What If the False Teacher Sounds Like a Man of God?

[Davy]

No, saying “you cannot see it” still is not an argument. It is an assertion. Yes, Jesus said that it was given to His disciples to know the mysteries of the kingdom, while others heard in parables. But that does not give anyone permission to invent a meaning for a passage and then answer every objection with, “God just has not given you eyes to see it.”

When Jesus explained His parables, He actually gave the meaning. He did not tell the disciples to accept somebody's private interpretation because that person claimed deeper spiritual sight.

So if your interpretation of the new wine and old bottles is correct, then show it from the passage. Show where Jesus says the new wine means what you claim it means, and where the old bottles mean what you claim they mean. That is how Scripture is handled.

The same applies to Luke 23. You say Jesus' words about “the barren” are really an analogy about true worship versus false worship. Then establish that from the text. Do not simply tell me I have not been “given to understand” it.

Scripture says, “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21). It does not say, “Accept my interpretation because I claim to see something you cannot.”

If your interpretation is biblical, Scripture will support it. If the only defense is that anyone who disagrees lacks spiritual sight, then you have made your own spiritual perception the authority instead of the Word of God.

What I have told you about the 'new wine' and 'old bottles' is not... a private interpretation. Just you claiming that shows all the more your lack of understanding about it.