Christians Need to Become Biblicists
By Dr. Ken
Matto
When I mention “The Bible” I
am referring to the King James Bible not the modern versions which are a prison
unto themselves.
Definition of Biblicist in
the 1913 Webster Dictionary “One skilled in the knowledge of the Bible; a
demonstrator of religious truth by the Scriptures.”
The Free
Dictionary states “a person who strictly follows the teachings of the Bible.”
The majority of
Christians are slaves to theological systems because all churches are based upon
a theological system.
Believe it or
not, modern Christianity is not based upon the teachings of Scripture but is
based on the skewed teachings which are taken from the Bible in its purest form
and then run through a collator of a theological system thus creating the
teachings for whichever the interpreter wants.
All one has to do is look at the subject of end times and you will find
many interpretations of the end times.
A preacher once told me that there is Scripture which backs up the
pre-tribulation view, the mid-tribulation view, and the post-tribulation view.
Can someone tell me how the Bible endorses three different return dates
for the Lord Jesus Christ? If he is
coming back mid-trib, then the other two are wrong.
If he is coming back post-trib than the other two are wrong.
If he is coming back pre-trib then the other two are wrong.
Do you see the problem with relegating your beliefs to a theological
system? Each one claims they have
the truth and can prove it, yet they all differ from each other.
So how do you come to the actual truth?
In other words, we need to celebrate the Passover except in a different
format. If we are to come to truth,
then we need to pass over all these theological systems and go directly to the
Bible which is what God ultimately intended for all his believers.
For God is not the author of confusion, but of
peace, as in all churches of the saints. (1 Corinthians 14:33)
Theological systems are the sources of all confusion
within Christianity. Each one is
different than the others therefore they all cannot be true.
Theological systems are based upon a “round peg in a square hole”
philosophy. Theological systems
force their beliefs upon the Bible and then twist scriptures to adapt to their
beliefs. For example, let’s look at
some really aberrant teachings within Christianity.
Willful Sin Cult
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have
received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery
indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. (Hebrews 10:26-27)
They teach that if a person receives the knowledge of
the truth and continues to sin, then they are no longer able to be saved.
Verse 26 does not say they became saved and then continued in sin but
that they just received the knowledge of the truth which is there is no
sacrifice for sin except the Lord Jesus Christ.
Let me tell you how bogus this teaching is.
I will use myself as an example.
I first heard the true Gospel when I was 12 years old and did not get
saved till I was 27. Believe me, I
did a lot of willful sin in those 15 years but according to this cult, I should
not have been able to be saved because I continued on in my sin for 15 more
years.
Water Baptism
Saves
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every
one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. (Acts 2:38)
This verse is the capstone of those who advocate the
concept that water baptism saves.
Peter responded to them, not in the letter of the law concerning some kind of
offering instead he responds with the Gospel message. The first thing he tells
them that they must repent. Repentance is an act whereby your mind is changed
about something which leads to a lifestyle commensurate with that change of
mind. The word “repent” in the Greek is in the Imperative Mood which means it is
a command and not an option. Repentance is not something that is done before the
moment of salvation but repentance is simultaneous with salvation. Repentance is
never initiated by man but by God. In
meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give
them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; (2 Timothy 2:25) A person
being spiritually dead would be unable to do any type of work for salvation. We
find in 2 Timothy 2:25 that God is the one who gives repentance so the truth may
be acknowledged. Only one that is saved will be able to acknowledge the truth.
Then Peter states that a person must be baptized in the
name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sin. This is not speaking of water
baptism because there is no way that water baptism can ever remove sins from a
person and initiate salvation. The baptism which is in view is not water baptism
but it contains two elements.
