There is more to God than the word of God. I've experienced it. Have you ever studied WHO decided what books were included or not in the 66 English books? Don't look at the apocrypha as gospel, I've never said that. See them more like history books that may or may not be true. I've studied modern Judaism and I now completely understand the frustrations of Jesus with the Pharisees. I could not appreciate all that Jesus said to them until I learned what they believe. One example, since the time of Jesus they celebrate the Passover on the wrong night! I asked a dear Jewish friend about it and all he could say was "It's tradition!" HA! 
To act on something is to have faith in it. Just like Mike said, if he had gone into that bar, he'd of been put back into jail. Mike had faith to believe what he heard needed to be acted on Of course it's true, I wrote it. Unless you're calling me a liar
You're problem with me is that you think I'm pushing these extra-biblical books as being just as accurate as what's been decided upon in the 66 books of the Scriptures. When in fact, the word of God itself clearly states that there are events that are also written in 7 extra-biblical books by name, and Peter, Jude and the author of Hebrews, refer to the book of Enoch by quote rather than by name. I can learn by watching the news on how nations treat Israel to see with my own eyes the cause and effect, and that Gen 12:3 is still valid today - despite the beliefs of the replacement theology crowd. I allow the Holy Spirit to tell me what true and what's not. It's that simple. I can read a science book about salt and blood pressure in one chapter and evolution in the next but it doesn't mean the entire book is wrong.
I've shown, via scripture, that there's more that can't be written, and yet, I am not believed and am accused of attacking for expressing views that are seemingly contradictory to the establishment. Hmmm... sound like Anyone else?
P.S. Don't put so much stock in text = emotions. I'm not attacking anyone, but trying to stir up the Spirit within to see there's more. Much MUCH more to God in our daily walk. I don't read the word of God like a novel, but as an Owner's manual. Still it doesn't me how to drive, only the Author can do that
Faith is the currency of Heaven and requires movement
Faith is the currency of Heaven and requires movement
I understand a lot of people lift the written paper to the level of God and that's wrong. I used to be a KJV only-ist but I've now got Hebrew and Greek tools to help me understand it better. I also speak Italian and Spanish because of my wife (being Spanish) and can understand Portuguese, so I understand how difficult it is to translate something. In Spain there are at least 6 different meanings for "que tio" and yet if you put it into Google, you'll get "what uncle" or "that guy". But it also means "what a hunk", "what a jerk", "what a guy", "you're shurde". There's so much to learn from the Hebrew and Greek. I've learned so much from the originals I never knew before. Don't get me wrong, Strong's is great, but I want the actual word usage and theWord.net gives me that. I love it. Every nuance of the word of God is amazing and accurate.
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And some say they're "christians" because their parents were or they just mean they're not Jewish or Muslim or Hindu, etc. I hope this helps. I understand, but let me tell you a concrete example. Gen 11 to 12:1 talk about Abraham. It leads one to believe that Abraham left Haran when his father Terah died. Acts 7:4 says "father" and seems to confirm that, but never says "Terah". I did a study on the passage of time. I firmly believed that the scriptures tell us everything we need to know to understand what date all the events that are important throughout the scriptures. It took two years to find the reason for the messed up biblical math that this one inference suggests. In fact, I read in the book of Jasher that when Isaac was weaned Terah came to Canaan to partake of the festivities. Well, that fixed my math problem, but it contradicted Acts 7:4 so I dismissed it. Still not sure what to do I waited on the Lord. That's when I decided to do a word study. I found nothing in Genesis so I moved on to Acts. BAM! I found it. Father can mean ancestor. So I checked the math and found that Noah died, "his father"! NOW the math worked out AND the scriptures. But I still wanted to see if a "distant" father would still be called "father" in the Scriptures and I found God Himself use this when speaking to Jacob:
Genesis 28:13 (KJV) And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
Abraham was Jacob's grandfather. Between Noah and Abraham there are 10 generations. So instead of the scriptures saying that Abraham's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-father died, it just says "father". That's how/why I read these books. Not to confirm/deny scriptures, those are set in stone, but to issue another way of looking at an explanation. Since the Jews are fully aware of their lineage to the nth degree, and I not being Jewish, I would never have thought of it that way. The whole of scriptures is a middle-eastern thought process, which is action based - touch, see, feel, hear; whereas Greek is thinking and abstract. This is why a lot of people in the west have such a hard time with the scriptures.
Did I need the book of Jasher, no. Could I have found the answer without it, yes. Did it help me find the answer, yes, it gave me an idea, that I followed. It's not right or wrong, it is what it is
I hope this helped a bit more.
