@Siddhi Koli Thanks for the 'like' just now; I am reminded also of
Romans 8:9: "....Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his."
I like the post from farouk, because we have to have the Spirit of Christ - which it the Holy Spirit.
Yet there was another part:
"You guys need to read the Bible every day! It's a real blessing.:
That is included below the post. I believe it is important to study the Bible, but how and when? Isn't the answer to that, according to what our Lord Jesus Christ tells us via His Spirit?
I mean if He is indeed our Lord and we indeed hear His voice and we are indeed listening to Him and doing what He asks; then surely we are even reading the Bible according to what He says. So if He say to one person to read the Bible everyday, then that is what the person needs to do. Yet to another person He says 'walk and talk with me' as opposed to reading the Bible that day, should not that person do that??
Now there is something about what we need to do "Today" in the Bible - is it read the Bible "Today" or does it have to do with hearing His voice "Today?
Heb 3:7 Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says,
“TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE,
Heb 3:15 while it is said,
“TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE,
DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS [fn]WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME.”
Heb 4:7 He again fixes a certain day, “Today,” saying through David after so long a time just as has been said before,
“TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE,
DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS.”
So it is not "Read Your Bible" that we are encouraging them to do everyday, but rather 'HEAR HIS VOICE' that we are encouraging others to do everyday called "Today"!
Heb 3:13 But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is
still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
Indeed, the very first words I heard from Him were, "Read Your Bible", and I did by reading it a bit everyday. That did help me understand that I needed to listen to Him everyday, and so now that is what I make it about doing! And today - interestingly enough - When I was about to sit down with Him and the Bible, He instead asked me to take a walk with Him instead. We read about how Enoch walked with the Lord, and that before any Scriptures were written, right? So He and I walked and He told me while going down the stairs of my home, that since He asked Me to talk a walk with Him; He wanted me to listen to what He had to say to me. He was telling me on the walk that He wanted to use me more to tell people about Him.
People - it is about Him. He sends His Holy Spirit, and His Holy Spirit gives us His words, like a living telephone line to Him. So His sheep hear His voice in words - it is that small voice. He most likely we tell you to read your Bible, even today, but as your Lord it is His to command, not ours. Does not the Holy Spirit tell you that Jesus Christ is Lord? So not us, right. Ours is to turn people to Him, and the Holy Spirit is all about turning people to Jesus Christ also!
Certainly, the Bible is from God - but religious spirits like to turn people to the things of God as opposed to the Lord Himself! So, encourage others, Today, to hear from our Lord Jesus Christ. That is what's requested of us - and let us not forget that He also gave us the sacred writings to go over with Him.
1 Cor 12:3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is accursed”; and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
Yes, Jesus became the curse for us, but He rose from the dead and is alive. So we can talk to Him via the Holy Spirit! Everyday that is called "Today" we encourage others and ourselves by doing so, to listen to Him and what He has to say. It is not surprising if when we listen He tells us to read the Bible, and I would expect Him to go over it after I read. But it is not about reading the Bible, and the Bible tells us that. It is about knowing Him by hearing from Him, via His Holy Spirit!! And we who indeed have the Holy Spirit surely must know that inside, because the Holy Spirit has always been telling us the Jesus Christ is Lord! He is not accursed but defeated the curse and is alive!! WE CAN KNOW HIM AND HEAR FROM HIM TODAY!