[boatbums]

Should someone bet their eternal destiny on others just because they think they are smarter than they are? God's word says what it says and the truth is revealed to us through the Holy Spirit. It was written “so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.” (John 20:31). None of these “eminent theologians” you are so enamored with will be standing next to you at your final judgment.

[Steelfish]

Stop right there. “God’s word”

This is where Petrine authority comes in. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry does not get to offer “his”’/”her” authoritative interpretation of God’s “Word” This is the heresy of the Reformation, where we have everyone and their grandmother thinking they can crack open the pages of the Bible and offer us “their” interpretation of “God’s “word.” God’s “word” is also His unwritten words and actions.

Many of these eminent theologians are saints of the Church beginning with early Church fathers who assembled the “books” in the Bible under Petrine authority.