What you don't realize is the fatal flaw in your belief system is that the person sitting next to you does the same and draws different conclusions about the same set of scriptures. Which one of you is right and how do you go about proving it? Which one of you is truly following the Spirit with in them and why should any of us trust or believe anything you have to say?
Fair question...Don't know if I can answer...I'll try...
I believe there are a couple of keys to understanding scripture...Here's one:
2Pe 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation.
I do my best NOT to interpret scripture...But yet, I do my best to believe it...Even if I don't understand it, I believe it...God will show me in due time...
Don't change it...Don't add or subtract words...Pay attention to the little words...
And:
2Ti 2:15 Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Study, and rightly divide the word of truth...If you can't find the divisions, you won't get it...
There are no contradiction in the bible...If you find a contradiction, you missed a division...Go and study and pray more...
If I come upon a stranger (and I have) who believes as I do, we are generally in full agreement with what the bible says...
Thank you for saying that. It was in my head but I don't feel well and I couldn't express myself well.