If [Satan] can't take the Word of God away from us by undermining its authority, he will take us away from the Word of God by giving us another basis of authority. Satan has developed just such a substitute, and it seems to have a great attraction for may people.
It's called “experience."
People become so wrapped up in their spiritual experience that they no longer look to the Word of God for their authority. Their experience becomes the determining force in their lives.
Two groups, then, are vying for our minds - but with the same end in view. The liberals would take the Bible away from us, and those who hold to the experiential view would take us away from the Bible. Whenever experience is placed on the same level as Scripture, the experience group will always overrule biblical interpretation. ... When you go with your feelings, you're on a trip that ends on a dead-end street.
David Jeremiah, God In You, pp.60-61
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