There are too many instructions and warnings in the Bible for us to neglect the reading and diligent study of it.
The words of Jesus and the Apostles are sound words, true words, nourishing words, words of Life. Indeed Jesus said, "The words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit and they are Life." (See John 6:63). The Apostle Paul said, "To be carnally minded is death but to be Spiritually minded is Life and Peace." (See Rom 8:6). If Jesus' words are Spirit (and Life and Peace when obeyed) and they are recorded in the Gospels, is it not right that to be Spiritually minded we should be studying and doing Jesus' words and the Apostles' doctrine?
Jesus also said, "My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow Me." (See John 10:27). This does not only mean that his sheep read the Bible and do what it says but that they also HEAR HIS VOICE - the still small voice apart from words on a page - the voice that speaks to our hearts. This is the voice that the Sons of God in Rom 8:14 are led by/hear and obey the voice of the Spirit of God (who is UNSEEN yet Real - Myserious!). This hearing and obeying or being led is the only thing that qualifies them as Sons - their Repentance/Obedience. The rest, those that claim to belong to Jesus but will not obey Him are bastards whose behaviour and end is well documented in the Bible.
Jesus says in John 3:8, "The wind(SPIRIT! Greek=pneuma) blows(or, Breathes/"SPEAKS!") where it(He) wishes, and you hear the sound(VOICE!) of it(Him), but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit." That is to say everyone who is Born-again HEARS(and Obeys) the voice of the Holy Spirit yet the Spirit Himself remains a MYSTERY to them, hence the 'cannot tell where it comes from or where it goes'.
These are some of my rather spontaneous and unplanned thoughts for today's blog! Thank you Lord that I can hear your voice when I take time to listen and be quiet enough to hear!
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