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1 | Is not God inside of each of us? | Bible general Archive 1 | with_faith_i_walk | 89502 | ||
Parable, This conversation is a blessing. I see we agree, in that we realize that both the scripture and "heeding the Spirit" are important for spiritual growth. I was not advocating in the least that scripture is not a high authority or that it is not God's inspired word. However, what I was concerned about was the imbalance towards scripture, and the neglect of the Spirit (and His revelations) that I saw in the posts that I read. We have dialogued in spirit, and have relied upon both scripture as well as personal revelations of the truth through God's Spirit to discuss our faith. We gain, as you say: "Godly principles and truth as revealed in scripture," but the reason you gain these things is not because the scriptures themselves but the scriptures working in conjunction with the Spirit of God inside of you. Like I said, there just seemed to be an imbalance towards interpreting the scripture zealously (what does this one verse mean, what does this one word mean) without any reliance on the Spirit or its revelations. Once again, you are correct that no more fundamental truths are to be expected than those that Jesus gave to us. Is this to say though, that His only gift is that of Scripture? Obviously not. My whole point was that we must focus not only on scripture but on other gifts as well: revelation through prayer, personal experiences with the living Spirit, etc. Blessings, LGC |
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2 | Is not God inside of each of us? | Bible general Archive 1 | Parable | 89505 | ||
Perhaps the tendency to focus on scripture you describe is a manifestation of the mission of this forum. After all, it is a bible study forum. For the owner's guidelines, see the "About the Forum" under "Show Me" on the left side of the window. | ||||||