Maxtar said:
No. You believe but one interpretation of God's word. That's it! That's all you got!
You don't believe what His word actually says.
How do you know I don't since you don't know what
His word actually does say? All you know is what the RCC men teach you.
There are tremendous benefits of
actually reading and studying His word instead of just believing that what others teach you it says.
You have twisted them to support the conclusions of those of like minded thinking that you are now aligned with.
no, I didn't start out with any '
like minded' teachers, certainly not those I have now - except for one. I usually get a good 30 min teaching from him once a wk or so. Tho i did go 4 yrs or so without them when he moved to start a new church in a different state. I've had him for over 40 yrs, but I've had many different ones over the decades and the past few yrs I have about 5 of them - 2 being Rabbis. I add some now and again (for a time). I also know to check what they teach with what scripture says - I learned that from most of them. A good teacher will teach you that. I spend time researching things and
looking up the words as used in a verse, reading in context and checking in commentaries. I also check out the background of whoever wrote a commentary before I consider using it to research something.
That's it! That's all you got!
so I've got a lot! I have a heart changed by God Himself, Christ as Lord and Savior, the teaching and guidance of the Holy Spirit, I have
His word to read and study and numerous very good bible teachers. Those teachers teach more than the RCC does and they don't say '
we say this, so this is what you must believe', they teach the background of it, the context, other where's and why's of it and connect it thru out scripture and timeline. They also teach not to just take their word for what it says,
but that we should read and study
His word for ourselves.
you have none of those things with the RCC men.