When you start to learn truth it is a difficult thing to resist spirits of pride. I know this because I experienced this when I was in Bible College. I look back upon those times and realize that I was not walking in the Spirit even though I thought I was. I came to realize that only through submission to the Holy Spirit could I do anything worthwhile in God's kingdom. In the final analysis it is not about scripture but about knowing God. There are some Pharisees who will spend eternity in the lake of fire while people who did not ever open a bible will live in paradise. We hear with our hearts and not our heads.
Romans 10
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How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? [sup]15 [/sup]And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written:
“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace,[sup][
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Who bring glad tidings of good things!”[sup][
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[sup]16 [/sup]But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”[sup][
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So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
[sup]18 [/sup]But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed:
“Their sound has gone out to all the earth,
And their words to the ends of the world.”[sup][
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[sup]19 [/sup]But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says:
“I will provoke you to jealousy by
those who are not a nation,
I will move you to anger by a foolish nation.”[sup][
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[sup]20 [/sup]But Isaiah is very bold and says:
“I was found by those who did not seek Me;
I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me.”[sup][
m][/sup]
[sup]21 [/sup]But to Israel he says:
“All day long I have stretched out My hands
To a disobedient and contrary people.”[sup][
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1 John 4:1
IMO your not passing with very high marks, maybe bible collage wasn't such a good idea
