A Wake Up Call - God is Speaking to Us

[bearbear]

Originally Posted by Dave

Here is my point. Didn't we spend years under WL believing that we were "uncovering the mountain of spiritual riches contained in God's word"? The other day I was looking at 3 notebooks full of detailed notes I took while I was at the Hebrew conference in Anaheim with WL. I, along with others, were caught up in it. Oh, the mountain of spiritual riches we thought we were experiencing at that time. Your free buffet can be deceptive and a trap, as I quoted 1 Thess "...test everything." In addition, we are all at different levels. When I first was a Christian in 1964 and went to Bible college I saw the Bible, books of the Bible, verses in a certain way. As I studied over the years my understanding changed. We all became stuck in the mud with WL teachings...unable to change and saturated with his interpretations. If we limit our growth to one interpretation we fall back into the WL syndrome.

The mountain of spiritual riches wasn't the problem, rather it was an environment that necessitated the need for an oracle and another mediator besides Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

We have the word of God and we have the Holy Spirit who teaches us all things (John 16:13).

I simply come to the scriptures and ask the Holy Spirit to teach me. Then I ask God to strengthen me so I can do what his word says. As I struggle to obey, I develop relationship with Jesus and come to know him through my meagre effort to live my faith. I simply pray, trust and obey and through this I come to know and experience the tangible love of Jesus as he comes through for me in ways I never would have imagined. As I experience his love for me, I can't help but to love him back, but it all started with faith. We love him because he first loved first.

No LSM conferences, trainings, theological degrees or esoteric knowledge is required. It's within the grasp of anyone, even simple fishermen.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by bearbear

The mountain of spiritual riches wasn't the problem, rather it was an environment that necessitated the need for an oracle and another mediator besides Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

We have the word of God and we have the Holy Spirit who teaches us all things (John 16:13).

I simply come to the scriptures and ask the Holy Spirit to teach me. Then I ask God to strengthen me so I can do what his word says. As I struggle to obey, I develop relationship with Jesus and come to know him through my meagre effort to live my faith. I simply pray, trust and obey and through this I come to know and experience the tangible love of Jesus as he comes through for me in ways I never would have imagined. As I experience his love for me, I can't help but to love him back, but it all started with faith. We love him because he first loved first.

No LSM conferences, trainings, theological degrees or esoteric knowledge is required. It's within the grasp of anyone, even simple fishermen.

God Bless you!