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NASB | Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the [preaching of the] message concerning Christ. |
Subject: Faith apart from reading the Bible? |
Bible Note: Great. Now you are defending Mormon epistemology. Just out of curiosity, when a Mormon comes to your door and tells you that the Holy Spirit convinced them that their interpretation of the Bible is true, how do you evangelize such an individual? But back to the Holy Spirit and His operation...He does undoubtedly work directly in our lives when we study His Word. However, it is also clear from Scripture that He works externally in our lives through our brothers teaching us from His Word. It is unscriptural to say the latter is unimportant because we have the former. God gave us both, and He works both angles in a teaching setting. Again, rejecting sound doctrine from another human being is a spiritually dangerous thing. It is very easy for us, because of sin, to rationalize our desires as being from the Holy Spirit when it may just be our pride and selfishness mixing things up. The external teaching of others helps hold us to sound doctrine as we biblically evaluate what is said. That is the dynamic between the two, not the favoring of one over the other. --Joe! |