Well, it's about time and quite correct.  Some might call me crazy. 
Still others may question my beliefs, but, I consider myself blessed 
to have a wonderful relationship with the Holy Spirit. I am no Bible 
student, yet, with the help of visions directly given me from the 
Holy Spirit, I have been so blessed as to see things which few have 
seen in these days of self-seeking, self-righteousness, and pastors 
drowning in their own teachings, foundering in their inability to see 
THE TRUTH, which little children can find with ease.

The Holy Spirit has taught me to play, and, I dare to say it, I have 
played with THE LORD himself.  For me, prayer is play, or gentle, 
quiet times, even in the midst of hundreds. HE has taught me to 
concentrate, to dream, to invision, to enjoy being HIS child, 
unfettered by over-grown orthodoxies and prescriptive ritualisms.


IN THE NAME OF THE TRUE LORD JESUS THE CHRIST,

MariJean



At 10:12 AM 2/18/2008, you wrote:
>The Need For Illumination
>
>
>But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of 
>God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because 
>they are spiritually discerned.--1 Corinthians 2:14.
>
>
>The doctrine of the inability of the human mind and the need for 
>divine illumination is so fully developed in the New Testament, that 
>it is nothing short of astonishing that we should have gone so far 
>astray about the whole thing. Fundamentalism has stood aloof from 
>the Liberal in self-conscious superiority, and has on its own part 
>fallen into error, the error of textualism, which is simply 
>orthodoxy without the Holy Ghost. Everywhere among Conservatives, we 
>find persons who are Bible-taught, but not Spirit-taught. They 
>conceive truth to be something which they can grasp with the mind.
>
>If a man holds to the fundamentals of the Christian faith, he is 
>thought to possess divine truth. But it does not follow. There is no 
>truth apart from the Spirit. The most brilliant intellect may be
>imbecilic when confronted with the mysteries of God. For a man to 
>understand revealed truth requires an act of God, equal to the 
>original act, which inspired the text. ...
>
>Conservative Christians in this day are stumbling over this truth.
>
>We need to re-examine the whole thing. We need to learn that truth 
>consists, not in correct doctrine, but in correct doctrine, plus the 
>inward enlightenment of the Holy Spirit. We must declare again the
>mystery of wisdom from above. A re-preachment of this vital truth 
>could result in a fresh breath from God upon a stale and suffocating orthodoxy.
>
>
>  "Lord, I do believe in the authority of the Scriptures, and thank 
> You for that foundation of truth. But I need this reminder, that 
> even that inspired text is not alive, until the Holy Spirit takes it and
>enlightens the recipients. May the Holy Spirit, indeed, take what I 
>teach, and imbed it in the hearts and minds of my hearers. Amen."
>
>
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