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history and I study the titles and names of God and I say, “Thank
You, Lord. You gave me the word but it’s too much. ‘The Word
became flesh.’ That helps but it’s too much. Now I have a whole
Bible. Thank You but I still don’t know the Lord. I end up with
theology. I end up with creeds. I end up with philosophy. And we
have denominations that all comes from the Bible.”

I have a library with three thousand books, all based on the Bible.
Some people study the Bible and they end up in a cult. I say, “Lord,
like Abraham, don’t be angry. Let me ask You one more time. I
appreciate that You took the Word and the Word became flesh. I
appreciate that You took the Word and turned it into words and I
have it on paper; more than 3,000,000 words. Thank You. But
Lord, I still don’t know You. Can you help me one more time? I’m
ashes and flesh. Please, don’t get angry.”

God says, “Alright. I took the Word and the Word became flesh. I
took the Word of God and turned it into the word of God.” John
16:13, “But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you
into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but
whatever He hears, he will speak; and He will disclose to you what
is to come.” So, God says, “Here’s what I’ll do. I’ll put My Spirit
in your heart and He will take the words from this book and He will
explain that the Word became flesh and you will know that the Word
is God.” Do you see God’s provision? We have the Holy Spirit to
come to the book to show us the Living Word.

1 Corinthians 2:11&12, “For who among men knows the thoughts
of a man except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, the
thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. Now we
have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from
God, that we might know the things freely given to us by God.” I
have thoughts in my mind. None of you know those thoughts. But
the spirit that is in me, Ed Miller, knows what I’m thinking. No man
knows; only the spirit of the man that is in him. How can I know
God’s thoughts? I need His Spirit.