Whatever else it embraces, true Christian experience must always include a genuine encounter with God.What Difference Does the Holy Spirit Make?.Because I don't believe in anything that is unscriptural or that is anti-scripture. And if it didn't, I'd think I'd just eaten something I shouldn't, and I wouldn't say anything about it. I wouldn't – no matter if I saw a light above the light of the sun, I'd keep my mouth shut about it 'til I'd checked with Daniel and Revelation and the rest of the scriptures to see if it had any basis in truth. I think we ought to put the emphasis where God puts it, and continue to put it there, and to expound the scriptures, and stay by the scriptures. I'd say, 'Where's it say that in the Bible? I want to know.' And I would insist that it was according to the scriptures, because I do not believe in any extra-scriptural teachings, nor any anti-scriptural teachings, or any sub-scriptural teachings. If an arch-angel from heaven were to come, and were to start giving me, telling me, teaching me, and giving me instruction, I'd ask him for the text. Some of my friends good-humoredly – and some a little bit severely – have called me a 'mystic.' Well I'd like to say this about any w:mysticism I may suppose to have.McLellan (2000), Twentieth century thoughts that shaped the church p. Worship: The Missing Jewel as quoted in Vernon K.When Adam sinned it was not he who cried, 'God, where art Thou?' It was God who cried, 'Adam, where art thou?' He doesn't need us, for He couldn't be a self-sufficient God and need anything or anybody, but He wants us. Glorify his name!, The Root of the Righteous, Ch.It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.I Talk Back to the Devil: Essays in Spiritual Perfection (1990).In many churches Christianity has been watered down until the solution is so weak that if it were poison it would not hurt anyone, and if it were medicine it would not cure anyone!.1.4 Man: The Dwelling Place of God (1992).

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