Bible Discussion Thread

( 2 nd Cor. 3 : 6 KJV ) ..Who has made us able ministers of the NEW TESTAMENT ...The living words not the letter the written word

but of the living word of the Spirit....The letter killeth but the spiritual word giveth life...As Jesus said my Words are spirit and life.

.....But there is no eternal life in the Scriptures the letter etc ....Israel was Sola Scriptura..the lettter only,...Written words only but Israel stoned most all the Prophets and rejected the Christ...

....If the written word cd have saved humanity then Jesus shed his blood in vain and the cross was just foolishness.

.....The written word is like a love letter from a far away lover...But the living word is the Bridegroom,..God Almighty.

.....Much greater then paper and ink...Ya gotta realize that God Almighty is greater then a bible...The written word..The bible is the written word the lesser light but the living word ( his voice ) is the greater light...The new testament in his blood.

....David said thy word is a light unto my path and lamp unto my feet...Which was the law but David stumbled..Bathsheba.

..Jesus said are there not 12 hours in a day,..and 12 hours in a night...But if man walk in the night he is gonna stumble...Remember the night was the lesser light...Bible only..Written words only....No living word the greater light...The H.G.

......Thats y Paul is saying he has made us able ministers of the New Covenant the living words not the letter the written words that is a killer...But of the living words that giveth life...Which is that New Covenant...The book of LIFE.

The Scriptures are profitable to make us wise unto salvation, whether we hear it spoken or read it. It is powerful because it is GOD'S truth and is given to us by Him. The Holy Spirit uses the Scriptures in the regenerative work He does to make us believers. The Holy Spirit implants faith so that we come to know Jesus, the Living Word.

Let's not denigrate Scripture's role in a believer's life. Peter testified to Jesus, to Whom else shall we go, you have the Words of eternal life. Scriptures is the Word of Jesus. He spoke through the prophets from Moses to John on Patmos.

Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. The more Scriptures one intakes the more one's faith will increase.

I was just thinking the other day about my life experience, having been a believer all of my life and partaking of the Scriptures throughout my years. I was thinking how easily Scripture verses and events come to my memory at the most opportune times.

I can tell you that I cannot quote much from any other book I have read over the course of my life, but I can easily quote Scriptures. Not just a few, but a large number. So, how is this? I think it is just that the Word of God is alive and active. They are the most important words we can encounter. They are transformative. They are profitable for life and godliness.

I just think that God uses the His words in Scripture in our memory to recall them for us when the time and occasion is right.

It is in the Scriptures or by the speaking of the Gospel that we come to know our Savior. And the Holy Spirit in use uses the Scriptures to build us up in our most holy faith. The aim of reading and knowing Scripture is to know God more and more as we walk with Him daily.

Jesus said, "and this is eternal life, that You know Him who sent me and the Son."

Well said GiGi

Let's not play with words .The Scriptures are God's oral words written down on paper. It's the same thing.

GBU

Yes ! The Word is alive and it should live in us , it's not just printed ink on paper , it lives , as does Christ , in our hearts and minds every day . We have to take the time and make the effort to read it , all of it , it is a whole living thing that we must ingest and nourish inside of us so that it becomes a part of us , who we are and what we think , feel and do . Christ is alive and is with us , right next to each of us all day every day , he's not just a story from an old book , he lives !