Bibliolatry: Worship/knowledge of the book MORE than the author

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Ritajanice

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Greater are Those within us than any outside in the world. I am bound to Christ and He is committed to me as in a marriage. I am one with my Divine Father and love Him because He first loved me. I possess Their Spirit and He possesses me. It's such a wonderful thing to know we are Their home, temple, host.

If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
Ephesians 3
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The Mystery of the Gospel
1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...a
2Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you, 3that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly. 4In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, 5which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets. 6This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
7I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power. 8Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,9and to illuminate for everyone the stewardshipb of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. 10His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, 11according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
12In Him and through faith in Himc we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence. 13So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
Paul’s Prayer for the Ephesians
14... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,d 15from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth 19of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
20Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, 21to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
 

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Amen!...we are the Lords representatives....the enemy hates to hear that and will do everything in his power to destroy our great Love that we have for the Living Spirit Of God.

You are well aware of his cunning ways...I can see that....God Bless you as you grow in the Spirit Of Christ, tis a great Honour and Privilege to be Born Again..to be conformed into Jesus image and bear “ HIS” fruit.

@One 2 question it’s also amazing how we can walk in the spirit and not satisfy that useless flesh of ours, that it once was......we just continue to grow in spiritual maturity, staying in harmony with the Spirit Of God....it’s far from an easy path, lots of trials and tribulations along the way....
Yes it can be very challenging sister. Hardships often appear along our path in clumps. One after the other trying to discourage us and most of all, for me anyway, try to distract us from the focal point of our faith, the glorified Jesus, our Shepherd and Forerunner Who goes before us in the good times and the difficult seasons of our life.

Glory to Him!
 
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I have been gaining the words of God, from God from an additional means besides the bible.

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“Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.” (Isaiah 5:24, KJV)
 

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A sobering reminder for Jack to consider.
Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (the unforgivable sin) is to attribute the work of God to Satan.

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Jesus was not promoting the casting aside of the written word when the Pharisees were accused of blasphemy against the Holy Ghost.
 

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For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

Without Him we can do nothing. With Him we can do all things.

All glory to God!
Amen!....it’s mind blowing to watch him at work, in and through us....there is NOTHING that can thwart the will of God......also how wonderful it is to submit our will over to him....that took a long time for me to trust God and actually understand what ,submitting our will over to his will meant....all learning from the Spirit who indwells our heart/ spirit...Praise God for those spiritual eyes and ears...they are forever developing as we continue to get closer and closer to the Heart Of God.
 

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Ephesians 3
Berean Standard BiblePar ▾
The Mystery of the Gospel
1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...a
2Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you, 3that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly. 4In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, 5which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets. 6This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
7I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power. 8Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,9and to illuminate for everyone the stewardshipb of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. 10His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, 11according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
12In Him and through faith in Himc we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence. 13So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
Paul’s Prayer for the Ephesians
14... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,d 15from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth 19of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
20Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, 21to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Thereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature.

What a fantastic picture comes to mind, of a large buffet, a smorgasbord laid out before us of the various components of the nature of the Divine ready for us to partake of. As much as we can consume and it will never run out, ever!

Again, Glory to God for He is willing to share Himself with us.
 
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Greater are Those within us than any outside in the world. I am bound to Christ and He is committed to me as in a marriage. I am one with my Divine Father and love Him because He first loved me. I possess Their Spirit and He possesses me. It's such a wonderful thing to know we are Their home, temple, host.

If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
Christ? How can you have Christ without the Bible? You CAN'T!
 

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us....there is NOTHING that can thwart the will of God.
And NO ONE. He is Sovereign this I know for the Spirit tells me so.

Praise God for those spiritual eyes and ears...they are forever developing as we continue to get closer and closer to the Heart Of God.
What an amazing experience hey, to be drawn into the heart of our God and Creator. To not only see His heart but to partake of it, of Him and have Him become a very real part of our make up. I really enjoy seeing Him being form in others where He is so readily observable in how people live out their lives.

You can't help but praise Him. Oh taste and see that the Lord is GOOD!
 
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Music to my ears, you have a Living Spiritual relationship with God, hence being Born Of The Spirit, I have found for me, that it has taken many years for the Spirit to develop my spiritual eyes and ears...remember that enemy knows our weaknesses... the Spirit has also brought me to understand that everything is done in His strength, I have to wait on his strength.....without his Spirit I am nothing and can do nothing....that has been a really hard lesson to learn....submit to the Spirit.....there is nothing good in the flesh..

Glorify the Living God...that is our calling...The Spirit is Alive and Active etc.....he knows the intents of the heart, he knows our hearts more than we know them ourselves, always come to God with sincerity of heart.
Rejecting the Bible is music to your ears? Do you also reject the Bible?
 

