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straw said:
The Pastor was rather perplexed and said, 'You can only hear God through the Bible'. My son merely repeated that He could also hear God.

After all God is hardly silent, is He ?

Of course your son said, "I can hear God" because that's what you have taught him, and he is not going to disappoint you, is he?

Maybe you haven't heard that our thrice holy and sovereign God does not touch the unclean, let alone speak to sinners such as you and I? That is EXCEPT by grace alone (Sola Gratia)through the active and passive obedience of His Son alone (Solas Christus) and the mediation of His words ALONE (Sola Scriptura). This, by the gift of faith in all of the above (Sola Fide)

In a post in another forum you I could hardly believe that you quoted Torrey who mentioned the names "Edwards" and "Finney" in the same sentence! as being in union with one another. Doing that (my friend) is a class AAA oxymoron.

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And hence it comes to pass, that in their rejoicings and elevations, hypocrites are wont to keep their eye upon themselves; having received what they call spiritual discoveries, their minds are taken up about their own experiences; and not the glory of God, or the beauty of Christ. They keep thinking with themselves, what a good experience is this! what a great discovery is this! what wonderful things have I met with! and so they put their experiences in the place of Christ, his beauty and fullness. Instead of rejoicing in Christ Jesus, they rejoice in their admirable experiences. Jonathan Edwards from Religious Affections

Denny

Romans 3:22-24

Denny

Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." [John 6:68]