What we hear stays in the head.
What we see or experience for ourselves stays in the heart.
Preachers are raised to announce or declare the Word of God. We hear it and it stays in our head. When we read the Bible for ourselves and live the Word, it stays in our hearts.
We have all been given the same blessed Holy Spirit. If God had meant the Word to be taught only by a certain group of people, He wouldn't have made it so readily available in so many languages. Yes, there are many arguments for and against the various versions of the Bible. Just read the Bible for ourselves and let THE Teacher, the blessed Holy Spirit, teach us.
In the three volumes of the series God's Generals by Robert Liardon, we read that in the church history, there was a time when God's Word was limited to a certain group of people. They exploited the church. One of the leaders openly admitted that to the effect that they made lots o money from the exploitation.
Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. And faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of Christ. Again, what we hear stays in the head. How sure and certain we are in the heart depends on how we see Jesus for ourselves in the Bible.
The blessed Holy Spirit is the Teacher. Let Him teach us.
We need preachers to bring the Word to the head. We have the blessed Holy Spirit to bring the Word to our hearts.
We are sensed ruled as pointed out by Dr E W Kenyon.
When we hear the Gospel preached, we receive the gift of faith. With that gift of faith, we receive our Saviour, Jesus the Christ. When we receive our saviour, we receive the blessed Holy Spirit Who convicts us of God's love for us.
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