“Do not be deceived. People who study the Scriptures constantly and are continually mean-spirited, rude, slanderous and, aside their religious rhetoric, bereft of outward evidences of the Holy Spirit are having Bible study without God. He affects us. You can take that to the bank,” she said as the debate raged on.
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Amen!
Do not just be hearers of the word but doers. I know from personal experience that I can read my bible for an hour and realize my heart and spirit wasn’t in it, and got nothing. Still better than not reading at all.