John 1:1-3,14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Some would believe and say that when we read words that were spoken by God Himself in the Bible, that these are Words from the very Mind and Mouth of God. But when we read, for example, Paul's letter to the Thessalonians, we should view these as, yes, the word of God but not necessarily from the very Mind and Mouth of God Himself.
In taking this view they are really saying that the Bible has different levels of authority. This is not so.
We see this false understanding in the use of "red letter" editions of the Bible where the Words of Jesus are in Red. This should not be done as the words of Paul or Luke or Isaiah that we read in the Bible are every bit the Word of God, and from the Mind and Mouth of God Himself as the Words of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Bible has one and only one AUTHOR. And that is God Himself. Every Book every Chapter every Phrase every Verse every Word in the original Hebrew and Greek manuscripts is the Word of God Himself and indeed from the very Mind and Mouth of God Himself.
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
The Bible does not merely CONTAIN the Word of God. The Bible Alone and in its Entirety IS the very Word of God. It is God speaking directly to us and for us today.
Scriptures are a testimony of Christ's words, but not God the Word. He says " Come unto Me" He wasn't telling us to come the Scriptures or to men, but to Him personally who is a Spirit. "I'm going away, but I will not leave you comforterless". When Holy Spirit comes He will teach & guide you into all Truth, for He will take of what is Mine & will show it to you. Its the Anionting that we have received from Him, that we need not any man to teach us. A promises of the Old Testament, is that "all will be taught of God" Christ a High Priest, to teach us personally by His Spirit. For no man knows the things of God, but Spirit of God. Jesus paid the price at Calvary, that we may all receive the promise of the Father, the mystery that been hidden from ages & generation, & yet now God has willed to make known the glory of this mystery which is Christ in us the hope of eternal glory. We all have received of His fullest, grace for grace. Its the Word that is near us, in our heart & in our mouth, the Word of Faith The free Gift of the Father, the Grace of God that brings salvation that appears to all mankind. He's within us, He's the still small Voice, instructing us in the exercising of Word of Righteousnes in discerning between of Good & evil within our conscience/heart. This is the Treasure we have in our earthen vessels, that the excellency of the Power to receive & understand the things of God is not of ourselves, but of God. This is Christ spiritual appearance within, appearing a 2nd time bringing us salvation to all that wait upon Him in Spirit & in Truth. He was made a life giving Spirit, the words that He speak within are Spirit & Life.. Paul says he receive it not from man or by his own self efforts of study, but by revelation of the Spirit, God is not a respect of person, so why shouldn't we receive of Him the same way. Turn within, Truth in the inward parts, there Wisdom shines forth the glory & the knowledge of God, in the face of Christ,
How can someone come unto him if they don't know he exists ? Why do you think that God has preserved His Word in a book for us if He didn't want us to read it ? What did the Ethiopian say to Phillip in the book of Acts ?
How did Abraham, Issac, Rebecca, Jacob or Job & many more come to the personal experiential knowledge of God? Job 32:8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. God Spirit is not limited in how He reveals Himself to mankind, dreams, visions, etc, the Scripture are full of them, but all by the operations & administration of His Spirit. God promise in Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people, Heb 8:10 quotes this, the wording is ( I ) will put My laws into their inward parts. He doeth the work, cause us to will & do of His good pleasure, & this is by His Spirit operations upon our hearts. Romans 2:14-15 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
its plainly written the Gentiles ,which have not the law, which was the gospel of that dispensation. God put His laws within their hearts, & taught them Himself by His Spirit. These things were written for our example, He does the same today!
I encourage you to reread the Scriptures, the honoring of them in there proper place, is truly the benefit & enjoyment of them.
