Those who refuse to adhere to the authority of the Church by privately interpreting passages, which is in direct contradiction of the Bible AND the Church, blind themselves and are be the accusers that suggest the Church hid the Scriptures.
And just who made up that circular argument of the Church authority?
Jesus Himself condemned Church authority, but since your not encouraged to read the Bible and allow the Holy Spirit to use it in your life, you probably have no idea what I’m talking about, so I’ll show it to you if your allowed to read it.
Matthew 20:25-27 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
This same command is repeated in Mark 10:42-44, and Luke 22:25-26.
It's words of Christ such as these that your Church would just as soon you never read or ask for an explanation.
The Church is not a building or an organization as you have been taught, it's any group of people who are believers.
Each of us make up the church, and God no longer dwells in building made with hands, but in each believer.
Here are a few scriptures you probably have never read.
Acts 7:48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
John 14:16-18 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Can we only learn from a teacher?
1 John 2: 27. But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
The anointing that John is referring to, is the receiving of the Holy Spirit when we’re born of God.
God never intended for His church to become a Walmart.
JH :)