Well, please Paul, it's one thing to incite a warning against an isolated education in God's Word, but then, to exegete Scripture as poorly as he did, is clearly self incriminating, and undermining to his OP.In the area of music teaching, the phrase is: "The person who is self-taught has a fool for a teacher". How true is that for those who maintain that they can teach themselves the Bible without referring to others who through maturity and experience can contribute so much to their Bible knowledge? They miss the item in Paul's five fold ministry list - "teacher". Why do we have teachers in the body of Christ, if we are to always be self taught to discover what the Bible is really showing us about the nature of God and His ways, and His plan of salvation for mankind?
Actually, upon viewing some contentious exchanges on these threads, those who are self-taught become very obvious in their clear lack of sound Bible knowledge and doctrine.
Yes, self-taught can have its limitations, but, who is strictly self taught?
Even those that have not had a formal education in Biblical studies, invariably study the works of other eminent scholars and teachers, in all sorts of mediums (video, books, audio, discussions or study groups, forums, web-sites, ...).
Sometimes, the only difference between a self-taught education, and a institutional one, is the cost that one paid to receive it. Loosely speaking.
But again, which self-taught exegete does so in complete isolation, or without the aid of authoritative sources and materials?
Very few, if any, I imagine.
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