Continued from last episode-


Preamble: There is obvious gross interpretation of the Scripture as a result of the way and manner the Scripture has been studied and read. The inappropriate studying and reading of the Scripture has led to wrong interpretation of the Scripture and that has resulted into wrong application of what the Scripture says.
Anchor Text:

“And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?”

Acts 8:30
Text of Interest:

“But ye have not so learned Christ;”

Ephesians 4:20

So, when one has been inundated with the word of truth, he should get his eyes fixated on what he has been taught by so doing, he will not found himself fumbling in profane and vain babblings. It is because of this Apostle Paul advised Pastor Timothy his progeny in the Lord thus “But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;” (2 Timothy 3:14). This statement above calls for reasoning in the direction of where one learns the truth from. Therefore, truly it matters who you learn from, and of course if you weigh the capability of the man you eat from his table you can’t help but boast of him. Like Apostle Paul boasted that He was taught by Gamaliel who happens to be a doctor of the law in his days. The emphasis here is trust, so one should have an atom of trust on the person who is teaching him in order to build and establish the truth emanating from him.
However, let's look at the benefit in holding fast what one has learned. Apostle Paul indicated in his epistle to the church in Ephesus. “That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;” (Ephesians 4:14). The quotation above says “henceforth be no more children tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine.” So a believer who is taught cannot be tossed about and be carried away with every wind of doctrine, a believer who is not carried away by every wind of doctrine will definitely be able to decipher between the wrong doctrine and the true doctrine. And the true doctrine is the doctrine of Christ.
The adverse effect of being tossed to and fro and being carried by every wind of doctrine is that a believer in that state will become a garbage ground where anything can be dumped by anybody. Whatever he hears is acceptable and he follows because he has built a surface understanding of the Scripture. As a result of shallow understanding of the Scripture in many occasions heated arguments arose between Apostle Paul and certain groups especially the group called circumcision group. These were the advocate of circumcision among the brethren; they believed that everyone should be circumcised for salvation to be completed. Apostle Paul and Barnabas have to confront them and eventually brought the matter before the council of Elders and Apostles. And if not for the intervention of the Elders and Apostles such a cruel and faithless doctrine would have been induced and established among believers today.


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To each his own

Trustme2:
To each his own

This is the major problem misinterpretation of scripture has created, we cannot be on our own expect that we shall all come to the unity of the faith.