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To: Country Gal
I'm crediting God for His own words - I am not discrediting the scribe of them whether Matthew or David or Moses or John or Paul and so on.

On the other point, it is a gift of God that we know His voice when we hear it, i.e. "ears to hear."

The ones Jesus is addressing below physically heard His words (sound or pressure waves) but they could not spiritually hear Him:

Why do ye not understand my speech? [even] because ye cannot hear my word. – John 8:43

And again:

And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. - Deuteronomy 29:2-5

And again:

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, and [their] ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and should understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

But blessed [are] your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. – Matthew 13:14-16

To God be the glory, not man, never man.

259 posted on 03/12/2012 8:28:52 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl

Correct. In the OT God spoke through the Prophets. During the Gospels God spoke through and as Jesus. In the Church age He is speaking through the Holy Spirit. We hear His voice through the Holy Spirit through scripture reading, prayer, circumstances and the body of believers.


262 posted on 03/12/2012 8:38:21 AM PDT by Country Gal
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To: Alamo-Girl

I guess I’m confused. Which scriptures are you saying are man-made and which are from God? You quote them but then put the Psalms ahead of Matthew. Who wrote the Psalms? Who wrote Deuteronomy? Are you saying that God sat down and penned some scriptures, which other books were penned by man? If so, how do you determine which is which?


323 posted on 03/12/2012 1:14:51 PM PDT by Country Gal
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