Respectfully, that was the Lord questioning the religious leaders. We should not be so arrogant as to believe that we have the same genius as our Lord when interpreting the very scripture inspired by Him.
“Respectfully, that was the Lord questioning the religious leaders. We should not be so arrogant as to believe that we have the same genius as our Lord when interpreting the very scripture inspired by Him.”
He argued the same way against the Sadducees. The Apostles argue the same way in the New Testament. Believers, such as Stephen, argue from the scriptures. They point to the scripture and teach from there. They do not point to Rabbanical decrees at any time. And if a genius is required to read the scripture, why is it that Jesus asks them to read the scripture that they can’t possibly understand with their own wisdom?
Actually, we do have the same genius as our Lord when interpreting Scripture. Through faith in Christ, the indwelling Holy Spirit reveals to us spiritually His meaning as He sanctifies us. We have the mind of Christ.
Yes, by The Holy Spirit we do possess the same genius as our LORD. The Bible clearly teaches that we, true Christians, have the mind of Christ and that The Holy Spirit teaches each one of us. Each one of us is not only capable of judging all things but we are responsible to. We must not rely on teachers but rather on The LORD Himself through the Holy Spirit to teach us. When men teach us lies and we accept them without finding out whether the lies they taught us are true or not we will not stand guiltless before The LORD.
All the false religions of the world say "trust us and blindly follow us because we are The Authority", but they are not to be followed blindly. They are good at their deceptions and convince countless to follow them into perdition.
God gave all true Christians the mind of Christ. God expects us to follow His Son directly by learning His truth through His Word which He left us, which he gives each one of us the ability to understand and learn, through the teaching and guidance of The Holy Spirit. We learn from our leaders, once we have gone through the trouble to established by comparing what they have been teaching with The Scripture that they teach truth, but even then what we learn from them God expects us each to verify through Scripture. We are each individually accountable to The LORD for truth.
1Corinthians 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
1Cr 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
1Cr 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.
1Cr 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
1Cr 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.