Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
I believe it's worthwhile to reflect upon what is meant in the above verse. What does vain deceit after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ refer to?
First we have to see if we can find in traditions where the Lord has authorized those in His word. From my understanding of scripture I can't find where God has given any commandments or authorization for religious traditions. Other the other hand I have found much to the contrary.
In a close examination of Sunday worship and Sunday being God's day of rest; that is not found in God's word at all. That would have to come under the heading of man's philosophic doctrines: wouldn't it?
Exodus 35:2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
Today, many claim Sunday is the Lord's day and yet Sunday is the first day of the week not the Seventh. Saturday is the seventh day and that also coincides with the Jewish calendar.
If people were truly kept the Sabbath they would not leave their house and their food, it would be unleavened and all the food for two days time would be prepared the day before the Sabbath. If God had us placed under the law today, we would have all be stoned to death from not keeping it the way he authorized it.
Exodus 16:29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Thank God we today are not under the law but under grace and we can worship any day of the week and neither are we confined to our homes or do we prepare out food on Friday and have it unleavened for Saturday. Actually Sunday or any day is good for fellowship and Sunday of course is the one day of the week fewer people work and can fellowship. However, I believe it's contrary to God's word to remotely think of Sunday as being the Sabbath, or that God has ordained it as such. I believe that precept has come from man's philosophy that God has commanded believers to avoid.
Ephesians 2:14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
Man's philosophies are built on traditions and the rudiments {Facts built on tradition instead of God's word} of the world.
The most popular religious holy day of man's religions is Christmas.
The tradition in it is awesome and none of it is either biblical or authorized by God.
Galatians 4:9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
I believe God has made it clear; He has given us complete instructions in what he expects from believers.
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Verse 17 states that the man of God can be perfect {mature} and completely furnished for all good works from God's word {provided we rightly divide it, 2 Timothy 2:14}
Since God has given us His complete instructions in his word and since Christmas is not found in there, I do believe God's silence is His way of telling us not to do it. Here are some verses to back that up.
Romans 14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
2 Corinthians 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
In addition, the three wise men visiting Christ in a manger is myth as well. The account in God's word says wise men and never states how many and that they honored him at his house and not in a manger.
Matthew 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Matthew 2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
Please also notice scripture never says Christ was an infant {another myth} but a young child.
The tradition of a tree is pagan and is thousands of years old.
Jeremiah 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
I have heard many people tell me since there is no harm it, then it�s a good thing to do.
I tell people, it really doesn't matter what they do if they are not saved. If a person is saved and has a relationship with the Lord it matters a great deal for we all will stand before one day to give an account for our service to him. We will be judged by his word and our works tried by fire. That He has magnified above His name. My point being if God says there is no good in doing His birthday {which no one knows when} and the Lord sure told Israel not to do it; why would the Lord change His mind now?
Psalms 138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
1 Corinthians 3:13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
Please notice the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God and He will take the wise in their own craftiness.
Religion shouldn't be about us or what we want to do, but our religion should be what Christ's will is for us as believer and God has given us is will is in His word.
Also the Lord has made it clear that which is popular among men is an abomination to him.
Luke 16:15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Matthew 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Should anyone be wondering if I'm a member of the Jehovah Witness cult, that I am not. They do have to have some truth to seem of God don't they? I'm sure there are some saved souls in that cult as there are some in all cults, sects and denominations.
There are far more of man's philosophic traditions I haven't touched upon but if anyone should be interested, {I will be shocked if there is. Lol} I will gladly share.
I hope none take offense to what God's word says, but should some be please feel free to comment and I will comment back with just scripture and not pick anyone individual out for my replies.
I know these will irritate some,but this is because they are following the tradittions of men..
Where do we find a band or choir as being necessary to worship YHWH and Yehsua.
I do not find either of these within the NEW COVENANT.
What i do find is this Scripture,which most deny,Which is The Priesthood of all believers.
1Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
1Corin 14:23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
1Co 14:24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
1Co 14:25 And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
1Corin. 14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
I do not find anywhere that says one man is to pray for eveyone,Except if one is the High Priest..
Mar 11:17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
I do not find the tradition of tithing.
