Everyone is an Authority

When it comes to getting an authoritarian word regarding most matters, we look for someone who has knowledge, experience, history, and practice. But not “Christianity.” In that realm, everyone is an authority, regardless of what they believe or have experienced or practice.

Fortunately, genuine Christianity has a clear, comprehensive, practical guidebook, and an indwelling Spirit who teaches, convicts, convinces and controls. Everything else is just guesses, speculation, and foolishness.

For example (and I am indebted to the world’s greatest musician for this illustration), if you say you are married to someone, and you are living in the same house, yet you fail to talk to that person daily, or think often of them during the week, or spend time with them in an intimate relationship, can that really be called a marriage? (Requires a little introspection, perhaps?) Society is attempting to redefine what it means to be married. But the “rules” for marriage are clear and unmistakable in Scripture (the basis of understanding Christianity). In the same manner, society is always in the process of trying to re-define the “Bride of Christ,” and to make such an attempt is to violate the Truth that is the foundation for Christianity in the first place, and continues to confuse the issue for folks.

One can believe (not that they should) whatever they want. But just saying, or believing something, does not make it so. Christianity is subject to it’s creator (Jesus Christ) and His Word,  His design, and His requirements. Thinking, feeling or believing otherwise is just foolishness.