"There is a divine agreement within the Godhead-Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. They are working together in and through the Word. The Spirit does not divorce himself from the Word. Many want to be led by the Spirit without the Word, but they cannot distinguish between the leading of God and indigestion, because they have nothing concrete against which to check their inclinations and hunches. The Holy Spirit leads and teaches in the Word and through the Word, but never against the Word. 'So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God' (Romans 10:17). Have you heard God through his Word? When the Bible is expounded, does it tickle your ears or inflame your soul? Does the Spirit of God take this Word and bother you with it? Does he pierce, comfort, strengthen, and encourage you with it?...Revival would come to our country if every church member in America would say, 'I am never again going to ask the minister to administrate the church or be responsible for its finances. I want somebody to feed me the Word of God.' If every church member in America would ask that the Word of God be preached in an expository manner every Sunday, it would blow the lid off this country, because that is where the power is. It is not in our programs, buildings, or parking lots. It is in the Word."
R.C. Sproul
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