in 1 Peter 1:2

“[To the] elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ…”

Peter identifies who he is writing to in 2 Peter 1: 1

“To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and savior Jesus Christ.”