Tuesday, September 2, 2008

How Do We Know?

I was given a daily devotional guide. When I looked at the book on the surface, it seemed normal, but researching it led me to a shock: the book was written by channelers who claimed to be channeling Jesus.

There were many thing in the book that sound like they could have come from Jesus, so how do we know? A person could be claiminging a new revelation from God, which is possible. How do we know what is from God and what is not?

One can use the same criteria that any reasoned and intellectual scholar would use if someone said they were channeling any historical figure. You would go back and compare what the person was saying and check if it contradicted the historical evidence. The Bible is the historical evidence of Jesus, and, with the great masses of evidence, is a reliable source. Contradictions seriously undermine those with new sayings or revelations from God or Jesus.

For channelers, the Bible itself says that this is not good to consult the spirits. So they contradict the Bible from the beginning. Their words are not to be trusted.

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