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Originally Posted by Jo S
I can't answer that as far as modern Christian teachers go but I can say that Jesus was given authority by God and the Apostles were given authority by Jesus. We also know that every Christian that has repented and received the Holy Spirit is taught and reminded of God's truth through that indwelling. I believe it's safe to say aiming to have the above presided over your faith is going to be your best bet.
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Along with the above comments, in order to understand the NT it's helpful to understand how the NT uses the OT. The NT says that: 1) God raised Jesus from the dead and gave him glory; and 2) this is in accordance with the OT (Moses, law, prophets, psalms). (it says a lot else but everything follows this)
I know WL & followers would go along with the above statement but they did an idiosyncratic hermeneutic that was fraught with ignorance and supposition. Any who questioned were expelled from their assembly.
An example of a better approach is "The use of Psalms in the Book of Hebrews" by Guy G. Stroumsa. There are literally dozens of such books out there, by people familiar with the Greek and Hebrew, who've done the hard work and opened up a view of contextual (contemporary) understanding of scripture that I have personally found to be very helpful. And note that Stroumsa et al do so within a larger discussion, as we're having here. They don't say, "I'm the seer of the divine revelation and everyone else has to shut up and get in line".
https://www.amazon.com/Psalms-Hebrew.../dp/0567198847