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Anyway, I cannot in good conscience subject the Spirit to the scripture, because the scripture came from the Spirit, and the lesser always comes from the Greater. Look to the Lord Jesus, who came from God, and submitted Himself to God, because He came forth from God. If in our minds and hearts, the Spirit is subject to the scripture, then the scripture has become an idol to us.
I hate bringing this subject up, because it is so fraught with beliefs that have endured for many centuries. I do not do this because I want to. If I have offended, I ask forgiveness in His mercy.
I hate bringing this subject up, because it is so fraught with beliefs that have endured for many centuries. I do not do this because I want to. If I have offended, I ask forgiveness in His mercy.
John 13:16 'Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him'.
John 15:26 'But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me'.
John 14:26 'But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you'.
John 6:13-15 'Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
From these scriptures, we can see the relationship of the Spirit to Christ, to the believer and the words of Christ that we have been given by inspiration of God. There is no debate only an acceptance of truth by grace and through humility.