Friday, June 15, 2012
I Think The Holy Spirit Fits In There Somehwere
9Marks quotes Herman Bavinck:
See, people who tend to be dogmatic, and I am among them, tend to overlook the role that the Holy Spirit plays in our lives. One of the important keys to overcoming our legalistic/dogmatic tendencies is to try and tap into the spiritual side of life, that is to say have a genuine encounter with the Holy Spirit.
Holy Scripture is no dogmatics. It contains all the knowledge of God we need but not in the form of dogmatic formulations.... Scripture is a gold mine; it is the church that extracts the gold, puts its stamp on it, and converts it into general currency.That is so, right, though I would prefer the formulation, the Holy Spirit uses the church to extract...."
See, people who tend to be dogmatic, and I am among them, tend to overlook the role that the Holy Spirit plays in our lives. One of the important keys to overcoming our legalistic/dogmatic tendencies is to try and tap into the spiritual side of life, that is to say have a genuine encounter with the Holy Spirit.
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