Doesn't everyone want to be right about God?.
Although there is reference to Scripture this post, I don't see any warning whatsoever about having
newly revealed truth of God's word, needing to be
conformed to Scripture.
It is one thing to have revelations as Paul said, and spiritual visions and even personal meetings with the Lord in 3rd heaven, but it is entirely different to be given
revealed truth of God's word, doctrine, gospel, and law, that Scripture does not plainly confirm.
But back to Jesus' declaration of how things are to be revealed during the church age: Clearly it is not by flesh and blood, but by the Father, whom is spirit. In other words, the rest of what is to be revealed of all truth is to be revealed spiritually.
Without being bound to all truth written in Scripture, then this statement says that the letters of the book are just those written by men of flesh and blood like us, so that those letters can be added to, without needing to be confirmed as true by them.
That is exactly how people make themselves with truth and authority above what is written in Scripture:
And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
I don't concede anything as truth of God, that is not proven as such in Scripture.
Doesn't everyone want to be right about God?
No. Many want only to be right about what they think, and others don't care about being right at all.
The real problem is only those saying they want to be right about God, but don't really care about being right with Scripture.
That is that these times have been ordered by Christ to lead us into all truth by the Holy Spirit.
These times are no different than any other times since the resurrection of Jesus Christ. These are still the same old last days, that will continue as before, until He returns.
End times prophecy and declarations of soon coming is usually a racket for 'passionate' local church recruitment, or worse a cult for personal lordship over the sheep.
If we are of His flesh and bones and looking for Him today, then that is al we need to know about the time of His return, including any special 'revelations' about it.
Nonetheless, scary or not--that is the order of the day. Which, no, does not come in the many ways imaginable.
What is scary is thinking we have some newly revealed truth, that no one else on earth knows, but me and God, and even Scripture doesn't know about it.
I never ever want to even think of going there. There's already too many cults on earth.
Well...it doesn't look like one scripture pit against another as if God made a mistake on the other scripture.
The only ones that 'pit' Scripture against itself, are unbelievers finding fault and trying to prove contradiction.
Believers have honest disputes in knowing the truth of all Scriptures, which is what Jesus disputed with them of His day, as well as the apostles being mighty in Scriptures.
Anyone who says they don't 'argue' about Scriptural truth, are those who refuse to be corrected by God, Scripture, or any man on earth.
There are plenty of private interpretations of Scripture, that may or may not be true. We just shouldn't preach them for Scripture, unless what is written plainly says and proves it.
What it does look like then, is that we should expect "knowledge shall increase." EXPECT IT.
If increased knowledge is not confirmed by Scripture, then lying wonders are on the rise.
Increased knowledge of the truth is only by clearer understanding of what Scripture teaches and confirms as true of God and Jesus Christ:
It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
The only revelations of truth that matter, is when God by His Spirit shows the clear sense of what Scripture is showing of itself: Scripture interprets accurately all Scripture.
Because error is a foretold fact by Jesus, as well as both Peter and Paul. So much so, that it is referred to as the believing of a "lie" and "strong delusion." Jesus made a few statements along these lines specifically regarding Israel, telling them things like "You have heard such and such, but I say this." He was addressing hundreds of years of what needed correction. And with the somber predictions of what would occur during our own times--it might even be worse for us.
Dittoes strong delusion: believing a lie about Scripture, that is nowhere written in Scripture, nor written sensibly in that way.
Jesus was correcting the errors of traditions and commandments of men being taught for doctrine of God, and He did so by quoting Scripture with it's right sense:
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
What is rare is someone studying and believing what is true of Scripture, and yet being willing to be corrected by others quoting Scripture that does so.
I have been corrected in several good ways on this sight, not just in knowledge but in daily living with Jesus, such as being rid of the self-justifying tradition that man is made by Christ with a sin 'spirit' of some sort.
So, what, should we just put our blinders on, believe what we have always believed, not heeding the warnings, and continue the same old pitting of one scripture against another, and squabbling? Or should we take a more honest approach and be prepared to concede before we die and get hit with it all at once, in shame?
If this thread is about stopping all the Scripture 'pitting', and just believe whatever someone says is so, because they got it straight from God's mouth, then count me out.
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
I don't join any more cults. One was enough for me.
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Sounds to me like Paul is speaking of someone that is getting special revelations of truth not found in Scripture, and then telling everyone else they can stop arguing about Scripture so much, because he has something greater than ever before to proclaim.
