the bible is a external revelation, words written on paper.
Scripture is more than just "words written on paper".
You have such a low opinion of Scripture, the Words of God that God gave to mankind.
brightfame52 said:
They save no one, you can find a bible probably in everyone's house in America, setting around collecting dust.
The problem is that the Bible, the Word of God, is "setting around collecting dust".
brightfame52 said:
Your delusion is you believe that anyone by nature, can pick up a bible and read it and understand it. Thats error, and disrespectful to the Spirit of Truth.
Why do you waste time doing all that, word studies
When it comes as word only, it takes no effect inwardly
You hold God's Word in such low esteem. You are blind to the power of the Word of God. To you, the Word of God is just "words written on paper".
To me the Word of God is life
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
The word "quick" is translated from the Greek word zaō which means life.
When the Lord Jesus Christ was tempted of the devil (Matt 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13), He overcame satan by standing on the truth. Read the records. Jesus relied on it is written. What a shame we are so ignorant of God's Word and end up so weak we cannot stand and withstand the onslaught of the adversary. It is written was good enough for Jesus when He walked the face of the earth. I will follow in His footsteps.
brightfame52 said:
Any reasonable person can see from this verse, that the Gospel can be preached in word only, without the attending power of the Spirit with it.
Look at what God says about the Bereans:
Acts 17:
11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
We need more Bereans ... those who hear the preaching of the Word and then go home and search the Scriptures daily to make sure that what is taught is in alignment with what is written in Scripture.
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