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1 | Faith apart from reading the Bible? | Rom 10:17 | stjones | 20315 | ||
In another thread I said that I believed in the Bible because I believed in Jesus, not the other way around: 'I realize that those who were able to convince me of the believability of Jesus' claims about himself based their knowledge on the Bible. But the Bible did not directly influence me.... After a few faithful witnesses had opened my mind, I asked a God whose very existence I still questioned to tell me if Jesus really was his son. He did. Only then did I begin to pay any attention to the Bible.' I received this response: 'You experience of realizing that Jesus was the Son of God simply by "asking God" apart from the Bible is pretty darn close to the Mormon practice of praying over the Book of Mormon to determine whether Joseph Smith was a prophet of God.' This emphasis on actually reading the Bible to find faith in Christ seems, well, pretty darn unbiblical. In retrospect, I consider my experience to be an illustration of not only this passage in Romans but also of Jeremiah 29:13 - "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." So how about it? Can one come to faith without reading it directly out of the Bible? Peace and grace, Steve |
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2 | Faith apart from reading the Bible? | Rom 10:17 | Scribe | 41908 | ||
Steve I agree with you. You are much more biblical in your understanding than those that would say you have to have read it in the bible first. I beleive that God is faithful to bring a Bible or preachers of the Bible to an honest seeker but I too had faith in Jesus Christ when as yet I had not read the Bible. I was in jail. I was crying out for God to change my life. I had this much knowledge. 1) I knew I was living a loser of a lifestyle, that I was not a good person. 2) That God still loved me , (I admit I had heard that somewere) 3) that if you pray God will help you. I prayed and prayed I was in spiritual turmoil, no rest for my soul After many days, I heard a man pray over his food in jest "God bless the mess! In Jesus Name!" I knew he was being irreverant, but when he said "In Jesus Name!" It was as if a flood light came on in my heart! I got on my knees and ask the Lord to change my life and get me a Bible IN JESUS NAME, and I believed He heard me. The next day I was moved to a place where I could get a Bible and while I waited for the delivery of the Bible I found some torn out pages of the book of James on the floor. That became my Bible for several weeks and it was what I needed to start my life of sanctification in Christ. May God Bless you All. |
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3 | Faith apart from reading the Bible? | Rom 10:17 | Cynthia | 41909 | ||
May God Bless You. Another testimony of the love of Jesus. Your sister in Christ Cynthia |
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