Experience God
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THE BIBLE EXPILCITLY STATES THAT it is NOT GOD'S PURPOSE THAT FAITH IN CHRISTIANITY SHOULD BE FOUNDED ON PHILOSOPHIC ARGUMENT
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Fuller revelation of God is offered in the Bible
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 | The Bible states that it is not possible for any person by philosophic argument or speculation to come to know God in the way in which the Bible reveals Him. If philosophic speculation could reveal God, the Bible would be both unneccessary and incorret. |
| | THE BIBLE STATES THAT THE DENIAL OF GOD'S EXISTENCE, OR DEGRADED VIEWS AS TO HIS NATURE, WILL LEAD TO CONDITIONS WHICH ARE MORALLY AND SPIRITUALLY AND SOCIALLY HARMFUL. History abounds with illustrations of this. |
| | THE BIBLE STATES THAT GOD HAS GIVEN MANKIND SUFFICIENT GENERAL EVIDENCE OF HIS EXISTENCE AND HIS POWER |
| | Fuller revelation of God is offered in the Bible to those who meet certain conditions of character and spiritual experience. |
| | Derek Prince was educated in Britain as a scholar at Eton College, and King's College, Cambridge. He studied philosophy for seven years, obtained B.A. and M.A. degrees, |
| | and was elected to a Fellowship (that is, virtually, a Professorship) in philosophy at King's College |
| | Lesha Cantrell is also educated in philosophy and found God by experience and the Bible. She has known God all of her life from a very tiny child and has never been away from God. |
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THE BIBLE STATES THAT GOD HAS GIVEN MANKIND SUFFICIENT GENERAL EVIDENCE OF HIS EXISTENCE AND HIS POWER, and that false views in this respect are not the outcome of purely rational argument, but are affected by moral and spiritual factors in man's nature.
THE BIBLE STATES THAT IN SPITE OF THE EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY GOD, HUMAN BEINGS WILL AT TIMES DENY THE EXISTENCE OF GOD. It states that such a denial is evidence of "foolishness," and that it is likely to be associated especially with people who profess themselves to be "wise."
THE BIBLE STATES THAT THE DENIAL OF GOD'S EXISTENCE, OR DEGRADED VIEWS AS TO HIS NATURE, WILL LEAD TO CONDITIONS WHICH ARE MORALLY AND SPIRITUALLY AND SOCIALLY HARMFUL. History abounds with illustrations of this.
Beyond the general fact of God's existence and power revealed apart from Scripture, the Bible offers a much fuller and more detailed revelation of God. However, this FULLER REVELATION IS LIMITED TO THOSE WHO MEET CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF CHARACTER AND SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE. For example, a person who seeks such a revelation must be meek, God-fearing, sincerely desirous of righteousness, willing to be transformed by the renewing of his or her mind, and willing to apply practically in his own life the truths which the Bible reveals. A person who does not meet these conditions can expect little or no benefit from the relevation of Scripture. God does not offer to scratch an itiching intellect. But He does offer to satisfy a sincere and longing soul.
THE BIBLE EXPILCITLY STATES THAT it is NOT GOD'S PURPOSE THAT FAITH IN CHRISTIANITY SHOULD BE FOUNDED ON PHILOSOPHIC ARGUMENT. Philosophy now has a more or less continuous history of 2,500 years. It is questionable whether philosophers have yet reached agreement as to the problems to be discussed, much less on any of the solutions to those problems. It is obvious therefore that any religious faith based on philosophy would be completely unstable and unsatisfactory.
Many different philosophers, who have set out to settle the question of God's nature and existence by purely rational argument, have reached completely different conclusions. For example, Aristotle, Spinoza, Berkeley, Kant, and so on. In studies such as arithmetic or geometry, which are purely rations, no such divergence arises
THE BIBLE STATES THAT WHERE GOD'S CONDITIONS ARE MET, THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE OF SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST WILL BE SUPERNATURALLY CONFIRMED BY THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE POWER AND OPERATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, and that in this way faith will be based, not on human philosophy, but on the experience of God's power.
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Abiding In Christ Ministries Lesha M. Cantrell, B.F.A.
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