Izzy wrote
> Also, did you ever just �know something in your knower� that
nobody told you except the Holy Spirit? Ever hear that still small voice with
the surprising statement that you would never have dreamed up yourself? Ever
get a sudden insight into the meaning of scripture that was there all along,
but you never �got it� before?
Yes on all three accounts, Izzy. But is this really what
we are talking about, or maybe better put, is this all that we are talking
about? What happens when you take that new and exciting insight to church with
you and when you share it with other Christians, Christians whom you love and
respect very much, some or many of them tell you that you are in error, that
your reading is antithetical to Scripture? When they tell you this, does it
make you wrong and them right? Do you immeditely abandon your new insight?
Scuse me Bill & Izzy - Just wanted to
point out that Izzy's insight had nothing to do with doctrine, it was the
Spirit of God speaking to her personal situation.
Or, on the other hand, does it
mean that they are wrong and you are right, and therefore obviously they
are not open to the work of the Spirit on this matter?
I wouldn't think anyone would oppose what
God has said to another believer because it doesn't involve me personally; if
they miss it by listening to the wrong voice and get in a ditch we should be
there to help them out. I've seen lots of that in the Charismatic Movmt but
that's not to say we should throw out the baby with the
bathwater.
In a case like this, Izzy, who is it who stands above
the trees, with a God's-eye view of the truth, is it you or they (and
remember, we are talking bout your Christian brothers and sisters, whom
you love and respect)?
When we look to God in prayer He does not
give our answer to someone else; neither can we walk in someone else's
light. We must hear the voice of Jesus for ourselves.
Why can't Christians seem to see things the same if we
are all indwelt with this mind-of-Christ-in-us capability?
We are all in different states of repair -
because of the fall.... and the iniquities we inherit from the fathers,
however it will all come together at the
end.