He that has ears to hear, let him hear what the Spirit has to say:
Hi Frankie J , please forgive me , I didn't give your reply to me the proper attention , my cat CJ has been very poorly today and he's distracted me . Why do pets always get sick on a weekend ? Anyhoo , he's improved slightly so I'm calmer . God actually spoke to Abraham more than once , we can read about that in Genesis , it's possible that He spoke to Abraham on other occasions that we don't know about . I'm sure that Abraham would have told his family and his servants all that they needed to know about their Heavenly Father . You are correct God speaks to us today , through His Word in the Bible and through His Holy Spirit . I'm still learning things from the Bible even though I've been reading it regularly for a few decades , God's Word is alive , in the Bible and in the hearts and minds of all who learn from it , all who seek Him out ,starting with the Bible . Would God preserve His Word through thousands of years for no purpose ? What made you want to learn about God ? Why did you start to read the Bible ? We could all tell an interesting story about how we came to the Truth . God works in our hearts and minds for sure , I don't disagree with anyone on that point , for beginners , those who know nothing and just start out being curious , the Bible should be their first port of call . It's still revealing knew things to me every time I read it , I'm addicted to it I think :) . Many times I've been prompted to do or say something , out if the blue , who does this prompting ? Maybe my own subconscious ? Maybe some thing else ? God lives , Christ lives and they work in us and for us , through others and to others through us . God is everywhere , His Glory surrounds us , we just need to open our eyes and ears and hearts and minds , God is love and love is everywhere . The love that God has for all His creation must be in us , Christ is the epitome of God's love , Christ must live in our hearts and we must reveal his love to others . We live in Christ .
Thanks for your reply Frankie J . The law doesn't save the gentiles ( non believers or those who haven't had the opportunity to know God ) only faith in His Son and what he accomplished , our faith in Christ , that's what saves us . I know lots of nice moral kind people who are atheists or idolators , are they saved ?
Hiya Jema...Remember what Jesus said NO MAN CAN UNTO ME UNLESS THE FATHER THAT HAS SENT ME DRAW HIM.....The written word cannot draw us....Its only the living word Christ Jesus that can draw us.....As my words are spirit and life....Living words not the written word.....Its gotta be a personal relationship, he has to know us in order to sow his incorruptible seed in our hearts that initiates a birth of Christ in us.....Unless you receive the kingdom of God as a lil Child you will in no wise enter there in......They don't call him the bridegroom for nothin....He has a seed to sow in humanity.....Thats y Jeremiah 30:6 kjv....Jeremiah saw all men in travail and Child birth.....The written word is fine but its just answers to the lesser light.....But the living word is the greater light....Jesus said are there not 12 hrs in a day and 12 hrs in a night.....But if we walk in the written word only we are walking in the night.....Thats what happened to Israel they were sola scriptura....written words only.....But they stoned most all of the Prophets and rejected the Christ....Its only the living word the H.G a LIVING BEING that is the greater light....Thats y the New birth is so important....We have to birth that new creature which is the H.G. That Child of Promise....Nothin availeth any thing in Christ Jesus but a new Creature which is our new heart and new spirit...k lemme run....
Hiya Jeme Gbu ....But Remember what Jesus said I am the light of the world...But the NIGHT comes when no man can work....Which was that great falling away....The abomination of desolation in all the Churches...Your house is left unto you desolate.....History proves the great abomination of desolation.....Which have been nothin but wars and rumors of wars.....6.5 million Jews died in hitlers death camps....Jesus was right, there is no Eternal life in the scriptures per se....Its only in the H.G. the gift of God.... Rev 12 :10.....I heard a loud voice from heaven saying NOW is come SALVATION and strength and the Kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ (the Child)...the H.G....Which is the Child of Promise....The contents of that book of life in the fathers right hand....God told Daniel in 12:9 Go thy way Daniel till the end comes when the book is opened....That Book that Jesus wrote with his own blood....That no man cd look into in heaven or earth....It was a sealed book....NO SALVATION OR KINGDOM TILL TH WOMAN GIVES BIRTH...Thats when the Child is born the Manchild that spirit of truth....The only one who can reprove the world of sin and righteousness and Judgement.. The Prince of this world is not judged till the manchild the spirit of truth is Born in us sinners...Remember what Jesus said Unless you receive the Kingdom of God as a lil Child you will in no wise enter there IN....Which is the real New Birth via the seeds of that book that he wrote with his own blood....The Child is the H.G. that Child of Promise....The wheat is a baby Christ simply b/c the sower of that good seed is Christ the Bridegroom....Thats y he has to know us....Faith is a spiritual pregnancy.....The Child (the H.G.) is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen....Whosoever receiveth one such child in MY NAME receiveth Me....Thats y he always refers to himself as the son of man....Mankind is gonna have a baby the H.G...But no Salvation till the Child comes. Gbu
David0921....Jesus is plainly telling us to search the scriptures in them you think you have eternal life but it is only them that testify of me....Which is the living word the H.G. that testifies of me.....David there is no eternal life in the scriptures, if there could have been eternal life in the scriptures then Jesus shed his blood in vain and the cross was just foolishness..... 2 Cor. 3:6 he has made us able ministers of the New Covenant not of the written word the letter a killer but of the spirit....Eternal life in only by his blood at. Calvary.....Behold the lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world.....We do not behold the scriptures the written words....WE only behold the lamb of God the living word that taketh away the sins of the world....And that book of life that he wrote with his own blood,....meaning living words....Living Spirits....We are not gonna be married to paper and ink the bible but only to Christ the living word.
