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NASB | Acts 9:4 and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 9:4 and he fell to the ground and heard a voice [from heaven] saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting and oppressing Me?" |
Subject: Does anyone still beleive that God talks |
Bible Note: Hi, Momma... I think I understand you better now. You are using a turn of phrase while I'm always watching for doctrinal definitions. This does get me in trouble at times. I agree it is a learning process to depend on the Lord and the guidance of His Spirit. I hope you see that the scriptures you cited don't support this idea. Better ones for this are Ephesian 4:30, Romans 8:1 and 4, and Galatians 5:25. I also agree that God speaks to His children... but first and foremost through His Word. This *is* indeed how He has chosen to speak to us. (There is a huge amount of evidence for this if you would like to discuss the question of the authority of scripture.) Feelings, sensations, experiences, philosophy, science, decrees, counsels, ancient writings, modern writings, and everything else take a back seat to the scriptures. To properly understand spiritual gifts, we can study the apostolic teachings about them. Those exist in *only* four places: Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12, Ephesians 4, and 1 Peter 4. You're also right to expect encouragement from the body of believers around you. This ties into spiritual gifts as well. Hebrews 4 says to provoke one another to acts of love. We are also commanded to bear one another's burdens, care for the poor amongst us, etc. etc. Sadly, we often fail in these more tangible areas. It may be mundane, old fashioned, and unspectacular, but being obedient to one single verse in scripture is worth our submission to a million words of wisdom spoken on our behalf by a fellow believer. I am also quite convinced that every single word of scripture is far more personal a message to me from God than any word spoken to me by men. I'm glad there is concensus on this. I'm glad that we can come together and contend over the Word. It is always a blessing. Won't it be great when we see even as we are seen? :-) Thank you for posting, Momma! In Him, Doc PS I apologize for not keeping clear tabs on these things, but I am still relatively new to the forum. Wasn't there someone close to you for whom you requested prayer? Please forgive me my failing memory. Your husband, perhaps, who was ill? |