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1 | How do we know that GOD is truly speakin | 2 Tim 3:16 | Hood Rat | 177944 | ||
How do we know that GOD is truly speaking to us? What do we look or listen too to determine that it is really GOD and not our imagination or strong desire to reveal what we want to be revealed? | ||||||
2 | How do we know that GOD is truly speakin | 2 Tim 3:16 | kalos | 177962 | ||
'This teaching that God will whisper in your ear all kind of particulars that pertain to you and His will for your life is very appealing to Christians. Even though when you look at the Scriptures, the specialized directions are rare. They are unusual. They are usually unsought. And they are always crystal clear. None of this "I think the Lord is telling me" business. People are still gravitating to the suggestion that we can develop a sixth sense that can tie us into a hotline to God so that we can have certitude about the things of life and the decisions we ought to make. Why is this appealing? Because it's easy. It's easy. You know Americans are given to quick fixes and this is the American Christian quick fix. We are also given to individualism and this is the American individualistic view of Christianity--guidance decision making. It fits the American mentality, not the Biblical mentality, not the Christian mentality, the American mentality. And that's why this point of view is distinctly American. It's a quick fix. It's an easy way out. It's kind of like Cliff Notes, only worse.' ____________________ (www.str.org/free/commentaries/ life/heargod.htm) |
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