“When I have questions, I go to my pastor...”
Many years ago, my Dad’s boss stopped by my Dad’s desk to introduce him to his, the boss’s pastor. In the course of the conversation the pastor asked, ‘Do you know who I am? I am the man who, when the other pastors in this city have a question about what the Bible says, they come to me.’ My Dad’s response, ‘Do you know who I am? I am the man, when I have a question about what the Bible says, I ask the Holy Spirit!’ And so ended the conversation rather abruptly, as my Dad’s boss hustled his pastor off to lunch.
the pastor might have pointed out that if 1,000 people ask the Holy Spirit to answer the same petition to each of them personally, and only one answer can be correct.......well, I think that you can figure out how many different interpretations that there would be...HENCE, protestantism. Catholics, on the other hand, realize that the Holy Spirit speaks mainly through the Catholic church and thus, they all get the same CORRECT answer......see how easy it is???