2Co 9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
I do not find people needing to Repent,confess Yeshua as Lord,and being Baptized in order to be saved.
Act 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Hab 2:4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Rom 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Gal 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
Heb 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith:
Since these traditions are not found within the NEW COVENANT,could the professing christians unknowingly actually be meeting under false pretenses...
Could their so-called worship,reach no further that the ceilings of the places where they meet.
Seeing they worship according to the traditions of men,and not the Word of GOD.
This being so,then what about the other traditions that I have written about..
Listen to what Yeshua says.
Joh 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
Joh 15:27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
John 16:1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
John 16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
John 16:3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
John 16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
John 16:15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
I could write more such as you could,yet this is enough to have people write me nasty stuff,and even judge me as an unbeliever.
The Word of GOD vs. The traditions of men
Agape' and Charis:
St.George
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It is stunning what can be found in the Word of GOD when one reads and studies,being led with the Holy Spirit.
The tradition of the last supper : Luke 22:19. 1Cor 11:25-26
And why not celebrate some of the old testament traditions which still apply as a shawdow of the reality of what Jesus has done for us; such as Passover and the Day of Atonement. Even the Sabbth has value in remembering that we are not saved by our works. And what about Firstfruits; recognizing Gods provision for us.
Marriage and Baptism are a type of tradition.
I agree traditions are meaningless without the inner reality, but
let us not throw out the baby with the bath water.
Honestly, I had a hard time reading your whole comment. The KJV is notoriously hard to comprehend. Not only does vernacular change over time, but so does connotation. If you could use a translation like the NASB or ESV, that would be much appreciated.
Regarding your first point about the Sabbath, picking which day is the first day of the week, and which is the 7th is like trying to pick where a circle begins and ends. Most people would say Sunday is the 7th day of the week, and treat it accordingly, so continuing to say that Sunday is the first day of the week doesn't really get you anywhere.
In Matthew you see Jesus walking with his disciples, and when they pick wheat to eat on the Sabbath, Jesus does not rebuke his disciple. Coupled with the many times Jesus breaks the rules and traditions of the Jewish Sabbath, you have to admit that it seems to be okay not to follow the letter of the Old Testament Law when observing the Sabbath.
You have a point about the Wise Men, but I didn't know people still actually thought they came to visit him in the manger. Be careful not to mix up Secular Christmas with Christian Christmas. A Christmas tree has nothing to do with real Christian Christmas, but at the same time, while it has Pagan roots, the meaning has changed with time. As with language, the meaning of an action can change with time. Was the act of cutting down and decorating a tree sinful in and of itself, or was the actual sin the fact they were doing it to worship man-made "gods"? Time and time again, you see that Jesus is far more concerned with people's hearts. We celebrate Christmas not as a birthday party for God, but because we rejoice in the coming of our Savior, at the dawning of Hope, as a time to remember. Secular aspects have crept in over the years, but there is still a whole lot or right about the original tradition of Christmas.
Well saidin both responses, what is refered to as tradition in this post is at best a ploy to draw attention to oneself.
When does a tree became a tradition when it leaves my yard and comes into my leaving room, or after I put lights on it and some bulbs. Hum bug Scrooge.
How does truth become tradition just because it is mentioned in the old covenant.
So you can not praise the lord in the new covenant with stringed instruments?
We can go on and on put it is not necessary, christians should believe the word of God, not approach it unbelief.
Tithing is old Covenant so somesay, but I believe Jesus gave us the new covenant and he is also the surety of the new covenant, especially concerning tithing.
"Regarding your first point about the Sabbath, picking which day is the first day of the week, and which is the 7th is like trying to pick where a circle begins and ends. Most people would say Sunday is the 7th day of the week, and treat it accordingly, so continuing to say that Sunday is the first day of the week doesn't really get you anywhere."
Well, talk to the Catholics. They're the ones that changed it, and they say that Sunday is the first day of the week. Jesus rose on the first day of the week, and that is the reason most people say they observe Sunday.
"In Matthew you see Jesus walking with his disciples, and when they pick wheat to eat on the Sabbath, Jesus does not rebuke his disciple. Coupled with the many times Jesus breaks the rules and traditions of the Jewish Sabbath, you have to admit that it seems to be okay not to follow the letter of the Old Testament Law when observing the Sabbath."
