[SoothingDave]

I dismissed the message as self-evidently nonsense. If Scripture was “self-interpreting” there would be no chaos of a thousand different sects, with conflicting beliefs, all just following the Bible.

If one Bible believer sees free will and another sees predestination, which one is right? Both are sincere and both claim to be led by the Spirit.

Which one really is?

The answer seems to me to be “whichever one I agree with is authentically led by the Spirit and the other is corrupted by his sin nature, or the ‘wisdom of man.’”

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If I saw no need of an “infallible magisterium” or “pope” I would be less critical of the RCC. The fact that the magisterium meets and the Pope issues “updates” tells me there are conflicting beliefs in the RCC, where we are told that there is no chaos. The RCC is most assuredly “self-interpreting” the Bible. The only difference is they declare men “infallible” and accept whatever these deceivers decide the Bible says. That's called controlled chaos where I come from. It's called “the faithful” where the RCC comes from.