Christ Never Quoted Calvin

Do we read anywhere in the Word an account where Jesus Christ or the apostles quoted Calvin, Luther or Constantine? I suggest to you that anyone who quotes from these men are followers of them more than of Christ.

When we are quoting what the apostles said in the Word, we know these are the words of Christ. Not the thoughts and words of mere men.

There is a fleshly competition among arrogant believers to appear superior to others by name dropping in the form of quoting famous people who often had much error in their preaching.

These men may have contributed something to the cause of the gospel but they were not inspired by God. They were not led by the Lord when they developed their own idea of doctrine, adding to the Word through private interpretations. These men even had wicked things they believed and preached that are often ignored. The prideful man loves to elevate certain people while ignoring all their error.

1 Corinthians 3:1-9
"1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ.
2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able,
3 for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?
4 For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not mere men?
5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one.
6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.
7 So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.
8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building."

To create a denomination based on the teachings of particular men is a direct violation of the commands of Christ in 1 Corinthians 3.

Brothers and Sisters, the elevating of particular men to god like status brings division. When anyone criticizes these idols, those who follow them become angry, hostile and even discard other believers who do not follow the elevated men.

Pride has been the catalyst behind the development of pet doctrines that have been taught as truth that have within them much error.

If anyone wants to walk in truth, they must evaluate everything the men they quote, has done and said, then they might not want to quote them anymore. Only Christ is true and every man a liar. Quoting Jesus Christ coming from the writings inspired in the Bible will bring us truth.

Those who quote men are walking disobediently. Often when this happens, the men are followed more than Christ, there will be extra Biblical assertions that work against the Word of God.

Bottom line: stop looking to men, stop quoting men and begin quoting God, things will take on a different view when it is only Christ we see.