I have said this before but I feel it is important to say it again. Something I learned from the people, past and present on this forum - that I really didn't know before. The Word - the bible - is written on so many levels, interwoven, and compacted, I have stopped counting and wondering. When I came here, like everybody else (it seems), I saw contradictions and things that troubled me. I don't see them any more because someone told me to use the HS within me to read and as simple as that, I saw Truth - beginning to end. I don't say I understand it all, but I realized I wasn't just hungry - I was starving. Because, as what I had thought was a good, liberal Christian (me) had allowed alot of errors in because they sounded good. What I have said before and got off the track a wee bit is: THE BIBLE CAN BE CUT UP AND TWISTED TO MAKE ANY DEVIL'S POINT SOUND REASONABLE. When I grew up, there wasn't alot of teaching about the HS. I felt this terrible lack. But I didn't look to learn about it in the bible - I came here instead. I would have gone further into error about the HS, if I hadn't listened to the real HS inside me. MacArthur has helped further clarify my learning and thoughts in this area. If you don't test the spirits coming to you, you don't know if it is your own pride speaking or the devil's or the divine. As human beings, we can still be deceived. If we are listening to the wrong voice it will tell us things the flesh likes. The only miracles I have seen were done by God - not by me or any flesh. Stop looking in scripture to prove preconceived points - look for truth just for yourself so you don't wander. I don't want to pass on and have Jesus tell me He doesn't know me. Nor do I want that to happen to any of you.