Annie's behavior is much more readily likened to that of Jesus or one of the apostles than a Pharisee.
MEGoody wrote: “Making the claim that God’s word does not apply to people today is certainly in direct opposition to what scripture teaches. From a scriptural perspective, the writer of this article would be much more like the false teachers scripture warns of than Jesus. Therefore, calling the person who said this writing was ‘of the devil’ a Pharisee shows a complete lack of scriptural underestanding.
“Annie’s behavior is much more readily likened to that of Jesus or one of the apostles than a Pharisee.”
Scripture means “writing.” Scripture is written. The writers were human beings. The translators were human beings. The readers and interpreters are human beings.
The Reformation that distinguished Protestant Christianity from the Catholic Church was precisely on the right of individuals to read and interpret scripture free from the dictated interpretations of a self-anointed and self-perpetuating clergy.
God gave me the power to read, write, interpret and think. I am neither more nor less empowered by God to read and contemplate the meaning and applicability of scripture than any other human being gifted with an independent soul and a free will by our Creator.
Those who deny this freedom are, as I said, committing the same sin the Pharisees did when Jesus taught them a new interpretation of existing scriptures.
Neil