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Evangelical · 11-01-2016, 06:54 PM

I agree that the Spirit and the Word go together. But how many interpret the Word as Christ (John 1:1) versus those who interpret the Word as the Bible? I would even agree that the Spirit and the Bible go together, but one is alive and one is dead (without the One who makes it alive). We cannot get something alive (the Spirit) from something dead (the bible without the Spirit). For this reason we practice pray-reading and calling on the Lord's name before or during Bible reading. In contrast with the "dead letter Christians".

11-01-2016, 06:54 PM	#45
Evangelical Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 3,965	Re: Reading the Bible does not Give us the Spirit I agree that the Spirit and the Word go together. But how many interpret the Word as Christ (John 1:1) versus those who interpret the Word as the Bible? I would even agree that the Spirit and the Bible go together, but one is alive and one is dead (without the One who makes it alive). We cannot get something alive (the Spirit) from something dead (the bible without the Spirit). For this reason we practice pray-reading and calling on the Lord's name before or during Bible reading. In contrast with the "dead letter Christians".