(quote from RealReality.org/Real_Faith_and_Reason_Vol_2_-_Scientia.pdf)

Here’s the problem. Many people read the Bible without having any spiritual experience. They commune with their own deceitful and desperately wicked heart rather than communing with the Holy Spirit. And so, they have no spiritual experience. They may have a theoretical belief and make themselves believe it, but they never come to know Jesus Christ or His Truth. Some say, “I have a relationship with Christ,” but it’s just a saying. They never hear His voice. God speaks through the Bible and every means of divine revelation mentioned in the Bible. God gives us these means so He can build Christ in us. If we reject the Holy Spirit, we reject Christ.

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