There is only one truth. When I was taken to heaven, like Paul the apostle was, I faced what God meant when He said what He said in scripture. My thoughts, my understanding (what I had been taught), or my interpretation of His Word didnt hold water there. What God meant is what you will face when you go to heaven. You will face Gods thought behind His word and He, being absolute truth, wont be able to change or vary from what He meant on any subject just because you misunderstood, or were taught wrong by well-meaning men who love the Lord. The Holy Spirit is the only teacher who knows Gods thought behind His word. Therefore, we need to understand everything we can about how the Holy Spirit teaches and be open to his teachings. There are over 600 different protestant denominations in the USA. They represent almost 600 different ideas of what the Bible says, in one way or another. The Bible warns many times about the wisdom of men and the fact that we dont think, or reason like God wants us to. We are not to lean to our own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Paul refers to the wisdom of men right before he talks about how the Holy Spirit teaches, in I Corinthians 2. He specifically refers to the wisdom of this world coming to naught in verse six. 1 Corinthians 2:6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
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