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Bible Note: QUOTE: "He would do well to heed the apostle Paul's advice to "watch your life and your doctrine closely" (1 Tim. 4:16)." END QUOTE Well Praise God! I'd say that Copeland's life does line up with his message ;-)) and that's what makes him and men like Keith Butler all the more believable... Yes God's WORD does work! About "REASON"... 1 Corinthians 2 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. Isaiah 1:18 "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD . "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. Isaiah 55 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Keeping the Amalekites alive are what cost Saul his walk with God. The Amalakites are representative of the voice of reason. Watchman Nee says: Following the Lord requires Deliverance from Reason. It is very true that we need to have the eyes of our reason put out in order to follow the Lord. What governs our lives? Is it reason or is it authority? When one is enlightened by the Lord he will be blinded by the light, and his reason will be cast aside. Paul turned blind under the great light on the road to Damascus; no longer did he hold on to his reason. Moses never had his eyes put out, nevertheless he acted as if he were blind. He had his arguments and his reasons, but in obedience to God he lived above reason. Those under the authority of God do not live by sight. The servants of God must be delivered from the life of reason. REASON is the first cause of rebellion; hence there can be no control over our words unless reason is thoroughly dealt with first. If anyone wishes to learn obedience he must cast aside "reason". He must either live by God's authority or live by human reason- it is absolutely impossible to live by both! The earthly life of Jesus was entirely above reason. He submitted Himself to God's authority! He neither argued nor questioned! He only obeyed! The more a person lives in glory, the less he reasons! If anyone reasons a lot, we may know that he has never seen the glory of God! The way to know God is through obedience! The obedient alone truly know God! Man's habit of reasoning is so serious that it cannot be resolved without a battle. God's power is accessed through OBEDIENCE! ... Not reason You cannot prosper without being OBEDIENT to God! All who spare the Amalekite out of their own thought (reason) will finally be killed by an Amalekite. |