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Knowing God is Physical Sensation

By Tekana Histrom

 

Copyright 2001 by Tekana Histrom, all rights reserved.

Introduction And Summary Of Conclusions. iii

I. The Problem With Presumption. iv

II. No Such Thing as Protestants, Catholics, or the Orthodox. viii

III. Why Hearing God Is The Key. xi

IV. Intimacy As Seeing And Hearing The Father. xiv

V. Why Outpourings Endure For Holiness But Recur For Miracles. xvi

VI. The Recurring Anointing To Witness/Prophesy In Luke-Acts. xviii

VII. The Abrahamic Covenant Of Hearing Promises. xix

VIII. The Biblical Evidence For Materialism.. xxii

IX. A Biblio-Philosophical Defense Of Materialism.. xxv

X. The Twenty Bibles Consulted In This Study. xxxii

XI. Tips For Viewing This Book Onscreen. xxxiii

Chapter One: Hearing God's Voice Activates His Promises. 1

I. Revelation Is Hearing God With Feeling Of Certainty. 1

II. Faith Comes By Hearing Promises. 3

III. God’s "Promissory" Voice As Scripture’s Main Issue. 4

IV. "Confirmatory" Voice Of God Reaffirms His "Promissory” Voice. 5

V. Pentecost Was Promissory And Confirmatory. 7

VI. Was Pentecost Unrepeatable?. 8

VII. They Shall Prophesy (Acts 2:17-18) 9

VIII. Was Joel’s Promise Conditional, Or Unconditional?. 13

IX. “Ye Shall Be My Witnesses” (Acts 1:8) 16

X. Voiced Authority (Exousia) From Christ To Be Fishers Of Men. 17

XI. Promissory Voice As The Key To Prayer For Charles Finney And Pastor Cho. 19

Chapter Two: Voice-epistemology Versus Intellectualism.. 22

I. The Basic Problems With Intellectualism.. 22

II. OT Obedience Defined As Obedience To God's Voice. 25

III.  Paul Converted By God’s Voice. 27

IV. Is Relying On Voices Dangerous?. 29

V. Revelatory Vision Illuminates Scripture. 30

VI. Seeing God By The Light Of His Countenance. 34

VII. Knowing God Intimately Is Visual, Tactile, Vocal, And Emotional 36

VIII. In What Sense Has No One Seen God?. 37

IX. Prayer In Christ's Name As Revelatory Vision Of The Father. 39

X. Visions As A Source Of Strength. 41

XI. Theatrics In The Charismatic Movement 43

Chapter Three: The Lord Physically Present Among His People. 44

I.  Why The Mind Must Be Physical 44

II. OT Saints With An External Versus Internal Holy Spirit?. 47

III. God's Spirit As His Physical Breath, Wind, And Spoken Words. 49

IV. Traditional Immaterialism Under Fire. 51

V. Spiritual Awakening/Revival As Storm Of Sensation And Energy. 57

VI. Physically Filled With The Holy Spirit 61

VII. Excess Quanta As Preached Word. 63

VIII. Physical Merge Of Soul And Flesh As Sinful Nature. 64

Chapter Four: The New Birth And Sanctification. 70

I.  Spirit-Fullness Defined In Intellectualism As “Faith-Actuation”. 70

II. Sanctification As Christ’s Sprinkled Blood. 74

III. The New Birth Relative To OT Saints. 75

IV.  The New Birth, According To The Protestant Reformation. 78

V. At The Heart Of The Matter Is The Heart 81

VI. Sanctification As Outpourings Upon A Subdivisible Heart 83

VII. Trichotomy Refuted: Man Is Not Three Different Parts. 87

VIII. The Neutral Zone In Christian Hearts. 90

Chapter Five: The Promised Land. 93

I. The Promissory Covenant Voiced To Abraham And Central To Galatians. 93

II. “Justification” In Galatians As Sanctification. 98

III. The Abrahamic Promise/Covenant As Land, Offspring, And Rest 100

IV. A New Format For Corporate Prayer: Family Fellowship. 104

Chapter Six: Apostleship And Prophethood In 1Corinthians. 106

I. Devoid of No Gift (1:7) 106

II. The Higher Wisdom of Apostles and Prophets (2:6-16) 108

III. The Perfect/Mature Man (13:8-12)