The Word of God in Context, Nothing Else will Do!

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is called the Word, His Word is the very essence of Who He is and He never changes.

Those who ignore, negate, or change the Word of God are walking in rebellion, and yet most Christians today do this very thing.

 
I cannot count the number of times scriptures are taken out of context and given meaning from the cultural mind rather than what Christ said.

I have also seen people apply to Christians today what was given only to Israel in the Old Testament.

 
These things happen because people like to shape into their own image what God said rather than seeking Him for His truth.

 
2 Timothy 4:3 "…2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."

2 Peter 2:1-3
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them, the way of truth will be defamed. In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep."

If you want to know the truth about anything pertaining to God, read His word and ask Him; do not go to people for answers. God may bring others to clarify things, but do not seek them out for yourself.

 
Often, I have read a passage and, through prayer, God told me the meaning, then later someone else came along and confirmed what God already told me.

 
John 16:13-14 "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."

Notice in this passage, God tells us that the Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth, not men, and what we speak from the Holy Spirit will glorify God.

 
If we listen to a preacher and he brings attention to himself, while entertaining the people to be liked by them, then he glorifies himself. The Holy Spirit will always glorify God.

 
God said be prepared, this can only mean one thing, that we are in constant prayer and know the Word of God through continual Bible study, then we will be prepared when we are asked a question.

 
Matthew 28:19-20
"Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

We cannot go wrong when we are led by the Holy Spirit, pray and read God's Word.