The Spirit always works through the Word

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Whenever I read or hear words like “resist the Spirit’s leading,” my first instinct is to cringe.1

This special appeal to the Spirit’s leading is most often used when espousing views contrary to those found in the words he inspired to be written on a host of issues like views of marriage and sexuality, the work of Christ, or the nature of God himself. And the question I find myself asking whenever I see the appeal made is a simple one: “How do you know?”

After all, if we can’t use the words...