[kosta50]

My point was that Jesus can and does speak to us through His own mouth and the mouths of others...How many times does a prophet say in the OT "This is what the Lord says:..."?

So, that means that the Lord really did say it? Gees...That sounds like "it must be true, I saw it written in the New York Times!" or much better, as one of our Russian assistants once observed "It must be troo, it's in the kopyutor." :)

[Forest Keeper]

FK: My point was that Jesus can and does speak to us through His own mouth and the mouths of others...How many times does a prophet say in the OT "This is what the Lord says:..."?

So, that means that the Lord really did say it? Gees...That sounds like "it must be true, I saw it written in the New York Times!" or much better, as one of our Russian assistants once observed "It must be troo, it's in the kopyutor." :)

Well, yes, that means that the Lord really did say it (or literally give the words to the person). Based on its claims, I can't imagine any Christian having the slightest use for the Bible if he or she thought it was a collection of personal opinions and fictitious stories. If the Lord really did not say it in those examples, then the Bible would be so filled with lies it would be impossible to discern any "truth" from it that was not completely made up by the individual.