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Sarah Young, 77, Dies; Created an Empire Around a Christian

Jesus gave his message recorded in God’s word – there are not multiple venues for messages from Jesus and there is no biblical support for the idea that they can come in any form. Psalm 46:10, translated as “Be still” in some versions is “Cease striving” in the New American Standard, and is actually a rebuke to the nations fighting against God’s people.Young admits that her revelation is different from the Bible’s (“The Bible is, of course, the only inerrant Word of God; my writings must be consistent with that unchanging standard”), but does not explain how her writings are different. If someone is not satisfied with God’s word as the way to grow closer to Christ and to grow as a Christian, that opens the door for extra-biblical avenues of deception. In no way does she believe her own writing is sacred or that she has new revelations,” one told The New York Times.

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Publisher Thomas Nelson removed references to automatic writing from the book's introduction and claims the book contains Young's own thoughts and inspirations. But He answered, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. She later earned a second master’s degree from Covenant Theological Seminary with the intention of becoming a Christian counselor. This is not a far cry from a practice known as “automatic writing” which Wikipedia describes as “an alleged psychic ability allowing a person to produce written words without consciously writing. There is an excessive focus on silence and stillness found in so many readings that it would be impossible to list them, implying that being silent and still are loftier spiritual practices.The italicized words below show how “Abraham and Isaac” were edited out and “Joseph and Jacob” were cut and pasted into that otherwise same paragraph. If her words are actually from Jesus, how can they be any less authoritative or less binding than any word of Scripture? If this is, indeed, Jesus speaking, we need to explain why he sounds so markedly different from the Jesus of the gospels or the Jesus of the book of Revelation. Make sure your actions flow out of righteousness, justice, love, and faithfulness, because any unfair, unloving, or dishonest action cannot come from God.

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They also pointed out the long history of devotional writing, including classic works by Andrew Murray, Oswald Chambers, and A. And when one reads each entry written so unmistakably as though Jesus is speaking, how else is one to take it?

Moreover, if they are from Jesus, which is how they are presented, then, by definition, they are inspired. Some of the daily devotions use the same 3 or 4 verse combination as previously noted for the topic.