James 1:4-6 "…4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.…"
No one has an excuse; "I didn't know", we can all ask God.
It is exciting what God shows us when we simply ask Him to show us anything we believe that is not of Him. When we ask for the strength and resolve to let go of anything we were taught that was not truth He blesses us with exciting answers.
God's Word, the Bible, is so full of wonderful things but without the help of the Holy Spirit to enlighten His Word, we will not understand it as we should. Reading it in our own human minds or according to the culture around us will bring false understanding.
John 16:13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you."
God never said human teachers would lead us into truth, He said it would be the Holy Spirit.
1 John 2:27 "And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him remains in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you remain in Him."
Those who elevate men above the Holy Spirit to gain their wisdom will walk in continual error. They might believe some right things but much of what they accept for truth will not be according to the Bible.
Romans 3:3-4 "…3 What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness? 4 Certainly not! Let God be TRUE and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”"
Placing our faith in any human teacher is to diminish the Holy Spirit. Everyone we believe we can trust must be compared to the Scriptures, what is not right exposed and what is right taught vigorously. We must never allow any man to take the place of the Holy Spirit and every man no matter how educated must be teachable, if he is not he will fall into arrogance and much error.
2 Timothy 2:23-25 "23 But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling. 24 And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to be taught himself, and forbearing. 25 He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth."
Every teacher must be teachable, if he is not he is disqualified to be a teacher.
It is amazing how our modern translations have caused misunderstandings. The KJV of this verse says the teacher must be "able to teach", but in the original language it means "teachable himself."
The ability to teach is in everyone who has the Holy Spirit, we can all be teachers of the word.
Hebrews 5:12-14
"12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the actual words of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.
13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unacquainted with the word of righteousness, for he is an infant.
14 But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to distinguish between good and evil."
God expects all His children to diligently study to show themselves approved so that they can teach others. When we see a mentality that only those educated by men are able to teach we are negating what God said in His Word. God never commanded anyone to go to a seminary to learn about God, He commanded that we read the word and hear from the Holy Spirit. There can be no better teacher than the Holy Spirit and every born-again believer has Him living in them. Why on earth would I run to a man when I can run to God for my wisdom.
James 1:4-6 "…4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.…"
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