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'Straw, when God says "here ye Him" concerning Christ, what is it that we need to hear from Christ beyond what has been recorded in His word?

As I have already explained I am speaking about the mundane things of life, like deciding about whether or not you are going to have the cat put to sleep, or if you are going to resign from you new job, or if you should have an operation on that cancerous growth or go for prayer. Now sure you could read your Bible and get an answer to all three of those, or you could hear and answer in your spirit, and His Spirit speaks to you. Also the small matter of the intimate moments when He speaks a few words to you during your time of devotion. One does not make a Bible out of this, but they are real events where God is speaking directly to our hearts and minds. Right? I am also not one who believes in having ANOTHER bible, but we have to realize that God speaks both Generally and Specially, that is the truth of Theology, otherwise how on earth would God speak to an unbeliever who would not touch a Bible with a barge pole. Or someone who lives in a remote place where there is not preaching, preacher, or Bible. God speaks don't fear that and hide behind Sola Scriptura, that is just plain silly.

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If I want to know what God thinks about something I have a "more sure word of prophecy" (2 Peter 1:19) and the truth "once for all delivered to the saints" (Jude 3).

You are making a case for absolute truth, I have absolutely no problem with the Bible being not just the sourse of all truth, but instead the Truth period. Okay ?

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When we "hear" God, it is the Spirit bearing witness with our spirits that the WORD is true (Rom 8:16, Heb 10:15), not some private personal revelation that goes beyond what is written.'

Going beyond is not what I am writing about, that is something that is never intended. How on earth would that be possible. What is written, the verbal plenary Word of the Living God is the standard by which we measure all the words and thoughts of men. It is the Truth. Period. What I am saying is that not only is there the Word of God, but there is a living, loving Creator, our Maker that clearly has spoken long before He made the earth, and that he continues to do so, and that we have been called into fellowship with the Father and the Son. Read 1 John 1 : 1-3

God sent His Son into this world, to speak, and He did and He spoke and continues to speak and will do so for eternity. To those who listen His voice is precious and tender and faithful. A wise friend from California said to me once, "I spent most of my life prior to Christ listening to Satan, I was involved that way. Now it is not to hard for me to know the voice of my Saviour."

It is not the case of being second rate or any other nonesense, it is that God is able both to speak to us through His Spirit and His Word. We need both. There are times when we can't get to the house phone, and we need that cell phone, do you undestand what I mean ? Emergency calls to our heavenly Father.

As I said, so many are nervous of this because of the connotations of Charismania, but be very careful that you do not .... yes exactly. Can't get away from that silly phrase.

The one that I read in the beginning of this forum is 'out of the frying pan and into the fire' ... I think we need to come up with a new one that explains what it means to take a dry pathway out of fear, instead of going for the real thing, and that is a real God who talks to a real people, His beloved, both in person and through the Scriptures.

Well that about does it for me. I am not running, I just think I am beginning to feel a little like Jonah, and that see it beginning to look really rough, but I think it's time to jump.

Sela Vie.

Write to me if anyone agrees and decides that I can stay:
aeryck@telkomsa.net