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.