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Christ? How can you have Christ without the Bible? You CAN'T!
My friend, Christ cannot be contained in anything. He's no genie. He's way beyond the 66, 73, 81 scrolls that were tied together that make up what is known as the bibles.

I have Christ in me Who was partially revealed in these scrolls. He is revealing much more of Himself over the past 2000 years.

Glory to God for His generosity as He continues to provide us with an ongoing revelation of Himself.

We keep looking through that glazed glass window seeing more of God partially but a time is coming when we will see Him as He is. This is so exciting don't you think?
 

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My friend, Christ cannot be contained in anything. He's no genie. He's way beyond the 66, 73, 81 scrolls that were tied together that make up what is known as the bibles.

I have Christ in me Who was partially revealed in these scrolls. He is revealing much more of Himself over the past 2000 years.

Glory to God for His generosity as He continues to provide us with an ongoing revelation of Himself.

We keep looking through that glazed glass window seeing more of God partially but a time is coming when we will see Him as He is. This is so exciting don't you think?
Rejecting the Bible = Hell Fire! Defending those who reject the Bible = Hell Fire!
 

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And NO ONE. He is Sovereign this I know for the Spirit tells me so.


What an amazing experience hey, to be drawn into the heart of our God and Creator. To not only see His heart but to partake of it, of Him and have Him become a very real part of our make up. I really enjoy seeing Him being form in others where He is so readily observable in how people live out their lives.

You can't help but praise Him. Oh taste and see that the Lord is GOOD!
Amen!

When I became Born Again, Spirit gives birth to spirit..it blew my mind, to actually know that God is not the Bible, that he is a Living,Holy Spirit, who took up residence in my spirit,The Spirit testifies with our spirit that we are the children of God, chosen and predestined to become Born Again of Gods Living imperishable/ incorruptible seed....as soon as the Spirit testified with my spirit that I was God’s child, I went straight out and bought a Bible, and there it was, Born Again, a spirit child of the most high..who communicates with our spirit via the Spirit...being led by the Living Spirit, being conformed into Jesus image and bearing the fruit of the Spirit , growing up continually in the Spirit, I must admit I stayed at the baby stage for quite some time , even that was all learning....to be in harmony with the Spirit and continue to stay in harmony with his Spirit , is all down to the power of the Spirit who indwells our spirit,..The Spirit is Alive and Active in all of his children, at least he should be, if we are Born Of The Spirit....all confirmed in the inspired word....Praise God...
 

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My friend, Christ cannot be contained in anything. He's no genie. He's way beyond the 66, 73, 81 scrolls that were tied together that make up what is known as the bibles.
Amen!...He is a mighty powerful Living Spirit...the inspired word confirms this...The word of God is Alive and Active , his Spirit is everywhere....he searches the heart and knows the intentions of all hearts, nothing can be hidden from the Living Spirit Of God.

My calling and heart has always been to Glorify the Living God...the Living Spirit indwells my heart/ spirit, testifying that truth, all day every day...

Flesh gives birth to flesh.

Spirit gives birth to spirit.

I must say though ,Brother, I always check with the inspired word, what I hear the Spirit witnessing/ speaking to my heart.. @One 2 question .
 
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And NO ONE. He is Sovereign this I know for the Spirit tells me so
Amen!..he also witnesses that truth to my heart/ spirit....there must be no gods before him...whatever he places on our heart also to say, there can be no stopping it...he knows “ perfectly “ how to get us to surrender our will over to him...he is a God Of Love, he is also a God Of discipline, he truly disciplines those who are his....the Perfect parent is our Father God...there is none on the planet like him...In Jesus Name...Amen!
 

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"AMENing someone who rejects the Bible is rejecting the Bible!" = Hell Fire!
 

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“Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.” (Isaiah 5:24, KJV)
The fantastic thing is that the laws, statues, commands, words of God obviously weren't all written down. They are beneficial and profitable for sure.

So to profit from what hasn't been recorded, yet given to us today from the same Source, isn't this a great thing my friend?

Will you discourage those whose diet is broader than the extremly little that is served up in 81 books?

Can you explain your reasoning for doing this?
 

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The fantastic thing is that the laws, statues, commands, words of God obviously weren't all written down. They are beneficial and profitable for sure.

So to profit from what hasn't been recorded, yet given to us today from the same Source, isn't this a great thing my friend?

Will you discourage those whose diet is broader than the extremly little that is served up in 81 books?

Can you explain your reasoning for doing this?
Let me guess. You don't like the Bible commands, so you make up your own?