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Evangelical · 10-31-2016, 04:54 PM

Ohio,

That they had the "living word spoken by the Word Himself", is precisely my point. The Word they had came from Christ Himself and not the written Scripture which they also had. The Word came from His Presence not the written Scripture.

So Piper is actually saying
"the more of the Spirit you know and love, the more of God's Spirit you will experience" ?

"the more of Jesus you know and love, the more of God's Spirit you will experience" ?

So his quote has nothing to do with the written Scripture. If that is true then I would agree with that.

But I know his quote has something to do with the written Scripture. They believe if they teach or read the written Scripture, they have the Word of God. Little to do with God's presence.

10-31-2016, 04:54 PM	#42
Evangelical Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 3,965	Re: Reading the Bible does not Give us the Spirit Ohio, That they had the "living word spoken by the Word Himself", is precisely my point. The Word they had came from Christ Himself and not the written Scripture which they also had. The Word came from His Presence not the written Scripture. So Piper is actually saying "the more of the Spirit you know and love, the more of God's Spirit you will experience" ? "the more of Jesus you know and love, the more of God's Spirit you will experience" ? So his quote has nothing to do with the written Scripture. If that is true then I would agree with that. But I know his quote has something to do with the written Scripture. They believe if they teach or read the written Scripture, they have the Word of God. Little to do with God's presence.