Introduction: Making the Father known
This book is for anyone who is thirsty for a deep experience of the Spirit of God, who will not be satisfied by anything less than a full, lasting and authentic drinking from the life-giving waters of God Himself. It is about the Spirit of God and His relationship to the Word of God – Jesus the Eternal Word, but particularly the Bible as the written word. It is not about healings, miracles, speaking in tongues or other – sometimes controversial – subjects associated with the Spirit. It is very specifically about the relationship between the Spirit and the Bible.
FOUR CAUSES OF CONCERN At some stage in their lives most, if not all, Christians are concerned, even anxious, about how the Spirit of God relates to the Bible. There are at least four reasons for this. Personal anxiety Soon after God brought me to a living faith in Christ, I met another equally young Christian and told him what had happened to me. ‘That’s good,’ he said, ‘but you need to realise that it’s nothing compared to what the Spirit has done in my 7
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