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Experience does not trump truth. The following thoughts come from Felon's Maxims of the Saints. Although I do not endorse all the doctrine
portrayed in Felon's Maxims, the author does address an issue that continues to haunt Christendom even today. The false belief by many Christians that personal experience over rules the word of God. Here is what Felon says:
"In the history of inward experience, we not infrequently find accounts of individuals whose inward life may properly be characterized as extraordinary. They represent themselves as having extraordinary communications; --dreams, visions, revelations. Without stopping to inquire whether these inward results arise from an excited and disordered state of the physical system or from God, the important remark to be made here is, that these things, to whatever extent they may exist, do not constitute holiness."
"Again, the persons who have, or are supposed to have, the visions and other remarkable states to which we have referred are sometimes disposed to make their own experience, imperfect as it obviously is, the guide of their life, considered as separate from and as above the written law. Great care should be taken against such an error as this. God's word is our true rule."
To this, I can only add - Amen! -Pastor Jim
If you enjoy Wit & Wisdom, then we suggest you check out Pastor Jim's book, For His Glory: A Kaleidoscope of Wisdom!
Experience does not trump truth. The following thoughts come from Felon's Maxims of the Saints. Although I do not endorse all the doctrine
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| Archbishop Felon’s (or Fénelon) |
"In the history of inward experience, we not infrequently find accounts of individuals whose inward life may properly be characterized as extraordinary. They represent themselves as having extraordinary communications; --dreams, visions, revelations. Without stopping to inquire whether these inward results arise from an excited and disordered state of the physical system or from God, the important remark to be made here is, that these things, to whatever extent they may exist, do not constitute holiness."
"Again, the persons who have, or are supposed to have, the visions and other remarkable states to which we have referred are sometimes disposed to make their own experience, imperfect as it obviously is, the guide of their life, considered as separate from and as above the written law. Great care should be taken against such an error as this. God's word is our true rule."
To this, I can only add - Amen! -Pastor Jim
If you enjoy Wit & Wisdom, then we suggest you check out Pastor Jim's book, For His Glory: A Kaleidoscope of Wisdom!
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