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Your questions don't sound very friendly brother. Lamb before the shearers was silent. Also I don't generally like to talk about myself unless the Lord opens the door and leads me to, you know? God speaks/witnesses in many ways. I would guess that an audible voice is probably the rarest...

Except that in spite of God speaking to us by His Son, He still had prophets in the early church, so that reasoning doesn't seem to hold water. And the spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus....and therefore not at all in conflict with the Lord speaking by His Son. Jesus Himself was a...

Of course there exists what is false and that is why we are told to test all things. By all means expose them. But are you investigating and trying to discern real testimonies too though? That is harder to do because they are not generally found in the limelight....even though there are lots...

Amen. Something more intimate and immediate about talking with our loved ones face to face when they come to visit, as opposed to just reading their letters. Both are good, and both are valid methods of communication, but there is something to be said for being face to face. Mouth to mouth...

I just think who am I to tell the Lord God Almighty what He may or may not do or when, where or how. The problem though is always that He pours out His Spirit into imperfect and often immature vessels. Nothing wrong with what HE gives, but the fault is always with us. So that is why we need...

Amen, there is always something new to glean in the scriptures. But you are talking as if there is some kind of competition between "hearing" from God and the scriptures. They are not mutually exclusive by any means. I came to faith when I was just about to graduate from nursing school. I...

That is all a spiritual experience in itself. :) But I understanding what you're saying.

No, you seem to be taking me amiss.........I meant that I'm sure nobody here is replacing God with their bible but that we all have a living relationship with the Lord, in whatever form that takes for each one individually. If it is the Lord speaking to someone (however He is speaking) we...

Amen. I can relate to a lot of this too sister. I once had a laundry list of things I wanted the Lord to do for me...lol. Had a lot to learn...for starters that He didn't exist to serve me, but the other way around! When I woke up to that, I think that was the beginning of me growing out...

No worries, we're all trying to sort this out. It just seems so hard to nail it down in words without appearing to be over-emphasizing or dismissive of one side or the other. Maybe it's just a case of which side anyone needs reminding or encouraging in at any given time. We need to try and...

Brother I'm not sure I can quite agree with sola scriptura since it is a case of both the Spirit and the Word together. But if they just meant sola scriptura as opposed to so-called church authority then amen. And I'm sure none of us here are praying to our bibles! But we look UP from our...

It's good to keep in mind that we're lowly servants, washing the feet of anyone we may be sent to. Your post reminded me of Jesus talking about reaping what others have worked hard for, reaping is being considered the easier job....that the ploughman and the reaper may rejoice together. God...

Do you really think I need convincing to love and value the scriptures, brother? My posts speak for themselves......I've even had people complain about me "scripture bombing" in my time, lol.

Don't really want to argue about this. And I'm not sure how to express what I think accurately, and without being misunderstood on one side or the other. I think there is a reason why it was written as "profitable", in what seems like an understated way. And we are not to exceed or go beyond...

Yes, the scriptures are "profitable"....and very profitable I believe, but I think I would stop short of saying they are "essential" in an ultimate literal sense. Because God's arm is never too short and in situations where access to written scriptures is not available, His grace may be, and...

Yes, I agree....God's word is a mirror that we would see ourselves in it. I came to a place one time when I realized that everything "bad" that Jesus spoke and warned about lives in me, in my old man of the flesh...I consider that all flesh of mankind is basically the same, it's just a matter...

Not saying you are necessarily, but I don't believe we should try to force anything on anyone either. We sometimes tend to bang people over the head with God's word without ministering to the person what they may need in order to be able to receive it. I know because I've sometimes been on the...

Yes for everyone who will submit/obey to having our heart circumcised....who will submit/obey to being cleansed (both in the initial sense as well as ongoing sanctification as we "follow" Jesus). For those who won't submit/obey to being cleansed, who will not repent or learn from their mistakes...

It was leading to a dead end...I found myself lonely for the Lord because it was leading me away from Him. There are lots of rabbit trails we can go down which lead to a dead end. I just mentioned my experience in case it would be helpful.

Sister....does condemnation cleanse, or is it the end result of people having not been cleansed while they had the chance? Bible says to seek the Lord while He may be found....while it is still called Today....the day of His longsuffering which we are to account as salvation (for whosoever will).