Wow, if I were a new believer and searching the internet for good speakers I might be tempted to pull my hair and give up. There is criticism for every preacher and attacks that could confuse and frustrate.
Every person, every preacher will have errors, until we are all taken home. Some preachers are false teachers and must be avoided, we will know them by their blatant foolishness that is not just error but defies the Word of God.
No person on this earth will have it all right, but some will have more right than others.
It is good to pray over everyone we listen to, asking the Lord to show us truth through them and expose the error.
When we place our trust in man, believing every thing one man says as though he were god, then he has become an idol in our minds. The only One we can completely trust is Christ in us.
God commended the Bereans for being diligent in testing all that the apostle Paul said. They could have been elevating him as a god since he was an apostle, but they did not elevate him above God, but after he preached they went back to the Scriptures to see if what he was saying was true.
1 Thessalonians 5:21 "But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good;"
Acts 17:11 "Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so."
Don't get worried about what to believe, God will show you if you ask Him.
James 1:5 "But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him."
You can believe God when He says He will give you what you need when you need it, that is if you have placed your trust in Him alone.
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