If one doesn't believe they have a Final Authority (aka, God's
wisdom) that extends past (and outside) the wisdom of the
world, one has to then pick and choose who will be their final authority:
themselves, relatives, friends or someone with extensive 'seminary'
learning. The trouble is, ALL these so-called 'authorities' have feet of clay and are simply regurgitating
seminary and/or traditions-of-men drivel crafted by none other than Satan,
himself.
“Having
the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the
ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: … In
whom the god of this world [Satan] hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious
gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” [Ephesians
4:18; 2 Corinthians 4:4 KJB]
Should
not our Final Authority therefore be the pure and perfectly preserved words of
God of which we along with Job should esteem more than our necessary food
[Job 23:12 KJB]?
Jesus answered
and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power
of God. [Matthew
22:29 KJB]
Let us not err, but walk in the Spirit so as to not fulfill the
lusts of the flesh…
That ye might
walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work,
and increasing in the knowledge of God; [Colossians 1:10 KJB]
I think that it is only when you learn to rightly divide the word, that all the truth and wisdom in this post can have an impact. Until then, a person is walking in such darkness of human wisdom, denominationalism and tradition, that this truth is just foolishness to them. Give me the meat of God's word rightly divided any day!
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