Just as the translator folks have been finding with oral MP3 translations of Scripture . . .
giving folks the Bible orally . . . and getting merely an agreement that the most peaceful man in the tribe will host 1 night a week a 30 minute playing of the Scriptures on the wind up MP3 player plus 30 minutes of discussion . . .
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN . . .
they go back months later and there's at least a church and usually several churches--fully functioning with an excellent comprehension AND PRACTICE of what Scripture teaches.
miracles, healings etc. are naturally occurring in such tribal groups merely by the listening to Scripture and DOING the Scripture AND TRUSTING GOD TO DO HIS PART--WHICH HE FAITHFULLY DOES . . .
JUST AS THAT is happening in tribal groups all around the world--it has been happening in Mainland China in village after village. Most of the time it seems that the only places where it's rare are the cities where there are theologically trained folks to tell them that the Bible didn't really mean THAT.
I guess all the various denominational hierarchies would rather send folks around to all the trible groups and try and get them to stop listening to Holy Spirit's communications to them directly and in signs-following-them-that-believe miracles.
They probably aren't quite so brazen as to try and tell Holy Spirit directly to knowck it off. But they will abuse the sheep that way.
Thanks for the ping. All I can think of in reply is "Guffaws to the Max, Dude!"
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