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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!
The Pharisees were quite knowledgeable about scripture, but not knowing the Author very well caused them to err significantly.
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Well, I never said that knowledge was a sufficient condition for being correct. My point was that it helps to weed out all kinds of mistakes, not that it weeds out every kind of mistake. this is why your example doesn't touch my point, which was if people would put more stock in things that could be demonstrated rather than subjective claims of the Spirit doing this or that, we would not have the LC and other sects.
Act 17:2
And according to Paul's custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
1Ti 4:16
Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.