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Originally Posted by Igzy
Thanks, Freedom. I think LCers believe the point is to only need the Spirit; to reach some plane where the behavioral principles of the Bible are unnecessary. But I don't know anyone who has achieved such a state. The Bible's principles are a natural protective framework in which we can go about our lives with reasonable confidence that we are behaving in a way pleasing to God. Within that framework, the Spirit speaks to us.
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So true. I can't tell you how many times someone excused away something inappropriate with the saying, "we just need more life," or "I just need to gain more Christ."
With that attitude we will never grow or change, yet the saying is so disarming.