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NASB | Matthew 4:3 And the tempter came and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 4:3 And the tempter came and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." |
Bible Question: I am attempting to discern a revelation. Satan came before God in Job 1:6. The revelation is that Satan could not speak until God spoke to him. All of his speech was a response to God. In the book of Matthew and throughout the Gospel where Satan presented himself to Jesus, Satan spoke to him. This appears to be out of order with the hierarchy of God. The revelation I got was that Satan can not defy the Spirit of God, but because Jesus was God in flesh, Satan was unbound in his dealings with Jesus. However each tmie he spoke to Jesus, he focused on the flesh and not the spirit. Help me to know if the revelation I received is scripturally correct. |
Bible Answer: Revelation is the wrong term to apply to one's own spiritual insights. ____________________ There is no new revelation. The canon of Scripture is complete. "I'd put my confidence any day in the teacher who's tough enough and dedicated enough to have spent years in the study of the Bible as over against the guy who claims to have received his spiritual insights by some arcane mode of special revelation." --Hank (ID# 81725) I would have to agree with Hank. The use of the term revelation in reference to one's own teaching incorrectly implies that such teaching is directly from God and thus infallible. Revelation is the wrong term to apply to one's own spiritual insights. *Illumination* is the ministry of the Holy Spirit which makes clear the truth of the written *revelation* in the Bible. In reference to the Bible, *revelation* relates to its content; *inspiration* to the method of recording that content; and *illumination* to the meaning of the record. There is no new revelation. The canon of Scripture is complete and has been complete for approximately 2,000 years.See Heb. 1:1,2. ____________________ For biblically accurate, nonspeculative information about Satan, look up "Satan" at this website: (http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/BakersEvangelicalDictionary/) |