Know ye not, that so many of us as
were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? (Romans 6:3)
The first element is being baptized into the death of Christ. Now this is
not speaking of water baptism but the fact that we are baptized into Christ
through the spiritual rebirth. That baptism into Christ affects us by giving us
a death to the things of the world. We read that we were baptized into His
death. When Christ went to the cross, He died for the sins of His Elect but He
also showed us that He died to the things of the world. This thought is carried
from verse 2 concerning the death of the believer to the things which oppose
true Christianity. God forbid. How shall
we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? (Romans 6:2) The
baptizing that we receive is a uniting of the believer into Christ and into the
death of the magnetism and performance of sin. Water baptism is just an outward
sign of what happens inwardly when someone becomes saved and has no significance
in salvation.
Then Peter goes on to preach that it is to be done in
the name of Jesus. These are not just words which are appended to our prayers
but the name of Jesus carries with it all the authority of Heaven and the power
of Eternal God. For one to be in the name of Jesus, they must be saved by
Christ. This is why Peter states that these things must be done in the name of
Christ because only He has the authority to save someone. For if a person is
granted repentance by God and is baptized into the death of Christ and in the
name of Christ, the second element is they are given the gift of the Holy Spirit
to indwell them eternally. Christians are made alive unto the things of God by
means of the indwelling Holy Spirit but those in worldly religions are
attempting to reach God while remaining dead in their sins.
God is a
Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in
spirit and in truth. (John 4:24)
This is how we truly worship God. Once we are saved, we have the Spirit
of God indwelling us and that is how we worship Him in spirit and in truth
because the Holy Spirit leads us into all truth. (Howbeit
when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he
shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall
he speak: and he will show you things to come. (John 16:13)
Once we become a person who is spiritually alive, then we worship God the
biblical way and not the religious way.
Baby
Dedication
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and
the fruit of the womb is his reward. (Psalm 127:3)
This is one of the verses used in baby dedication which
means that the parents present the baby in front of the church and dedicate it
to the Lord. It sounds religious
but has absolutely no spiritual benefit.
There is nothing to indicate if that child is going to become saved in
which they will be dedicated to the Lord by means of salvation or if they never
become saved they will be dedicated to Satan.
Baby dedication is just another “feel good” ritual.
Grave Sucking
And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that,
behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the
sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of
Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. (2 Kings 13:21)
This has got to
be one of the most aberrant beliefs ever taught in the church.
It is called “grave sucking” where a person lays upon the grave of a
famous Christian pastor or teacher or evangelist and then a transfer takes
place, the anointing of that dead person is then transferred to the person
laying on top of the grave. This is
satanic to the core and this is how low many Christians have sunk.
2 Kings 13:21 is the verse they point to for validation of this macabre
act. Here is a full article on it:
Once a saved
person dies then their soul goes to be with God instantly and their body then
decomposes in the grave. There is
no anointing or any spiritual power in a dead body.
This is nothing but occultism.
Soaking Prayer
Starting in the
1990s there has been a tremendous interest in mysticism within the Christian
church. Soaking prayer is no
exception. Soaking prayer is when a
Christian sits down in solitude and may have some background music on and then
just sits there and attempts to empty their mind and then when they feel a
tingling, a sensation of hot or cold, or a gentle breeze blowing through them,
then they believe that God is present with them and they are to sit there and
just soak in God’s presence. This
is satanic in nature because if you read about people that have had demonic
encounters, they will have temperature inversions, touched by demons even
scratched, there is also wind present which gives the demonic entity a presence,
and then soaking prayer with your mind going blank makes it open season for
satanic suggestion. Nowhere in
Scripture is a person of faith to ever let their mind go blank.
We pray using words and a focus of our prayers if for a specific reason.
We are to be thankful, seek the Lord, ask about our ministry, etc.
We never sit with a blank mind because then how will you ever communicate
with God if we never say a word or if demonic interference is present?
I have given 5
examples of how far the church has sunk simply because they have forsaken the
Bible and would rather subject themselves to the false theological systems which
are now getting worse in the modern church.
The Bible is used not to learn and study but it is used as an instrument
to prove aberrant teachings in false churches and that is why modern versions
are so desired because they go right along with every false teaching.
