FK: Of all the hundreds or low thousands of Christian testimonies I have ever heard or read, not a single one goes anything like that.
Kosta: Isn't that what the "indwelling Spirit" does? The Spirit did not come to you because you read the Bible, but before you did, so that you may recognize the Bible as speaking the message of truth, as you know it.
The Spirit does come first, but He doesn't give detailed "magic" knowledge. Maybe we're talking about two different things, I don't know. What I do know is that when the Holy Spirit first touched me, He sent me directly to the scriptures, before I believed. It was not the case where I said to myself: "Well I suddenly have everything I need to know, who needs the Bible?" :) The Holy Spirit also sent me to a teen Bible study group, where I heard the word preached. Between those two things I grew enough to be sure that I believed and became a believer.
FK: Yes, there can be no other source of faith but God.
God is the source of faith but the Bible is not. Your side equates the two.
As the sole source of faith, God uses His word to SHOW us what that faith IS. One cannot have a growing faith if he rejects God's word. To reject God's word is to reject God Himself. I do not think that Obama and his policies are the same thing. Yet, when I reject virtually all of his policies, I am also rejecting him.
First you will have to explain how do you know it was the Holy Spirit that 'touched' you and sent you to the scriptures?
To reject God's word is to reject God Himself. I do not think that Obama and his policies are the same thing. Yet, when I reject virtually all of his policies, I am also rejecting him.
For that analogy to hold true, you'd have to prove that the Bible is His very word , as Obama's policies are something he takes credit for.