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Recently i observed a concentrated attack of a persons personal testimony.
- it happens. Move on .
But the premise of the attack kept referring to " the word of God " aka the scriptures.
Iv observed this a lot over the years..
The script( written )is the record of What God has said..
But the word is Jesus the person.
He will never contradict himself. But he has not ceased to be the living person of the only begotten son of God.
So he fully speaks to people...
TODAY . How they perceive him speaking and how they comprehend him speaking is of course subject to thier interpretation and then our comprehension of what they tell us.
This is why we must test the Spirits...
The written text is ONE solid way.
But the witness of TWO is true.!
For if we use ONLY the written text we may use it only in the context of what a false teacher has taught us ..
So we require the 2nd witness of the Holy Spirit who "Bears witness to the truth".
Only when the Spirit of truth bares witness to the taught written word can we be sure of the interpretation.
Many of us have experienced this witness to the truth by the Holy Spirit and his equal warning when what is being taught is Not truth.
Those times as we grew in the lord and we heard a thing being taught and we got excited in our hearts for it felt like .-.We knew this truth already-. But its not US that knew it but the Holy Spirit in us..the spirit of truth. So when we heard that truth He stirred excitedly in us and it bare witness to that truth...
Effectivly the Holy Spirit was saying to us ..i second that..what you are hearing is TRUTH.
IN CONTRAST he also warns of the presence of a lie... This is when we are hearing the written word being read and then expounded on and something in us becomes troubeld and though what is being said sounds so very amazing, the holy Spirit is telling us warning warning..dont be fooled by the many convincing words.. This is Not TRUTH!
Scripture alone is the witness of ONLY ONE . AND scripture itself records that God said a person cannot be condemned on the witness of ONLY ONE ..there Must be a 2nd.
when scripture is weilded by a false testimony or an erroneous teacher it can sound out a convincing argument.
But the Holy Spirit cannot be fooled.
He must agree..and bare witness to the interpretation of the written word.
Not many months back i was subjected to being sent youtube clips of very convincing sounding preachers.... If i said whom many here would know the names...
They "sounded" so right and strong...
And then they all ALSO spoke in opposition to differing aspects of the present day ministry of the Holy Spirit... The same Holy Spirit who leads into all truth and bares witness to the truth and does not speak of himself but only glorifies JESUS...
This was a dilemma .which to believe...
We have opposing testimony...
The word of God recorded in written text... Coupled with the testimony of mere men.
Or the written word of God coupeld with the witness of the Holy Spirit... [Who is the lord JESUS risen and alive speaking to us..
( the holy spirit only takes from christ and gices it to us..when we hear the Holy spirit it is JESUS we are hearing ).]
So whom to believe?
Everytime we must believe the Written word Coupled with the 2nd witness of the Holy Spirit
OVER the word of mere men.
And it requires faith to do so and often causes great oppisition from others who are also not in the Holy Spirit.
The lord woke me in the early morning and said to me.. " any one who oppses the Holy Spirit of truth in any manner, and excludes the present day living testimony of JESUS the person by his Holy Spirit.. Is Not speaking or teaching by the unction of the same Holy Spirit.
No matter how awsome they sound..they are not speaking the truth...
The bible is a written record of what God has said.
The bible is Not Jesus.
It is a collection of testimonies of what God has said .
JESUS is not a book..
He is the living crucified and resurrected only begotten son of God...
He by His holy Spirit bares witness to the truth of ALL things..
Without him by his holy spirit bearing witness to the truth we cannot and must not ever trust only mens interpretations..
For as paul wrote in warning.. Clever men come in and teach false things by thier many clever words.
The written text ALONE is not sufficient grounds to establish what is truth.
It will always agree with the truth but is never by itself sufficient...
We need the ONE the scripture speaks of..
And he ..the living person of JESUS. speaks to us BY his Holy Spirit.
- it happens. Move on .
But the premise of the attack kept referring to " the word of God " aka the scriptures.
Iv observed this a lot over the years..
The script( written )is the record of What God has said..
But the word is Jesus the person.
He will never contradict himself. But he has not ceased to be the living person of the only begotten son of God.
So he fully speaks to people...
TODAY . How they perceive him speaking and how they comprehend him speaking is of course subject to thier interpretation and then our comprehension of what they tell us.
This is why we must test the Spirits...
The written text is ONE solid way.
But the witness of TWO is true.!
For if we use ONLY the written text we may use it only in the context of what a false teacher has taught us ..
So we require the 2nd witness of the Holy Spirit who "Bears witness to the truth".
Only when the Spirit of truth bares witness to the taught written word can we be sure of the interpretation.
Many of us have experienced this witness to the truth by the Holy Spirit and his equal warning when what is being taught is Not truth.
Those times as we grew in the lord and we heard a thing being taught and we got excited in our hearts for it felt like .-.We knew this truth already-. But its not US that knew it but the Holy Spirit in us..the spirit of truth. So when we heard that truth He stirred excitedly in us and it bare witness to that truth...
Effectivly the Holy Spirit was saying to us ..i second that..what you are hearing is TRUTH.
IN CONTRAST he also warns of the presence of a lie... This is when we are hearing the written word being read and then expounded on and something in us becomes troubeld and though what is being said sounds so very amazing, the holy Spirit is telling us warning warning..dont be fooled by the many convincing words.. This is Not TRUTH!
Scripture alone is the witness of ONLY ONE . AND scripture itself records that God said a person cannot be condemned on the witness of ONLY ONE ..there Must be a 2nd.
when scripture is weilded by a false testimony or an erroneous teacher it can sound out a convincing argument.
But the Holy Spirit cannot be fooled.
He must agree..and bare witness to the interpretation of the written word.
Not many months back i was subjected to being sent youtube clips of very convincing sounding preachers.... If i said whom many here would know the names...
They "sounded" so right and strong...
And then they all ALSO spoke in opposition to differing aspects of the present day ministry of the Holy Spirit... The same Holy Spirit who leads into all truth and bares witness to the truth and does not speak of himself but only glorifies JESUS...
This was a dilemma .which to believe...
We have opposing testimony...
The word of God recorded in written text... Coupled with the testimony of mere men.
Or the written word of God coupeld with the witness of the Holy Spirit... [Who is the lord JESUS risen and alive speaking to us..
( the holy spirit only takes from christ and gices it to us..when we hear the Holy spirit it is JESUS we are hearing ).]
So whom to believe?
Everytime we must believe the Written word Coupled with the 2nd witness of the Holy Spirit
OVER the word of mere men.
And it requires faith to do so and often causes great oppisition from others who are also not in the Holy Spirit.
The lord woke me in the early morning and said to me.. " any one who oppses the Holy Spirit of truth in any manner, and excludes the present day living testimony of JESUS the person by his Holy Spirit.. Is Not speaking or teaching by the unction of the same Holy Spirit.
No matter how awsome they sound..they are not speaking the truth...
The bible is a written record of what God has said.
The bible is Not Jesus.
It is a collection of testimonies of what God has said .
JESUS is not a book..
He is the living crucified and resurrected only begotten son of God...
He by His holy Spirit bares witness to the truth of ALL things..
Without him by his holy spirit bearing witness to the truth we cannot and must not ever trust only mens interpretations..
For as paul wrote in warning.. Clever men come in and teach false things by thier many clever words.
The written text ALONE is not sufficient grounds to establish what is truth.
It will always agree with the truth but is never by itself sufficient...
We need the ONE the scripture speaks of..
And he ..the living person of JESUS. speaks to us BY his Holy Spirit.