"All
things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the
Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son
chooses to reveal him. Matthew 11:27
I believe there is a positive warning in the gospels that a
person's faith may stand in the revealed Bible text and still be as dead as the
proverbial doornail! Consider the prayer of our Lord in Matthew 11: "All
things are delivered unto me of my Father; and no man knows the Son, but the
Father; neither knows any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever
the Son will reveal him." There is more than a body of truth, and if we do
not get through to the soul of truth, we have only a dead body on our hands.
When the power of God moves in on the text and sets the sacrifice on fire, then
you have genuine Christianity! We try to call that revival, but it is not
revival at all. It is simply New Testament Christianity. People who thought
they were saved get saved! People who have only believed in a code now have
placed their faith and trust in Christ's person. It is not any deluxe edition
of Christianity; it is simply New Testament Christianity having its place!
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