I know a Catholic, an evangelical born again Christian, and a Mormon who all study the bible and pray to the Holy Spirit to impart the true meaning of Scripture into them.
Why hasn’t the Holy Spirit yet corrected the other 2 people so all 3 are following the same interpretation of scripture?
I asked the evangelical, if the Holy Spirit teaches you the correct meaning of Scripture and the Catholic is praying to the Holy Spirit to receive the same meaning the Holy Spirit gave you, then why is he still a mormon and not a born again evangelical like you?
His answer? “He is praying to a false Holy Spirt.”
I kid you not.
If the Holy Spirit brought everyone praying to him for the true meaning of Scripture, then over time most Christian denominations would dry up, deprived of followers, and the one “true” faith would remain and most world christians would believe the same thing about faith alone, works, the eucharist, Scripture alone, purgatory, Saints, etc. either most of us would believe or most of us would disbelieve.
The Holy Spirit has has had over 2000 years to give people the true meaning of Scripture, so why are not most of us converging on the one true belief?
Sorry, I meant still a Catholic above, not still a Mormon.
Wrong because that's operating on the assumption that different denominations exist solely because of doctrinal issues and differences in interpretation of Scripture and that is not necessarily the case. It certainly isn't for most of the Christian churches I know of.
The answer is simple....They have not yet accepted the 'milk' of the word of God...
And they are probably racking their brains trying to justify their own religion or they are trying to understand what they are reading...
The key is to believe...If one believe what he is reading is truth because it is from God, God will open the understanding, starting with the 'milk'...
Why do you find that so strange? Mormons don't believe in the Jesus of scripture. They don't even believe in the Trinity. They surely can't be asking the Holy Spirit who is part of the triune God of scripture.