Scripture, the Final
Authority on Truth
Many believers in a sincere effort
to draw close to Yahweh expand their reading list to
sources which are
not part of
scripture. While we all
should use study materials
which
help
us with the original languages and help us with the
historical
context of scripture we have to keep in
mind that these are the
works of men,
not the Inspired Word
of Yahweh. Truth comes
from Yahweh's word not man's
word.
Scripture
tells us that
Yahweh's word is
truth.
Psalms
119:160
The entirety of Your word
is truth, and every
one of Your righteous
judgments endures forever.
John 17:17
Set them apart by Your truth. Your word is
truth.
True worshipers worship in truth not
in falsehood.
John
4:23-24
"But the hour is coming,
and now is, when the
true worshipers will
worship the Father in spirit and
truth; for the Father is seeking such
to worship Him.
"Yahweh is
Spirit, and those who worship Him must
worship
in spirit and truth."
Scripture warns us not to turn aside
from the truth. There will be an alternate
"truth" taught.
2
Timithy 4:3-4
For the time will
come when they will not
endure sound doctrine, but
according to their own desires,
because they have itching ears,
they
will heap up for
themselves
teachers; and they will turn their
ears
away from the truth, and be turned aside to
fables.
Colossains
2:8
Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and
empty deceit,
according to the
tradition of men, according
to the basic principles of
the world, and not according to
Messiah.
The
world
is being influenced by Satan.
1
John 5:19
We know that we are of
Yahweh, and the whole
world lies under the sway
of the wicked one.
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent
of old who is called
the devil and
Satan, who deceives the
whole world; he was thrown down
to the earth, and his
angels
were thrown down with
him.
A true
believer must love the truth of Yahweh and hold on to
it
now more than ever.
2
Thessalonians 2:10-11
and with
all unrighteous
deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of
the truth, that they might be saved. And
for this reason
Yahweh will send them
strong delusion, that
they should believe the
lie,
What
kind of
teachings do our carnal minds come up with?
Romans 8:6-7
For to be carnally minded
is
death, but to be spiritually
minded is life and
peace. Because
the carnal mind is enmity against
Yahweh; for it is not subject to
the
law of Yahweh, nor
indeed can
be.
Isaiah
55:8-9
"For My thoughts are not
your thoughts, nor are
your ways My ways,"
says Yahweh. "For as the heavens
are higher than the earth, so
are My
ways higher than your
ways, and My thoughts than your
thoughts.
Our natural
physical tendencies put us at odds with our Creator.
Mark
7:7-8
And in vain they worship
Me, teaching as
doctrines the commandments of
men.' "For laying aside
the
commandment of Yahweh, you hold the
tradition of men--
the washing of pitchers and cups, and
MANY other such
things you do."
Are we holding on to any customs and
traditions which do not come from the Word of Yahweh
but from our own
imaginings?
Are we letting others
lead us away from Yahweh's
truth to false teachings and
fables which are not supported
by
scripture?
Isaiah
3:12
As for My people, children
are their oppressors,
and women rule over
them. O My
people! Those
who
lead you cause you
to err, and destroy the way
of your
paths."
Titus 1:7-14
For an
overseer must be blameless, as a steward of Yahweh,
not
self-willed, not quick-tempered,
not given to wine, not
violent,
not
greedy for money, but hospitable, a lover of
what is good,
sober-minded, just,
holy, self-controlled,
holding fast the faithful
word as he has been taught, that
he may be able, by sound
doctrine,
both to exhort and
convict
those who contradict. For there are
many
insubordinate, both idle
talkers and deceivers, especially those of
the
circumcision, whose mouths must
be stopped, who subvert
whole
households, teaching things
which they ought not, for
the sake of
dishonest gain. One of them, a
prophet of their own,
said,
"Cretans
are
always liars, evil
beasts, lazy gluttons." This
testimony is
true.
Therefore rebuke
them
sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, not giving heed to Jewish fables
and commandments of men who turn from the
truth.
What should be leading us?
Psalms 43:3
Oh, send out Your light and
Your
truth! Let them lead me; let them bring me to Your
holy
hill and to Your
tabernacle.
Yahweh's light and Yahweh's truth
not some man's interpretations. What did the
Bereans study?
Acts
17:10-11
The brethren immediately
sent Paul and Silas
away by night to Berea,
and when they arrived, they went
into the synagogue of the Jews.
Now these were more
noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they
received
the word with great
eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily
to see whether
these things were so.
Did they search other sources?
Did they consult with the Pharisees, the
Sadducees, the Scribes?
No,
they went directly to
source of Yahweh' truth and so can
we!
Without Yahweh we
are
nothing. Truth comes from Yahweh, not from
man.
2
Corinthians 3:5-6
not that we are
competent in
ourselves to consider anything as coming
from ourselves,
but our
competence is from Yahweh. He has made
us
competent to be servants of a new
covenant, not of the
letter, but
of
the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the
Spirit gives
life.
What
is our
protection against deception?
2
Timothy 3:13-17
But evil men and
impostors will grow
worse and worse, deceiving and
being deceived. But
you
must continue in the things which you
have learned and
been assured of, knowing from whom you have
learned
them, and that from
childhood you have known the Holy
Scriptures,
which are able to
make you wise for
salvation through faith which is in
Messiah
Yahshua. All
Scripture is given by inspiration of
Yahweh, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction,
for instruction in
righteousness, that the man
of Yahweh may be
complete, thoroughly equipped for every
good work.
Yahweh wants us to listen to
Him
through His word. Not to
add or take away from
His word.
John
5:24
"Truly, truly, I say to you,
he who hears My word
and believes in Him
who sent Me has everlasting life, and
shall not come into judgment, but
has
passed from death
into life.
Revelation
22:18-19
For I testify to
everyone who hears the words
of the prophecy of this
book: If anyone adds to these
things, Yahweh will add to him
the
plagues that are written
in this
book; and if anyone takes away
from the words
of the book of this prophecy, Yahweh shall take away
his
part from the Book of Life, from
the holy city, and
from the
things
which are written in this book.
In
summation, Yahweh gave us His word that
we may learn from it. True
believers follow scripture, if they are
incorrect in their
understanding they
let scripture correct
them. False teachings creep in when
we start
turning to other sources: so-called experts,
apocryphal
books,
commentaries,
etc.
These are the thoughts and works of men, this is how
racist
teachings and other garbage
sneak into the ekklessia. Someone was
not satisfied
with what scripture
says so they went looking for
something
else and Satan was ready to give them what they
wanted.
Others disagree with scripture and start
throwing out
entire books of the
Bible, many will do
anything so that "their"
doctrines will not
be
contradicted. WHAT DO YOU
BELIEVE? Yahweh's inspired word
or
some fable created by
man?
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