Person trumps the Letter, part III
From the first article:
To observe today's churches, you would have to conclude that Jesus told the disciples in John 14:26, "But the Bible which the Father will send in My name, it will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." Believe us, this is NOT what Jesus promised the church to keep it from error, but rather the Holy Spirit. The Godhead is not the Father, the Son and the Holy Bible.
We have taken that which is seen and manifest and touchable as the true object, rather than realize that it points to the real object. How often do we miss the Holy Spirit's work (which is to point to Christ as well, FYI) and instead focus on our interpretation and understanding of the Bible? The former is not bad, it is very important. But do we live in the reality of Him by the Spirit, or do we read and study and pontificate on the letter?
To observe today's churches, you would have to conclude that Jesus told the disciples in John 14:26, "But the Bible which the Father will send in My name, it will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." Believe us, this is NOT what Jesus promised the church to keep it from error, but rather the Holy Spirit. The Godhead is not the Father, the Son and the Holy Bible.
We have taken that which is seen and manifest and touchable as the true object, rather than realize that it points to the real object. How often do we miss the Holy Spirit's work (which is to point to Christ as well, FYI) and instead focus on our interpretation and understanding of the Bible? The former is not bad, it is very important. But do we live in the reality of Him by the Spirit, or do we read and study and pontificate on the letter?
posted by GBT at
Monday, May 23, 2005
