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NASB | 2 Timothy 2:25 with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 2:25 He must correct those who are in opposition with courtesy and gentleness in the hope that God may grant that they will repent and be led to the knowledge of the truth [accurately understanding and welcoming it], |
Subject: SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH |
Bible Note: Dear Bows, Thank you for sharing and better explaining your view. I respectfully, still do not agree:-) Web surfing is not a Biblical topic to begin with, so it may not be the best example:-) My concerns are threefold: 1. The preaching about the Person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ is largely negated in the world of WOF teaching. Experience is king, anything goes, no matter how far-fetched, but Jesus Christ is minimized.( 2 Cor. 4:5) Bizarre practices don't need to be had to know the Lord or enter into a relationship with Him (Phil. 3:10); 2. It is a stretch to validate "being slain in the spirit" upon 4 verses of scripture! Particularly problematic is that 3 of these verses are OT and are not given for the purpose of proscribing this type of "phenomenom" for believers! They were to Israel first. Further, the NT Gospels are absent of this practice. I find it also noteworthy that Paul ,who wrote half the NT epistles is silent on this matter. 3. Experienced-based theology is dangerous because of it's highly subjective nature! Plaes don't hear what I'm not saying: I do not negate that God is sovereign or that He does not or cannot heal. He both can and does! (Ps. 115:30) What is most bothersome is when experience trumps scripture, or the experience is sought and then one attempts to find biblical support for it. Note in Rom. 4:3, in accord with Scripture that "Abraham believed God", not that he "experienced God",or "felt the presence of God". It's not that I think you'll accept what I'm saying, because I'm most certain you'll not. Experience is a very poor substitute for the authority of Gods' Word. Its' either true or its' not. It doesn't need my or your experience to validate it. That is the error of "proof-texting". Bows, in answer to you when you ask, "show me in scripture where God says he no longer allows us to experience his Glory or speak to us personally", He's not desiring us to seek some supernatural phenomena. God is glorified in and through me and He speaks to me through His Word ( Heb. 1:2) I still remain... Speaking the Truth In Love, BradK |