Who teaches you?

[Openly Curious]

Marnie, I'm merely illuminating this possibility for those who need the message the most... those that strictly run to forums or online evangelicals for their answers. That we should not necessarily believe everything we hear simply because it comes from someone who "claims annointing". Nothing has been said here about not needing instruction from good, sound Biblical teachers , but that one should first rely on prayer and the Holy Spirit, then weigh any teaching received up against Scripture. I do not consider this "rampant" distrust of pastoral authority and take offense to your accusation of my being part of any "emergent church" or the questioning of the Biblical validity of my faith.

in Christ,

-CC-

Hello car 54.

In my dear friend Marnie's defense she said,-- "But taken too far is a destructive unbiblical attitude" was her words. I agree with that and it shows a balance. There is a massive move away from going to church in our day because of dissatifaction in what the churches are offering and the fact many are not preaching biblical truths and are straying away from God. The old crowd can't seem to fit in with the new crowd and the young crowd can't relate to the older generation. Church has changed in what it use to be in America. Because of it many have left it.

I have problems difficult with authority in the church for things unsaid here but I know i need teachers and leadership to help me to grow spiritually. But I also know that I can have many teachers and associations with others not in church but there is only one Master who is head of the church and that is balance.

To balance it even further people seem to want the mind of Christ but not His body and therefore you cannot have the "whole" of Christ.

You can't just say it's all Christ you have to have His body as well for true balance. IMO

OC

[SavedOne]

The verse seems quite sound, in or out of context, to me since "when" I am not hearing the Spirit inside me teaching me I am listening to others teaching in The Spirit.....trusting fully that anything incorrect will be reveiled in further study as incorrect by the Spirit within me. "A teacher can call a pig a cow but by their very nature they testify that one can not be the other".( A person can teach untruth as truth , but by the very nature of Truth , untruth will be exposed. ) The verse of in itself says the best source of teaching is the Holy Spirit, as was echoed by Jesus more than once... since the Holy Spirit can not teach anything but Truth. In the broadest sense any True and Accurate Biblical teaching is From the Holy Spirit

As always feel free to correct or comment ... I will not return to debate or defend my comments since that is not my purpose. My purpose is always to continue learning through other's Study of the Bible and what they have learned about and subject of the discussion . Then I let the Holy Spirit lead me to the Truth and discard the untruth, and trust that the same will be done for you with anything I have explain incorrectly unknowingly.

Editing was done for spelling errors only.

Edited June 25, 2006 by SavedOne

[Openly Curious]

The verse seems quite sound, in or out of context, to me since "when" I am not hearing the Spirit inside me teaching me I am listening to others teaching in The Spirit.....trusting fully that anything incorrect will be reveiled in further study as incorrect by the Spirit within me. "A teacher can call a pig a cow but by their very nature they testify that one can not be the other".( A person can teach untruth as truth , but by the very nature of Truth , untruth will be exposed. ) The verse of in itself says the best source of teaching is the Holy Spirit, as was echoed by Jesus more than once... since the Holy Spirit can not teach anything but Truth. In the broadest sense any True and Accurate Biblical teaching is From the Holy Spirit

As always feel free to correct or comment ... I will not return to debate or defend my comments since that is not my purpose. My purpose is always to continue learning through other's Study of the Bible and what they have learned about and subject of the discussion . Then I let the Holy Spirit lead me to the Truth and discard the untruth, and trust that the same will be done for you with anything I have explain incorrectly unknowingly.

Editing was done for spelling errors only.

Good points SavedOne

You said it well

OC

[Guest man]

The verse seems quite sound, in or out of context, to me since "when" I am not hearing the Spirit inside me teaching me I am listening to others teaching in The Spirit.....trusting fully that anything incorrect will be reveiled in further study as incorrect by the Spirit within me. "A teacher can call a pig a cow but by their very nature they testify that one can not be the other".( A person can teach untruth as truth , but by the very nature of Truth , untruth will be exposed. ) The verse of in itself says the best source of teaching is the Holy Spirit, as was echoed by Jesus more than once... since the Holy Spirit can not teach anything but Truth. In the broadest sense any True and Accurate Biblical teaching is From the Holy Spirit

As always feel free to correct or comment ... I will not return to debate or defend my comments since that is not my purpose. My purpose is always to continue learning through other's Study of the Bible and what they have learned about and subject of the discussion . Then I let the Holy Spirit lead me to the Truth and discard the untruth, and trust that the same will be done for you with anything I have explain incorrectly unknowingly.

Editing was done for spelling errors only.

Untruth will never be exposed unless one is willing to do his or her own leg work.