Guidance of the Spirit through the mind toward a life of obedience and toward truth is propounded in Scripture as essential Christianity. Nowhere though does the Bible teach that direct guidance by means of impressions must be the experience of the believer. Those who argue that such experiences are to be regular fare for the Christian virtually always make their case on the basis of the narrative or story sections of the Bible and not on those that are didactic or teaching sections. I have not been told by God in His Word that divine visitations of unusual nature constitute authentic Christianity. I have not been commanded to have them or seek them. Interestingly enough, Christ Himself said that it is an evil and adulterous generation that seeks a sign (Matthew 12:39).
Jim Elliff

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  1. About earthly things, forbidden # Mt 6:25 Lu 12:22,29 Joh 6:27
  2. God’s providential goodness should keep us from # Mt 6:26,28,30 Lu 22:35
  3. God’s promises should keep us from # Heb 13:5
  4. Trust in God should free us from # Jer 17:7,8 Da 3:16
  5. Should be cast on God # Ps 37:5 55:22 Pr 16:3 1Pe 5:7
  6. An obstruction to the Gospel # Mt 13:22 Lu 8:14 14:18-20
  7. Be without # 1Co 7:32 Php 4:6
  8. Unbecoming in saints # 2Ti 2:4
  9. Uselessness of # Mt 6:27 Lu 12:25,26
  10. Vanity of # Ps 39:6 Ec 4:8
  11. Warning against # Lu 21:34
  12. Sent as a punishment to the wicked # Eze 4:16 12:19
  13. Exemplified 13a) Martha

    # Lu 10:41

13b) Persons who offered to follow Christ # Lu 9:57

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