![]() “In times of spiritual dysfunction, the Lord will sometimes use the exceptional and the extraordinary. This isn’t an exact quote as I’ve changed it slightly. I once heard my friend Stephen Crosby give a comment to the misuse of the “You’re putting God in a box” slogan. The above remark is designed to overturn or call into question the consistent spiritual principle that God has chosen humans to be the normative way in which the gospel is declared and spread. Someone who doesn’t like that idea retorts with, “You’re putting God in a box! I once read a story of a left-handed albino who was living in Botswana, Africa and an angel appeared to him, preaching the gospel to him, and the ablino got saved as a result.” So the statement becomes a deflection.įor instance, suppose someone says, “God’s way is to use human beings to bring the message of the gospel to the lost.” When it comes to pointing out the consistent principles upon which God works, sometimes a person will use the “You’re putting God in a box” because they don’t particularly like those principles or they are ignorant of them. ![]() To believe or suggest such a thing is putting God in a box, fo sho (that being translated means “for sure.”) The same with the person who states or implies that God’s highest or most accurate revelation comes from a certain camp (Reformed/Calvinist, “The Local Church Movement,” the Pentcostals, etc.) Well, that person is putting God in a box because the Bible itself shows us that God speaks through many different means (even though His speaking will never contradict the Scriptures). The legitimate use of it usually occurs when someone ignores what the Bible says about the Holy Spirit’s ministry, or they try to restrict it beyond what Scripture teaches.įor example, if someone says, “God always and only speaks to us through the Bible and no other way.” One is legitimate, the other is a deflection from a spiritual truth. Have you ever heard someone make this statement?
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