There may be some confusion over what is meant when I said
I don't listen to the teaching of any man, just God's word.
This simply means I do not place tradition or one mans words above Scripture. There’s a big difference that may have been poorly worded. God's word is the final authority. It is how God has decided to reveal Himself to us over the generations. I will always hear out others, but I'm not letting any word go above God's word from Scripture. This is simply iron sharpening iron. This is not division this is discussion.
What I asked you for was simple:
a single verse from Scripture that teaches humans can choose good on their own or contribute to salvation.
Instead of showing Scripture, you are now saying:
Brother/sister, Scripture is God’s Word.
We do not hear God by bypassing Scripture. He hear Him through Scripture (2 Tim. 3:16–17).
If a doctrine cannot be demonstrated from the Bible, then it must not be taught (Deut. 4:2; Mark 7:7–13).
I’m not asking for your tradition.
I’m not asking for Protestant or Catholic teaching.
I’m simply asking:
Where does the Bible teach what you believe?
Chapter and verse.
If you cannot answer that, then please just say so.
Because “go ask God” is not a biblical substitute for Scripture that we have already been given.
When you say
“Just ask God directly. He is above Scripture, right?”
This is a theological error.
God is not “above Scripture” in the sense that He contradicts it or replaces it.
Scripture is God's breathed-out Word.
2 Timothy 3:16–17
“All Scripture is God-breathed… that the man of God may be complete.”
Saying “ask God apart from Scripture” is literally what false prophets in the OT did.
Brother/Sister I have to address that we are getting into dangerous spiritual territory if you believe that "Going to God" trumps scripture. That would be an inconsistent God, and our God is not inconsistent.
Deuteronomy 13:1–3 warns
If someone claims revelation “from God” that contradicts what He has spoken, they are not from Him.
God bless you as well.
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