09/04/22 USE ONLY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT

09/04/22 USE ONLY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT

If a "Christian's" life does not conform to New Testament standards, then that person should not be a source of Biblical or spiritual training. This is why God calls, equips, anoints, empowers, approves, sends pastors.

When people sidestep God's order they are likely to be misled and the cause of others being led astray from God's truth. This is true for the "self made Bible scholar" in the local church, who chooses to be self taught rather than submit to the leading, discipline and authority of an actually trained and proven pastor, and it also true for the myriad of "teachers" on the public scene, which have veered from Biblical and Historical Christianity and are now teaching a plethora of false doctrines.

The Bible refers to the people as false teachers, false prophets, empty clouds and even as "angels of light,) pointing out that they bring false light.

Come back to the New Testament standard. God appoints pastors to lead, feed, protect, care for the flock of believers. The sheep follow the shepherd, not the other way around.