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Originally Posted by Evangelical
It is the Spirit that turns the bible from mere knowledge into God's Word. So I would say this statement is back to front - it should say "the more of God's Spirit you experience, the more of God's Word you will know and love".
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I'm not sure which is "back" and which is "front." Does one have to be? Even Witness Lee said that the Spirit and God's word are like two wings of an airplane.
I see no value in disputing John Piper's saying. You are merely splitting hairs and straining gnats.
Your launch point was the Pharisees "
searching the scriptures" in John 5.39, yet were "
not willing to come to Me" in 5.40. Granted there are many wrong ways to approach the scriptures, and them Pharisees did them all. We could talk all day, and all week, and all month, and ... about how them Pharisees messed thinks up. And we could do the same concerning many radical tongue-speakers who try to experience the Spirit without a proper approach to God's word, but what's the point?
Do you have to argue every scriptural nuance that you find?
Most of us who have left the LC's, are attempting to focus on the common faith, that which is important to our walk with Christ. I have testified on several occasions that I am a recovering "judgaholic," one who once specialized in condemning all things Christian. I thought I was taught by the best, but little did I know that our Lord was not pleased with that. In His heart, love conquers and mercy triumphs.