Jesus brought people back to the purity of the law, He didn't throw it out. He didn't tell them it was done away with, He told them how to do it right and rejected all the man-made interpretations. If it's not okay to pick/eat grain on the Sabbath, then it's not okay to pick food out of a bowl and eat it either. He was usually just pointing out the hypocrisy in their "interpretations/laws".
"Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 'Why do Thy disciples transgress the TRADTION of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.' But He answered and said unto them, 'Why do ye also transgress the COMMANDMENT of God by your tradition?....Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you,...' Matthew 15:1-3 vs.6&7. Is Gods fourth commandment transgressed by man's tradition? Jesus' own words, for He is the WORD, spoke saying, "Think not that I am come to destroy the law(commandments), or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till ALL be fulfilled." Matthew5:17-18.
"And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. Which of you convinceth Me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe Me? He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God." John8:45-47.
"Every word of God is pure: He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him. Add thou not unto His words, lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar." Proverb 30:5-6.
Nowhere from His pure,inspired, holy Word, does He abolish His commandments. It is man who changes, adds to, twists, and takes away from His truth. Blessings to you all, and wonderful depth from you all.
Look, why don't you just get down to brass tacks and say that people who worship on Sunday are breaking one of the ten commandments and/or that worship on Sunday is the mark of the beast? Believe me, I've heard it all, and I'm not impressed by it. Can we please just stop the random condemnation of people over things that you have no power to stop and are not heart matters in the first place? This is not the first time this has come up; do a thread search and stop it. If I have not love, I am a clanging cymbal -- do you know what that verse means?
I don't believe the mark of the beast is "Keeping Sunday", the mark of the beast is keeping the traditions of man instead of keeping God's commandments. We're supposed to keep the commandments of God, right? Where's the command from God to ignore a commandment of God? Who started the Sunday thing? God or man?
Just saying...to say "it's gone" or "it doesn't matter" when God never said "it's gone" or "it doesn't matter" is kinda iffy. He doesn't want us to worship idols, dishonor our parents, steal, bear false witness, covet, commit adultery, worship other Gods, murder, or take His name in vain...but we just assume that He doesn't care about the other one? Does the law point out sin or not? Is breaking the fourth commandment a sin or not? If I told you it was okay to worship idols now because Jesus didn't say not to, what would you say to me? Probably what I'm trying to say to you, right? It is important. It is a commandment of God. Show me the verse that tells us it's good to make up our own traditions and ignore God's commandments and I'll leave you guys alone. Just callin' it like I see it. Sorry if I'm stepping on toes. It's all my belief/opinion, and I'm just asking questions, so don't get to excited.
The Question was;" Has God Authorized Religious Traditions of Today." And only you can answer that question for yourself. I do not believe that anyone writing here has condemned anyone. How easy it is to forget that all that was done here was sharing of HIS WORDS, not mans. I didnt write the Scriptures! The Son of God did! And it is He who judges! Not me. Every person has there own journey and walk in this life, and are accountable for their own decisions. All Jesus did was share the truth, and it is up to you of whether you believe it or not!! Nothing more and nothing less! God had Noah preach....a flood is coming!! Either you believed or you didn't. And we know what happened there!! God Bless you, and written in love, not condemnation.
You asked, "Where do we find a band or choir as being necessary to worship YHWH and Yehsua."
I'll go you one more than that by answering your question with a question. Where in scripture do we find where the Lord has authorized denominations: when in reality he warns believers to mark and avoid them for they divide the Body of Christ into different beliefs.
Romans 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
We are told only to do all in one name only, not to be identified with any other religious name other the name of Jesus Christ which is the family name for true believers.
Colossians 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Sectarian thinking tells us to pursue the faith of our choice and the Lord tells us there are no choices but only ONE faith.
Ephesians 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Perhaps that will answer your question Trucker and not, let her rip.
Trucker you mentioned the New Covenant. I believe if you study that subject completely you will discover the Church is not under the New Covenant. The Church is under the Abrahamic Covenant that is God's promise for both Jews and Gentiles. If you make an in depth of the New Covenant, you will find the promises given in it are future promises for Israel and that would make them impossible for now because Israel has been temporally set aside.