What are the Positive Aspects of Becoming a
Biblicist?
When one forsakes the life of living within the prison
walls of a theological system there are many positive things which take place
within the believer’s life. I wish
to give you some of the encouraging things that take place.
Becoming a Biblicist is for any Christian at any stage in their walk.
One can be saved 1 year or 50 years and can enjoy the great benefits of
becoming a Biblicist. When you
become a Biblicist it transfers to you from the pages of Scripture the real
teachings of the Bible without any filtering through a theological system.
Freedom
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make
you free. (John 8:32)
The word “free” in this verse carries with it the
meaning of “liberate.” What are we
liberated from? When Christ went to
the cross all the Jews at that time were liberated from keeping the law just as
all those who became saved and would become saved in the future.
No longer did the Jews have to keep the law of Moses since Christ
fulfilled all the demands of God’s righteous law.
The Jews actually became free in 33 A.D. but chose to remain in bondage.
The same situation exists today in Christianity.
Ask any Christian how they understand the things of God and they will all
claim they get it from the Bible.
No they don’t! A very small
percentage of Christians actually study the Bible, not just read it but study
it. The great majority get their
understandings from prophecy books, theology books, media ministers, their home
church, friends in a Bible study who just parrot what they read.
I know because when I became saved the first thing I did was buy
theological materials at a Christian bookstore and then filtered my biblical
understanding through them. So I
speak from experience when I state that most Christians get their understanding
from their chosen theological systems.
I was a theological slave to dispensationalism and I did not realize it.
The time of my liberation came in 1986 when I rejected my usage of the
New American Standard Bible and then started using the King James Bible.
I started studying the Scriptures according to the
Scriptures and found out that the beliefs I held were diametrically opposed to
the Scriptures. The subjects that
the Bible debunks were the core beliefs of dispensationalism such as the
pre-trib rapture, the millennial reign of Christ, modern Israel was a
fulfillment of the promise of God for the Jews to come back to the land, who the
Antichrist is, the tribulation period, etc.
The fact that the Bible completely rejects the teachings of
dispensationalism became a time of deliverance from an erroneous theological
system. Now as I continue to study
the Bible alone, the Scriptures which were forced to create some type of
theological system now became understandable within the context of the entire
Bible. I was free to connect Bible
verses which were forbidden under the prison walls of dispensationalism.
For example the Christian Zionists are ecstatic that there are plans for
a third temple. When I studied this
further, according to the Scriptures, I found out the third temple was being
built since the time of Christ. Let
me show you:
First Temple – Solomon’s
Second Temple – Zerubbabel
Third Temple built after the sacrifice of Christ:
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and
that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? (1 Corinthians 3:16)
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the
Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your
own? (1 Corinthians 6:19)
When I was dispensationalist I was looking for the Third
Temple to be built in Jerusalem but once you study the Scriptures, you find that
Christ has been building the third temple for 4,000 years when you factor in the
believers in both the Old and New Testaments.
Scriptures
Open Up
Once you stop filtering the Bible through theological
systems, the Scriptures open up because your spiritual mind has been liberated
to accept biblical truth outside the parameters of whatever system you have been
freed from. How many times have you
heard Christians blame themselves because someone they witnessed to had died
unsaved? I have heard that
countless number of times. They
claim if they would have just witnessed more the person would have accepted the
Lord. Here is another liberating
teaching from Scripture. Many
Christians feel guilty because someone died unsaved and they believed that it
was up to them to bring them into the kingdom by consistent witness.
The Bible removes that mindset by teaching us the
condition of man before salvation.
And you, being dead in your sins and the
uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having
forgiven you all trespasses; (Colossians 2:13)
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us
together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) (Ephesians 2:5)
The Bible clearly teaches that a person is spiritually
dead and no Christian has the ability to raise the dead.
Lazarus was physically dead and did he raise himself?
No, the Lord Jesus Christ raised him from the dead.
