Just as I experienced the militant attitude over the King James version, and grew out of it. We all should be discarding those spiritual clothes that no longer fit. If we refuse to do so we become spiritual rag-a-muffins, not very glorifying to the Lord. That's not to say that the discarded spiritual clothes were wrong at the time that they fit. My experience with the which bible controversy instilled in me some valuable insights. I came out of that period with a very strong 'show me attitude', whereby I now need scripture to document what I believe, rather than depending on the opinions of men to show the way. More and more, also, I am becoming aware of the truth in II Timothy 2 that tells me that my former militance was not up to standards. That is not to say that God doesn't expect us to be firm, He does. But I believe He wants us to cover our steel fists with velvet gloves. To sum up, I believe that to study properly, we must invoke guidance from the Holy Spirit, and then approach our studies very seriously with great deliberation and patience. We must avoid coming to a place where we feel we no longer have anything to learn in any area of the gospel, but rather always approach the riches of the gospel as a pauper, willing to grasp all that we are given by the Holy Spirit. "Blessed are the poor in spirit" seems to apply equally as well here. We will have a spiritual need all of our days in this life. May you have a continuing hunger to fill that need. 163 _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ |
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