how can you trust anyone to teach ou God's Word if the God's Word says not to trust false preachers & prophets

Question

that's was 1 of the reasons I left Roman Catholic Church and ask God to send me the Holy Spirit to help me de-code what his Word really means. Sola Scriptura [By Scripture Alone]

Answer 1

You have to trust the Holy Spirit to give you discerment to know that you are being taught the truth. It has to line up with the word, and the truth always will.

Answer 2

thats pretty much what i did
i found it most helpfull when you come across a quote people will throw now and again to read the whole chapter ,it often means the oppisite of the selective quotes reason for quoting it
i also was free to read other scriptures such as the koran ,and marybaker eddie and the gnostics ,swedenborg and infinite other holy texts and study guides
concordances are a must ,also speak to the many other religions and believers ,they are all so helpfull and a very good source of quotes to read and digest with new open eyes
i drifted away from people this is a big disadvantage in only studieing the words ,keep people in your life ,real living people not just the words of the prophetts god sent to many men
in the end realise the church is allways changing ,that negative you now percieve may turn into a positive in time
the companion ship of people is needed in the end
better the belief system you were born into in the long run
i was told as a child i didnt need to read the word ,but then when i finally found it had no belief but the word
this is where i am lacking now ,i have drifted so far from any specific belief i respect them all yet wish i could enjoin one that i can say this is my belief ,alas i found god but god loves common-union and no one belief accepts the other this i hope will change in time
but this is in gods time alone
i love all the suns of light the father sent to enlighten man
but jesus stands supreeme but not as a god replacement
he taught us about our father
for this i love him
but the father created the sun for this i love him more.

Answer 3

You can trust the one that teaches (preaches) directly from the bible.

A good teacher of the bible will have also studied cultures and history surrounding the time in the bible that he or she is teaching.

This way you can get a feel for what was going on in the cities surrounding the writers and why they were dealing with particular issues and not others.

I suggest a small non denominational church that teaches directly out of the bible. I have also been to a General baptist church that the pastors teach and preach directly from the bible.

Anytime a pastor or teacher states the bible says one thing but they believe it means another, be very wary of that person. Another more suble way that man puts his own agenda into preaching is when they stress one part of scripture as more important than another. All of it is important or it wouldnt be in there.

Answer 4

If you are asking the Holy Spirit is not going to be by Scripture alone.
if you wanted by scripture alone you will never make it.
the Scriptures were written thousand of years ago for other cultures and we have no idea what the meaning is with out reading and studying those cultures.
Also in the Gospels you will find that Christ walk the earth teaching his disciples so much that they themselves tell us that there will be not enough books to write about it all.
The Gospels were written base on the tradition of the apostles and the old testament was first spoken before it was written.

Answer 5

Timothy 3:15

"if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth."

Timothy is reffering to the Roman Catholic Church which Christ founded on St. Peter, on whom he said that the Gates of hell would NEVER prevail against, the only church to survive for close to 2000 years!! Protestants don't have a central authority, that is why they have over 30,000 denominations!! while theCatholic church is ONE>

Answer 6

The funny thing about truth is you have to be pure your self to see it. So I suggest you pray like anything to want to know The Absolute truth and He dose reveal. Go to www.essene.org for the Truth on Christ. You should read and pray and then make your decision. King Constantine took out so much from the bible and Paul messed everything up. He is proclaiming the word of Jesus who he never even met. This is the truth and believe this message is coming through me from God to you Do not fear, only seek truth and you Will get that but you have to discern. Don't stop look for truth.

Answer 7

Latin Vulgate
Douay-Rheims Bible

Second Epistle Of Saint Peter
Chapter 2

1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there shall be among you lying teachers, who shall bring in sects of perdition, and deny the Lord who bought them: bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their riotousnesses, through whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you. Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their perdition slumbereth not. 4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but delivered them, drawn down by infernal ropes to the lower hell, unto torments, to be reserved unto judgment

11 Whereas angels who are greater in strength and power, bring not against themselves a railing judgment. 12 But these men, as irrational beasts, naturally tending to the snare and to destruction, blaspheming those things which they know not, shall perish in their corruption, 13 Receiving the reward of their injustice, counting for a pleasure the delights of a day: stains and spots, sporting themselves to excess, rioting in their feasts with you: 14 Having eyes full of adultery and of sin that ceaseth not: alluring unstable souls, having their heart exercised with covetousness, children of malediction

Answer 8

Everyone is not a false preacher or prophet. When in doubt, pray about it. Fasting and praying gives results or answers.

Answer 9

Do your research, i did research on Jehovah's Witnesses and found they are false prophets according to when Charles T. Russell their first leader said the world was going to end in 1914!! DO YOUR RESEARCH!

Answer 10

It's one reason I left religion. I studied the Bible myself. But then moved on when, reading for myself, I realized that I no longer believed in any of it.