The reason this is so liberating because when I witness to a person or
send a tract or give money to a tract producing ministry that sends them all
over the world, my responsibility is done and God’s responsibility begins.
If that person behind me reads the bumper stickers on my car then they
have been witnessed to and if they do not become saved, my job was done.
My job is to present the gospel whether by voice or by written word or
supporting legitimate ministries and it is God’s responsibility to save them.
If they do not become saved, it is not because I didn’t witness to them
but they were not the Elect of God.
Free will is a prison and causes people to think it is up to them to make
converts. The words “make
disciples” is not found in the Bible simply because we do not make them, God
does! Once we understand this truth
there is no guilt on our part if someone we witnessed to dies unsaved.
It removes a lot of remorse from a Christian to know that if they
witnessed to a person, they fulfilled their responsibility.
Satan likes to use that guilt and literally push Christians into
depression rendering them unusable in ministry.
Biblical
Understanding Increases
Once you breach the parameters of a theological system
and extract studies from the Bible alone, your biblical understanding will soar.
Not only will your biblical understanding increase mightily, once you
establish a truth you will be unable to be moved from it.
When I was a young Christian I heard people speak in tongues and even
inquired at a ministry as to why tongues were needed.
One man said to me “That’s evidence of the Holy Spirit.”
I was saved about a year when I received that answer but in the following
years I started to investigate the subject of tongues from the Scriptures alone.
I had found out that tongues in the Scriptures were legitimate,
established languages. When you
compare modern tongues to the biblical tongues, they are totally opposite.
Biblical tongues in both Acts and 1 Corinthians were established
languages but modern tongues is nothing but gibberish and is of no value because
they are obviously satanic in nature.
Oh but the charismatics claim it is heavenly language.
The Bible answers that in Acts 2 there were seventeen languages mentioned
and they were all established languages at that time.
They were languages spoken here on earth not Heaven but where does
gibberish of modern tongues originate?
No one knows except there have been missionaries that have heard speech
like that in heathen tribes and even Roman Catholics have spoken in tongues.
So you know if unbelievers are doing it, then it is not of the Holy
Spirit. Since I have done the
studies from the Scriptures on this, no one can change my beliefs about modern
tongues knowing it is all fake.
No Longer
Ruled by the Teachings and Interpretations of Men
Once you begin to take your studies from the Bible, then
the interpretations and teachings of men now become filtered through the Bible.
You can listen to the pastor or listen to a media minister armed with
your Bible. You are no longer at
the mercy of their interpretations.
If they say something in line with the Bible then you can agree but if they
stray from truth, then you can reject it based upon the Scriptures.
The Bible is the only authority a Christian needs.
I remember some years ago a man asked Ravi Zacharias a question
concerning the Roman Catholic Church.
He asked if the Roman Catholic Church was a cult?
Ravi took him around in circles and never gave him a straight answer.
The answer is simple, it is because it is a cult of the Virgin.
There have been many virgin cults down through the ages such as:
1. Isis - Egypt
2. Shing Moo - China
3. Parameta - Hindu (many others also)
4. Diana - Ephesians
5. The Celestial Virgin - Blavatsky - New Age
6. Mary - Roman Catholicism
7. Hestia - Greece
8. Vesta - Rome
9. Ishtar - Babylon
So as we can
see that Roman Catholicism is a cult because it lines up with the other virgin
cults from ancient times right up to the present.
For
there is one God, and one
mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; (1 Timothy 2:5)
There is only one mediator between God and man and that is the Lord Jesus
Christ, not Mary as the Roman Catholic Church teaches.
Mary is not mentioned after Acts 1:14.
If she was a co-redeemer with Christ, then she should have been mentioned
further on in the New Testament.
See how the Bible refutes the idea of a virgin cult!
Understanding
the Bible from God’s Point of View
One of the
major mistakes that many Christians make is that they look and understand the
Bible from their point of view.
