[small voice in the wilderness]

There have been MANY posts, Judith Anne. Mostly flying over your head, but we will try with this one.

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth". (2 Timothy 2:15).

well let's see. It says to STUDY God's Word. It says a WORKMAN. That would a person who STUDIES GOD'S WORD, in order to do the work that is pleasing to God. It says the Word of Truth is to be rightly divided.

What it DOESN'T say;

the Catholic Church would teach you or ask your priest for clarification.

evidently, God believes that IF we have the Holy Spirit residing in us (and we DO, IF we're saved), that He gives us ability to understand God's Word.

Get it? Can you follow that?

[Judith Anne]

Sure. What happens when we, in the presence and under the guidance of the Holy Spirit in prayer, come to different understandings of the SAME SCRIPTURE?

Who judges? Not you, as far as I am concerned.