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Originally Posted by Evangelical
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".
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Wow, Evangelical. I continue to be amazed at this interpretation that separates the term Word of God from the Bible, and broad brushing of all but TLR Christians as dead letter Christians.
Do you realize what a scary place this is to be? Now you are supposedly following Christ as the Word (which He is, and most Christians acknowledge, just do an Internet search on "in the beginning was the Word"). But, the written word of the Bible is "dead letter", so you don't need to study it (just pray-read and call on the Lord's name). So the only way to know if the spirit leading you is Christ is some sort of "feeling".
Also, do an Internet search on "praying God's Word back to Him" to see how many other Christians also practice "pray reading".
My point is not to belittle pray reading and calling on the Lord, which I and others here still practice (not robotically, or mindlessly!). Nor is it to say Christ isn't the Word. But, that the mystery is that Christ is the Word of God, and so is the Bible. The two match each other! The genuine leading of Christ lines up with the Bible. So, there is a check we can all have as a reference to see if we are off. Unfortunately it seems TLR doesn't have that check (again, very scary!). It just has "the Ministry", that no one but the Blended Bro can check. Now I don't know what spirit is leading it. Sure seems like a haughty spirit, based on what came out of me and others towards other Christians when under its influence.
So, Evangelical. I beg you, in love, as a brother to reconsider getting back to studying the Bible too, and cross check what is going on in TLR vs it and the Lord Spirit's leading.