Reading the Bible does not Give us the Spirit

[ZNPaaneah]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

My point is if the Bible was so important for following the Spirit as Piper claims, then there should be no Christians in these countries unless they first get a bible. According to Piper, they cannot know and love God's word more (because they do not have it), therefore they cannot get more of the Spirit.

In fact, this also means that during the centuries in which the bible was not readily accessible or readable (in the middle ages etc), it means Christians could not have had the Spirit or more of the Spirit.

Since the Bible is so important that could explain why it has been translated into 554 languages and parts of the Bible have been translated into 2,932 languages.

Second, you have not proven that there is anyone on this planet that can read yet does not have access to a Bible. All you have said is that it is possible that they can't read it in their native language.

"There are more than 6,170 known languages (not dialects, but languages). After subtracting the 1,907 we’ve started on, that leaves 4,263 to cover the last 3 percent. Almost all of the remaining languages are spoken mostly in remote areas by small groups of people. Almost all of these languages have never even been written—they are spoken languages." (https://www.lds.org/ensign/1990/01/t...to-go?lang=eng)

So then, as I said, "if a person is literate", i.e. they can read, then they must be reading a language other than one of these, and the language they can read does have a Bible.

In addition, every single one of these people you claim cannot get access to a Bible is a citizen of a country where the national language does have a Bible.

Please note, every single one of these people has access to a Bible in one of 554 languages, some of which are the national language of the country they live in.

How is this evidence that the Bible is not important?