When God gave us the Bible, he did so for the express purpose of changing our
understandings to God’s teachings and not to use the Bible to enforce our own
preconceived beliefs. It is a shame
that Christians look to their desires, emotions, and feelings as the filters for
their biblical understanding. God
gave us the Bible so we would understand his viewpoints on many different
subjects. Let me give a major
example of this. How many times
have you heard some Christians proclaim that they are “sinners saved by grace?”
The reality is that we were saved by grace from a life of sin and
salvation happened only one time in our life.
Christians who continue to proclaim themselves as sinners are being
arrogantly humble. Christ did not
go to the cross to make us sinners but went to the cross to take his Elect from
sinner to Saint. Nowhere in the
Scriptures does God ever refer to his redeemed children as sinners.
The term “sinners” is applied to unbelievers only.
But the men of Sodom
were wicked and sinners before
the LORD exceedingly. (Genesis 13:13)
Notice the term “sinners” is used to describe the wicked men of Sodom.
Now of course some biblically illiterate person will
come at you and in a belittling manner and ask you, “does that mean you don’t
sin anymore?” The difference in
being a wicked sinner like the men of Sodom and sinning after salvation is a
wide gulf. The unregenerate sinner,
if they die without salvation, will be cast into everlasting damnation. The
redeemed Saint in Christ when they sin have had all their sins paid for plus
they no longer live a life of sin.
The unbeliever goes from sin to sin but the believer goes from faith to faith.
Now how does God view the believer?
Remember the Bible is written from God’s point of view and not ours.
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should
shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his
marvellous light: (1 Peter 2:9)
To the saints and faithful brethren in
Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Colossians 1:2)
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall
overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are
with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. (Revelation 17:14)
When we look at these three representative verses, do we
find the term “sinner” compatible with any of these descriptions of the redeemed
believer in Christ? The answer is
no! Those Christians who walk
around claiming they are just “sinners saved by grace” are making it easier for
them to justify their sin.
For as he thinketh in his heart, so
is he: Eat and drink, saith he
to thee; but his heart is not
with thee. (Proverbs 23:7) If
they continue to think they are still sinners, they will act on those beliefs
but if they realize God has made them Saints, then they will have a hard time
finding affinity with this world and its sin traps.
If we think like a sinner, we will act like a sinner.
If we think like a Saint, we will act like a Saint.
I once debated a pastor who used the term “sinner saved
by grace” and stated it was false humility.
He rejected my analysis and but he believed that drinking Highballs and
women wearing short skirts was Christian Liberty.
There it is, as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.
God sees his children in Christ as redeemed Saints on the way home and
never classifies them as sinners because that would be an affront to the Lord
Jesus Christ’s sacrifice on Calvary.
Saints are on their way to Heaven and sinners to hell.
This is what I mean interpreting the Bible as God meant it to be
interpreted, void of all man’s fallacious notions.
We only Need
One Source for all Truth
The Bible is the only authority not the final authority!
If Christianity is to be united, it must stop compartmentalizing itself.
God gave us the Bible to guide us into all truth but it was man who
turned it into a theological sourcebook.
We need to look at the Bible as God’s Holy Word to his children and not
31,102 verses of proof texts to endorse what I want to believe.
God’s word solves all the theological problems and confusion created by
men. The Bible needs to be our only
source for truth and understanding.
Once we adopt a Bible Only understanding, confusion and chaos will disappear and
our understanding will open up. The
Holy Spirit penned the Scriptures, not theological systems.
Those are man’s blunders.
This is not to say that reference books are not helpful like Bible dictionaries,
Bible almanacs, Bible maps, Bible handbooks, or Bible guides.
God gave us the method to interpret the Bible and that is comparing
Scripture with Scripture.
Which things also we speak, not in the
words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing
spiritual things with spiritual. (1 Corinthians 2:13)
Comparing the Bible with
newspapers, prophecy moguls and their prison interpretations, news broadcasts,
TV news, etc. are not spiritual and anyone who looks at secular sources and
tries to apply their findings to the Scriptures will never come to truth.
