StormyOne said:Enoch did not have a bible.... neither did Abraham, or Noah... so what did those folks who had a relationship with God rely on when there was no bible? They relied on God Himself...
Even the text you supplied it was NOT talking about the scripture that we now quote... at that time the NT was still being written....
Think about this text: And Enoch walked with God and was not for God took him.....
Clearly that relationship was so deep that Enoch was taken...
I am not suggesting that we don't need the bible, or that we do away with it, I am suggesting that God is more than willing and capable to commune with or without the bible...
The purpose of prayer is to commune with God. I see it functioning as you suggest the bible does... It is through communication with the Living God that we know what He wants for us here and now.... The bible reminds us that He is willing to interact with man.... prayer helps us to understand that He is willing to interact with us right now in our time....
I hear what you're saying but in all honesty, for the simple fact that we do have a Bible, which contains God's expressed will for humanity, we have more of an advantage then Enoch did!
The sad thing is that most of us, including myself, haven't learned how to walk with God through the Bible; and that is why we are often so confused about issues that were never intended to be confusing, and so discouraged about matters for which God has given us promises to resolve!
I am thankful God has given us His word!
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