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To: imardmd1
... that same Holy Ghost who without the Bible is mute.

Why? What changed?

45 posted on 09/02/2012 5:19:10 AM PDT by papertyger ("And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if..."))
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To: papertyger
... that same Holy Ghost who without the Bible is mute. (imardmd1)

Why? What changed?

"But that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away" (1 Cor. 13:10)

The written Bible was finished with the death of the last apostles. Prior to that, The Spirit spoke to men from the beginning, as written by Moses and the prophets. So spoke He also by the holy men personally discipled Jesus The Anointed One. For Paul speaking and writing by the Holy Ghost, the time had not yet come, but it would. But after the primary sources, the charismata failed, as the could not enhanced that which was perfect (completed). The Holy Ghost-approved Scripture was present and had been distributed; later collected as the Canon. That is what is perfect, completed.

Now, the Bible is the voice of the Holy Ghost. So would one speaking the Word, as Jesus did to the Devil at the Temptation (Mt. 4:4). There is now no more special revelation, nor would it be needed since "that which is perfect" is come, though some "charismatic" adherents would claim otherwise, thus denying the above Scripture.

One cannot improve on perfection, AFIK.

That is what has changed, till He comes.

66 posted on 09/03/2012 10:26:39 AM PDT by imardmd1 (Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them NOT!)
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