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Originally Posted by JJ
Wow, I don't know where you have been "in Christianity" to make this statement Evangelical. The majority of Christians I know believe God's Word = the Bible because they recognize it as being inspired by the Holy Spirit, and endevour to walk in and by the Spirit today (because He is absolutely relevant and essential to their Christian walk). I do know some who claim to be Christians with weird views like you cite, but that is certainly not the majority of Christians who believe God's word equals the Bible.
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They endeavor to walk in and by the Spirit, by following the words in the Bible, because they believe the Bible is the Spirit.
In contrast, Jesus and the disciples indeed had the Scriptures, and used them at times to refute their opponents (Matt 19:4), yet followed God by what the Spirit told them (Luke 12:12, Acts 8:29), not by consulting the Scripture. Furthermore, I cannot find any verse in the bible where Jesus and the disciples held a "bible study".
Many churches teach and preach the Bible but few teach how to listen to and follow the Spirit (without the Bible).
They do this because they think the Bible is a replacement for the Spirit.