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You should be concerned with what God says... and perhaps you will say it always the same. For me it is most certainly not although in many cases what He says now is also written. How do you know which verse applies to your present situation if you do not hear from Him daily? Without the Holy Spirit we cannot know where our next step should be.
Being concerned with what the Scriptures say IS being concerned with what God says. That is His word to us.
That is how God speaks to us, through His word. That is why we teach and proclaim Sola Scriptura. God speaks to us solely through His word.
Well if that is what you believe then that is the way you should go. I don't believe that and cannot go that way. I am glad that God understands each of us better than we understand ourselves. He alone is qualified to do any final judging for or against anyone of us.
Yes, the thought of many being eternally tormented is scary to us. But this shows how much God hates sin. Think about this, the angels who fell...God offered them no remedy for their direct rebellion. Some are reserved in chains and darkness reserved until the day of judgment[Jude 1:6] the rest are deceiving the world. Yet, God showed them no mercy, which points us to Exodus 33:19 & Romans 9:15-16.
@Renniks did you address this post of mine?God is in control and is all-controlling, you just can not accept this at this time. If there is one rebel molecule that moves outside His will, then He can not be trusted. Paraphrasing Dr. R.C. Sproul
We don't paint God as evil, your side does. Your side avers the Christ atoned for everybody w/o exceptions sins. They are paid for, yet, in your schema, many who He atoned for will be cast headlong into the lake of fire, which is the second death. For Him to punish the sinners whose sins have been paid for would make Him evil. Yet, you can not accept this truth at this time.
Exactly, nothing I said was abusive, yet she has no problem following a person who blasphemed Christ calling His church a failure, then invents a false created Christ and brother of Satan, furthering his blasphemy, namely Joseph Smith, their false prophet.
You are denying the sufficiency of scripture my friend. You are saying that they, alone, are all we need.
Sufficient, perhaps as far as writing is concerned for God is certainly able to have put all that we need from Him while walking in this flesh into a single volume, the Bible. Whether or not He did He, however is quite another question, isn't it?. If He did, 'How can a man understand it correctly for sure'? When we look around us on this forum, we see many different people with many different understandings of what is written in that same volume, that same Bible. I believe that I understand why but suspect that you do not. Maybe it is not necessary for you but anyway it is not my judgment, is it?
But we don’t need anything other the these scriptures God has given us to know Him more intimately. They are sufficient for all we need.
At the moment there is only one of mine in post #541. Actually not answering questions may not be a bad thing if you are certain of your belief and you feel no unction from God to respond. However, it was an impression, I had about you. Perhaps I was mixing you up with someone else. I've certainly done that before. If I erred, I do apologize!
And the Holy Spirit? Is there no need for the Holy Spirit to know Him more intimately? What is to your understanding the purpose of the Holy Spirit for men?
That’s not what I said my friend. But you can not divorce the Spirit from the word.
Yes, I am denying that scripture alone is sufficient to our needs according to God. I believe that the Holy Spirit is necessary to bring the scriptures to Life within us. If they never come to Life, they never are the Word of God which is Alive. Without Life in us in the end we have nothing at all for ultimately death is nothing.You are denying the sufficiency of scripture my friend. You are saying that they, alone, are not all we need.
