Share Your Thoughts
Share your response to the following question.
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Explain how Bible study, fellowship, and prayer can be called different forms of spiritual communication.
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Bible study, fellowship, and prayer are all different forms of spiritual communication, but all three are made possible in and through the power of the Holy Spirit that dwells in each of us. Without the power of the Holy Spirit, we are leading out each of these areas in our daily walk in our strength.
The Bible is God’s written communication to us where He reveals His character, His ways, His plans and purposes, but most importantly Jesus and salvation are made known through the Bible.
Fellowship is a beautiful way to communicate, encourage, and build each other up through the power of the Holy Spirit. When believers are together God’s power is multiplied in that space.
Lastly, prayer is a unique gift given to children of God to seek Him and His will on earth as it is in Heaven.
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God primary reveals Himself through the Bible, it is through the Bible that can know what God is like, His nature and His plan. When pray, we talk to God, knowing that He listens. It is God’s plan that we belong to a spiritual family, communicating God to one another, helping each other grow, and at the same time communicate God to unbelievers.
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Bible Study is the compass we use to show and teach us who God is.
Fellowship with one another helps us to develop and encourage others to continue to grow in the Lord.
Prayer is the way in which we can communicate with God.
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I believe God permits us to experience Him through all these different disciplines. Some are personal just Him and us creating a personal relationship(Prayer), we get to experience His love through the brethren as we spent time getting know each other and support and exhort each other as we grow together(Fellowship) and then we get to know about Him and His attributes, His love, His nature (Bible study). These help us grow and mature in all the areas that will help us endure till the end.
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They are all means by which God can and does impart His grace to us to grow us.