The Experience of Christ

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Originally Posted by awareness

Interesting bro UntoHim. So according to Machen experiencing Christ needs to be rightly used. And apparently that is to prove the New Testament true.

But if we are really experiencing Christ, the real Christ and a real experience, we don't really need to know the status of New Testament stories ... we've arrived BY and THRU Christ and have our own true story to tell ... perchance a new new testament.

I think that's what Igzy is trying to say.

What say you Igzy? and well, goes without saying, UntoHim?

No, that wasn't it. Sorry.

We need to be triangulated Christians. We need experience, we need the Word and we need to check our fruit. Each balances the others.

Word knowledge tells us what kind of fruit we should have, and keeps us from going off the deep end with experience.

Fruit focuses our experience on a practical result, and keeps us humble about our word knowledge.

Experience sheds light on our word knowledge, and empowers us for fruit-bearing.

Lee talked only about two, experience (the Spirit) and the Word. But actually we need three: experience, the word and fruit.