.....The DEVIL reads the bible but that does not change his demonic Spirit....All of ISRAEL was sola scriptura...Bible only but Jesus tells them they were of their father the devil.....Its only by the blood of the lamb that we can be bornagain of his incorruptible seed....that liveth and abideth for ever....The living word which is the H.G. THE GIFT OF God....I love the kjv with all my heart....But it is only the living word the H.G. that is the gift of God...No eternal life in the scriptures per se.
Jesus said are there not 12 hrs in a day and 12 hrs in a night but if a man walks in the night he is gonna stumble.....David you are walking in the night when you think there is Eternal life in the scriptures the written words as John 5:39 tells us....Jesus tells us there is no eternal life in the scriptures the written words.....Eternal life in only by the New Covenant which is his blood he shed at Calvary....That resulted in the book in the right hand of the father THAT BOOK OF LIFE that Jesus wrote with his own.. blood
John 1:1-3,14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Some would believe and say that when we read words that were spoken by God Himself in the Bible, that these are Words from the very Mind and Mouth of God. But when we read, for example, Paul's letter to the Thessalonians, we should view these as, yes, the word of God but not necessarily from the very Mind and Mouth of God Himself.
In taking this view they are really saying that the Bible has different levels of authority. This is not so.
We see this false understanding in the use of "red letter" editions of the Bible where the Words of Jesus are in Red. This should not be done as the words of Paul or Luke or Isaiah that we read in the Bible are every bit the Word of God, and from the Mind and Mouth of God Himself as the Words of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Bible has one and only one AUTHOR. And that is God Himself. Every Book every Chapter every Phrase every Verse every Word in the original Hebrew and Greek manuscripts is the Word of God Himself and indeed from the very Mind and Mouth of God Himself.
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
The Bible does not merely CONTAIN the Word of God. The Bible Alone and in its Entirety IS the very Word of God. It is God speaking directly to us and for us today.
How did Abraham, Issac, Rebecca, Jacob or Job & many more come to the personal experiential knowledge of God? Job 32:8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. God Spirit is not limited in how He reveals Himself to mankind, dreams, visions, etc, the Scripture are full of them, but all by the operations & administration of His Spirit. God promise in Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people, Heb 8:10 quotes this, the wording is ( I ) will put My laws into their inward parts. He doeth the work, cause us to will & do of His good pleasure, & this is by His Spirit operations upon our hearts. Romans 2:14-15 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
its plainly written the Gentiles ,which have not the law, which was the gospel of that dispensation. God put His laws within their hearts, & taught them Himself by His Spirit. These things were written for our example, He does the same today!
I encourage you to reread the Scriptures, the honoring of them in there proper place, is truly the benefit & enjoyment of them.
He that has ears to hear, let him hear what the Spirit has to say:
no offense was taken, thank you for your kind words just the same.
Jonah 4:11
God does care for all His creatures.
.....The DEVIL reads the bible but that does not change his demonic Spirit....All of ISRAEL was sola scriptura...Bible only but Jesus tells them they were of their father the devil.....Its only by the blood of the lamb that we can be bornagain of his incorruptible seed....that liveth and abideth for ever....The living word which is the H.G. THE GIFT OF God....I love the kjv with all my heart....But it is only the living word the H.G. that is the gift of God...No eternal life in the scriptures per se.
Jesus said are there not 12 hrs in a day and 12 hrs in a night but if a man walks in the night he is gonna stumble.....David you are walking in the night when you think there is Eternal life in the scriptures the written words as John 5:39 tells us....Jesus tells us there is no eternal life in the scriptures the written words.....Eternal life in only by the New Covenant which is his blood he shed at Calvary....That resulted in the book in the right hand of the father THAT BOOK OF LIFE that Jesus wrote with his own.. blood
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