![]() ![]() John 14:16 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. God told me to tell you XYZ.Īnd, according to the Bible itself, Bible is not the sole message. Instead, they are speaking as if Jesus is speaking, which is exactly what many Christian preachers are claiming today. they are not claiming they are Jesus who has come down to earth to speak on the radio, are they? He doesn't purport to "speak for" Jesus.īy ADDING to what I have said, you have drawn a false analogy between the radio host and the NT writers.Ĭlick to expand.I would submit that my adding to your post is no different than what you have claimed initially.Ī person on a radio doesn't say that they literally are Jesus Christ, right? I.e. ![]() The creepiness is in him purporting to BE Jesus and in callers be required to address him as though he WERE Jesus. In the snippets I have heard, the guy's advice is actually quite good and biblically sound. What you have ADDED to what I said - "purporting to be (speaking for) Jesus Christ" - is precisely the point. One may disagree with these core tenets, but in the context of Christianity there is nothing weird or creepy about what is taking place in the NT or when a Christian purports to deliver a message inspired by the Spirit. The Bible serves as the touchstone for whether what is being said is truly from the Spirit because another core tenet of Christian theology is that the Bible as a whole is inspired. For a Christian blessed with the gift of discernment or teaching, to be "speaking in the Spirit" isn't alarming, nor should it be. Click to expand.It is, of course, a core tenet of Christian theology that Christians are indwelt by the Holy Spirit. ![]()
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