1 Thessalonians 5:21 tells us to "prove all things" and hold fast to
what is right.
We should not accept what is not supported by the Bible.
Yet many churches, and the members do
The people in Acts 17:11 were
praised as true children of God when they "received the word with all readiness
of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so."
These enlightened seekers of God knew that they had to confirm by
Scripture whatever was taught them, or else their worship would be
meaningless.
As
God’s Word, the Scriptures are the
authority for all doctrine. Man has not been given special permission
to
invent his own teachings or to follow beliefs outside the Bible. No
church
was granted the authority to deviate from the Word or add its own
traditions. Yet, that is just what has been going on for 2,000 years
through
a vast assortment of dogmas that are nowhere supported in the Word. The
Almighty punished ancient Israel repeatedly for turning away from Him
and
taking up the beliefs and customs of the pagans around them. He
thundered,
"Learn not the way of the heathen" in Jeremiah 10:2. To my shock I
discovered that many church teachings began as compromises with heathen
beliefs and practices. It is this unholy blending that is at the root
of
many major church doctrines today.
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