Romans 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
After fullness of the Gentiles comes in {completed} the Holy Spirit will be gone and no longer dwelling in people. Then comes 7 years of tribulation, after which Christ returns to rule and the promises in the New Covenant will be fulfilled. Once again the Holy Spirit will be upon a man to influence or teach him and will not be indwelling as He does now.
Trucker you stated, " What i do find is this Scripture,which most deny,Which is The Priesthood of all believers."
You are correct sir, many reject the idea believers are their own priest. If we were not of the royal priesthood we could not pray directly to Christ and have an audience with the Father of all things.
1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Perhaps people confuse the priesthood with being an intercessor {mediator} Christ is our intercessor and for that matter the only intercessor between God and man. Many claim to intercessory but that again is a false doctrine and is of the anti-christ spirit.
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Trucker, you stated, "I do not find anywhere that says one man is to pray for eveyone,Except if one is the High Priest.."
I have never read that in the bible Trucker therefore I can't give you an honest reply from God's word. However I can give you a verse of Scripture that should apply to that statement.
Romans 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Trucker, you stated, " I do not find the tradition of tithing."
I don't believe you will ever find tithing a tradition. Tithing, one of the ten commandments was an ordinance of the Mosaic Law and that Law and all of its ordinances were fulfilled by Christ when He was water baptized by John. That fulfillment completed all the tasks done by Christ in keeping the Law perfect with no one sin. Then when Christ was crucified the law was nailed to the cross and abolished.
Matthew 3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Colossians 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Ephesians 2:14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
The law was never given as a standard to live by or an avenue to heaven, but rather the Law condemns us and makes us guilty before God.
Romans 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
The law makes all guilty before God, not save us. The law was given to point us to Christ; it is our schoolmaster, not a way to heaven because we are condemned by it when we are born.
Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Galatians 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Galatians 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Once we are justified by faith, the Lord says we are no longer under a schoolmaster {the Law}, therefore there are no ordinances such as Tithing for one who is now justified by faith. When a believer persists in observing any kind of ordinance they send a mixed message to the world, a message of confusion. How can an unsaved person believe he or she can be saved and justified by faith when we are already at peace with the Lord. What it does show is we calling God and liar when we don't believe him and choose to do it our way.
1 John 5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
Romans 3:3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
Trucker, you stated, "2Co 9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver."
The only way I can reply to the above verse is to say, "Bingo!" that is correct.
Trucker, you stated, " I do not find people needing to Repent,confess Yeshua as Lord,and being Baptized in order to be saved."
Trucker, before I can reply to the above statement, I need to know which baptism are you referring to. Water or Spirit?
Trucker those were great scriptures you gave and you added, " Heb 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith:"
I have one verse of scripture that ties in with Heb 10:38 very nicely. 2 Corinthians 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
When we stop and give it some thought, walking by sight instead of by faith would be observing physical ordinances, things we can see such as pictures of Christ {Idolatry} things we take into our bodies of a physical nature and call it as honoring or obeying Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)es
I just had a thought, if we have Christ in us and his Holy Spirit, why would we need to take a piece of bread and a shot of wine, {poor physical substitute that parishes with the using} when we already have the real deal living in us; His holy temple if you will.
Colossians 2:22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
Why would we want to make a public display of ourselves in such a manner when it has not been authorized by Christ in the first place? Our lives are supposed to be hid in Christ.
Colossians 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
1 John 4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
Trucker you stated, " It is stunning what can be found in the Word of GOD when one reads and studies,being led with the Holy Spirit."
You are correct Trucker, actually the word of God when taken literally is not at all much like sectarian doctrines with some of them getting salvation correct but the rest of it they mix grace with works and have a confusing mess. None of can have a preacher or church know God's will for us. As you stated, we have to study, as found in 2Timothy 2:14. Then after we study we need to follow through with the rest of God's instructions.
1 Corinthians 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
And of course the first thing we need to do is ask the Lord to give us wisdom {His word} and only trust his word and not that of any other doctrine that is not in complete agreement with all of God's word. A good example is sectarian doctrines teaches two baptisms, yet God's word teaches one baptism. Eph. 4:5
