1. Impressions from Above. They all originate with God. He speaks directly by His Spirit in the
heart wherein He reigns. In its "secret inner chamber" He sweetly whispers the "will of God
concerning us."
Under this direct impulse from within Jesus was "led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be
tempted of the devil."
Paul was thus impelled to preach the Gospel in some places but restrained from others, and
Christians in all ages have been directly impressed concerning the truth and its application to their
especial needs.
The Holy Spirit is the Christian's promised Guide. He makes no new revelation of truth, but
explains that already revealed.
His guidance is always in harmony with the Bible, of which He is the Author. His modes of
guiding will be noticed further on Following His leadings is one of the marks of being a true
believer. "As many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the sons of God."
His leadings are above all others, and all others are made potent by His power.
Many have written ably on His exalted offices.
This work will undertake to magnify Him, by warning against voices which seek to simulate His
tones by substituting impressions from below for convictions from above.
From Impressions, by Martin Wells Knapp. Original publication date, 1892. Public domain. My source is here. The previous post in this series is here.
Musings on science, the Bible, and fantastic literature (and sometimes basketball and other stuff).
God speaks to us through the Bible and the findings of science, and we should listen to both types of revelation.
The title is from Psalm 84:11.
The Wikipedia is usually a pretty good reference. I mostly use the World English Bible (WEB), because it is public domain. I am grateful.
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Showing posts with label influences. Show all posts
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Sunday, June 26, 2016
Excerpts from Impressions, by Martin Wells Knapp, 2
CHAPTER I
IMPRESSIONS -- THEIR ORIGIN
An impression is defined as "an influence on purposes, feelings or actions."
While we are free to choose the right or wrong, yet we are continually acted upon by influences which impress in different ways. Some of them come silently as the sunshine; others come like the lightning's stroke or thunder's peal; others like gentle zephyrs, and some like the devastating tornado. Every impression has a source. Back of all operating second causes there is with each impression a designing mind which is the source of it. God is the author of all good impressions, Satan of all that are evil.
Hence all impressions are naturally divided into two Classes:
1. Those from our Father, which we will call "Impressions from above." These, if followed ripen into convictions.
2. Those from the devil, which we will call "Impressions from below."
From Impressions, by Martin Wells Knapp. Original publication date, 1892. Public domain. My source is here. The previous post in this series is here.
IMPRESSIONS -- THEIR ORIGIN
An impression is defined as "an influence on purposes, feelings or actions."
While we are free to choose the right or wrong, yet we are continually acted upon by influences which impress in different ways. Some of them come silently as the sunshine; others come like the lightning's stroke or thunder's peal; others like gentle zephyrs, and some like the devastating tornado. Every impression has a source. Back of all operating second causes there is with each impression a designing mind which is the source of it. God is the author of all good impressions, Satan of all that are evil.
Hence all impressions are naturally divided into two Classes:
1. Those from our Father, which we will call "Impressions from above." These, if followed ripen into convictions.
2. Those from the devil, which we will call "Impressions from below."
From Impressions, by Martin Wells Knapp. Original publication date, 1892. Public domain. My source is here. The previous post in this series is here.
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