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Originally Posted by awareness
And thank God for the Bible. It's full of great stuff. If the Psalms is the word of Christ it's because God can speak without a book. So the Bible is not necessary to receive the word of God. The Bible can be dead letter ... that can "kill." Do you realize the Bible can kill? It kills when it replaces God's living word. That's why people beat each other up with it.
I don't follow. Please explain.
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Of course God can speak without a book, but He has given us the Bible as His word. To second guess it is to second guess Him. Because the Bible can kill does not me there is something wrong with it. You're interpretation of it, your understanding of it, if it leads to such killing has something wrong.
The Bible is the record. Without the record we would have no knowledge, unless there were some other record, unless God chose to speak in another way (He hasn't). We are living in a time when the Bible exists, without it we have no reference point, nothing to base out faith on. Your supposed knowledge of God would mean nothing to me or anyone else without such a reference point. I could claim to have God's speaking and someone else could claim it as well. Those so called words of God could be ad odds. How would you know which one was God's true Word? You wouldn't.
Hebrews 11:1 replies to your needing proof.
Ask yourself why you need proof, or why you know better. Why is your logic superior? Faith is simple. Maybe too simple for some. And that is it's power, that is the wisdom of God.
I believe the Bible is the Word of God because God, in my heart, in my mind, and somehow in my spirit, has affirmed my this belief. There is a lot I don't understand and can't reconcile, but I am not God. Nor do I seek to be.