Following Christ Alone

No born again believer is "self-taught", that implies that we learned the wisdom of God all by our own efforts. 

Anyone who has wisdom from God has been trained and taught by the Holy Spirit Who lives in us. 

Seminaries and Bible Colleges were created out of the lack of faith of men that the Holy Spirit can teach everyone who has the Holy Spirit. 

Nowhere in the Bible does God tell us to go to a college or seminary, NO, he tells us to be taught by the Holy Spirit Who is God. Can any man teach us better than the Holy Spirit? Of course not!!!!

John 16:13-14
"13 But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you."

Who is that man who is greater than God, who thinks he can know ALL that God knows? Do not listen to that one, he is self-exalted and will bring false doctrine to those who follow him. 

Any man who will not listen to others who challenge him with the Scriptures is unreachable because of his own pride.
We are told to follow no man other than Jesus Christ. 

1 Corinthians 3:3-5
"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 the opportunity to each one."

If anyone quotes a man more than they quote Christ or they quote a man as though Christ did not have that same wisdom, then they are fleshly and disobedient servants. If we quote any man on anything then we must also provide the scripture that proves what that man says. 

Every born again believer has the Holy Spirit, the teacher, and has access to all His wisdom if only they will ask Him. 

James 1:4-6 "5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and [d]without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind."

Notice God did not say "go and ask your pastor", go and ask the neighbor or a friend, no He said to ask the Holy Spirit and He will lead you into all truth. 

Godly Christian people can offer God's wisdom to us but ultimately we must check with God to see if it is true. Those who will not ask the Holy Spirit are often led away into strange doctrine, simply because they like what they hear they will believe it. 

2 Timothy 4:2-4
"2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,
4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths."
If we are self-taught or taught by men we will be in error a lot. If we are taught by the Holy Spirit Who is God, then we will not be in error. 

Follow Christ, not men!