You know what I love? Truth. Just the plain, raw truth. Personally, I don't need big words and lots of adjectives. Just give me truth. So where do I go to find truth and what is my final authority? The word of God found in the King James Bible (AV) is where I go, and I have complete confidence in my bible, that it is the truth of God... Exactly... Every single word and letter, breathed by God Himself to the English speaking people.
2Timothy 3:16 All scripture IS given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Much of modern Christianity is filled with feigned spiritualism, tradition, someone's opinion, will worship, rudiments of the world, and "allegorizing". When did this probably start? About A. D. 250, when Origen, one of the Church Fathers, conceived the idea that the words of scripture were but the "husk" in which was hid the "kernel" of scripture truth. At once he began to "Allegorize" and "Spiritualize" the Scriptures, and thus founded that school of "Allegorizing" and "Spiritualizing" interpreters of Scripture, from which the institutional church and the Bible have suffered so much. This is the primary cause of so much heretical teachings that have invaded the institutional church.
Instead of asking what does the Holy Bible say, and letting that be our guide, the common view is not to believe what it says but rather, what does the author really mean. The modern concept now is don't read what it says and believe it, but rather find the hidden "gem" in the "husk" of the text. This modern method elevates those that are "learned" (the clergy) and displays their wisdom (sarcasm intended) in scripture knowledge. The idea is that the common man is not able to grasp the doctrines of the bible without help. I am glad that God chooses to reveal his word to those that simply read and believe what The Book says. I am glad that I have a perfect Book that leads "dumb" people to truth. It is the wise... The "Allegorizors" and "Spiritualizers" and those that believe them, over the word of God, who are at the end of the day, left in the dark.
That being said, I love good bible teachers. When I say "good bible teachers", I mean those that read and believe the bible exactly as it is written. If they say, "What the author really meant here...", (inferring that the author apparently didn't mean what he said) then I have no use for them. I don't want someone's opinion. I don't want to know how they feel. When I am in pursuit of truth I don't care how you feel or how I feel. Feelings have nothing to do with truth. That is effeminate. I want the raw truth and that comes only from the true word of God.
Conclusion... Throw away your feelings and your preconceived opinions and doctrines of men when in pursuit of truth! Let the Holy Bible be your final authority every time. Test everything you know, think you know, or what the preacher says, against what the Book says. Don't believe someone because of who they are or what they have achieved. Be a Berean!
Acts 17:10 ¶ And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, IN THAT THEY RECEIVED THE WORD WITH ALL READINESS OF MIND, SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURES DAILY, WHETHER THOSE THINGS WERE SO.
The people at Berea did not even believe the Apostles! Where was their final authority? The SCRIPTURES.
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