Bad News for Brainy People
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HARDENED BY SIN The Bible is God's Written Word, the Holy Spirit is God's Speaking Word and Jesus is the Living Word. If all you have in your life is the Bible, then you are missing a full two-thirds of God's communication to His people. Remember, God always confirms the truth and reality of what he is doing through two or three witnesses, Matthew 18:16 so if all you are trusting in is the one witness of the Bible alone, then you are a prime candidate for deception! It is time you begin hearing from the Holy Spirit for yourself. There is a condition for this, however: "But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, as that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness." Hebrews 3:13 If you want the Holy Spirit to speak to you personally and regularly, then you are going to have to repent of all active sins in your life. He is a Holy Spirit, and although he will initially pour himself into the dirty cup of your polluted spirit, the evidence of his presence will be a consistent pattern of your insides becoming cleaner and cleaner. Like Drano in a clogged pipe, you should be finding all the backed up stagnant filth of your sins finally being loosened up, and flushed away. If you are a sinning Christian, you probably have been hearing his voice already -- telling you to repent. John 16:7-9 Once you obey that message, you can be confident that He will continue to speak with you, providing insights into the mind of Christ that will utterly astound and delight you! Once you are ready to hear from God and receive his gift of revelation knowledge, then here is a good place to start: Learning to Hear God's Voice, a book by Herman Riffel (Chosen Books 1986). This book has a lot of practical advice about hearing and testing the Holy Spirit as he speaks through dreams, impressions, circumstances, answered prayer, etc. |
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