Ever learning, and never able to
come to the knowledge of the truth. (2 Timothy 3:7)
This is why there are so many false interpretations out there but it
doesn’t have to be that way.
What are the Negative Aspects of Becoming a
Biblicist?
Just as there are tremendous positive aspects about
being a Biblicist, there are also some negative aspects that you will have to
get used to because others will come against you.
You will be
Misunderstood
Many Christians will think you are trying to tear down
their belief systems when in essence you are trying to improve their biblical
understanding. They will believe
that you are trying to get them to have faith in some cultic belief systems when
in reality you are trying to get them to transfer their understanding from man’s
words to God’s words. The majority
of Christians you speak with will misunderstand your motives simply because
theological systems have been around for 2,000 years and the great majority of
Christians have come to place their trust in them not realizing they have short
circuited their belief horizon and have placed serious limitations on their
understandings along with many false understandings.
Accused of
Being a Know It All
You will be listening to something some preacher or
media minister will be saying and if it doesn’t line up with Scripture, you will
definitely challenge the teaching from the Scriptures.
Then those who hear you will categorize you as a know it all simply
because you are pointing out a discrepancy between the teaching and the Bible.
I have more understanding than all
my teachers: for thy testimonies are
my meditation. (Psalm 119:99)
The Lord didn’t put this verse in the Bible to make arrogant people but he put
it there to confirm that if you study the Bible and some teacher is quoting or
teaching from man’s words, then your understanding will surpass theirs by means
of learning from the Bible.
A
Troublemaker
This is probably the most used moniker given to Bible
based Christians. If your church
teaches something which is contrary to the Bible and you challenge those
teachings, then you will be considered a troublemaker and most likely escorted
out the door. The reality is that
those who dispense false teachings are the ones who are the real troublemakers.
A situation like that happened back in the Old Testament.
17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah,
that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? 18
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house,
in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed
Baalim. (1 Kings 18:17-18)
Ahab had exchanged the worship of the true God with the
worship of the false god Baal. When
Elijah confronted Ahab, Ahab asks Elijah if he was the one who is troubling
Israel? Then Elijah responded that
it was Ahab who troubled Israel by forsaking the commandments of the LORD and
following Baal. The same situation
has happened in the church whereby much of the teaching has replaced the Bible
and in its place is man’s teachings.
So those who do not teach the Bible or create wrong interpretations of
the Bible are actually troubling the church because they have forsaken the
commandments of the LORD which is the Bible for the teachings of men.
A
Non-Conformist
If you are ever called a non-conformist then you are in
good company. That is exactly how
the Pilgrims were viewed by the clergy of the Church of England.
The Pilgrims would not conform to unbiblical teachings so they moved to
the Netherlands and then on to America.
True Christianity is supposed to conform to the Bible and not to anything
else including theological systems.
This is why God gave us the Scriptures.
The reality is that those who do not conform to the Scriptures are the
actual non-conformists and not those who adhere to the Scriptures.
Then Peter and the
other apostles answered and
said, We ought to obey God rather than men. (Acts 5:29)
Peter knew that obedience to God must always eclipse obedience to man.
Summary
This study was penned for the purpose of showing
Christians how far Christianity has strayed from the actual teachings of
Scripture. If Christianity is to
become strong again in this world, it needs to place biblical teachings above
man’s desires, preferences, and emotions.
It is very hard to find any media ministry which is not compromised and I
included non-charismatics as well.
The vast majority of churches are compromised in
that they have adopted theological systems and replaced the true word of
God with Roman Catholic counterfeits called versions.
It is imperative that the individual Christian must do their own biblical
studies and not leave it to others.
Reading a theology or prophecy book is not doing true Bible study.
There must be no man-made filters between the Bible and your
understanding. If the Bible states
election, then it is election. If
the Bible speaks about everlasting punishment, then it is everlasting
punishment. If the Bible states
that marriage after divorce is adultery, then it is adultery.
Changing the word of God or softening the word of God so it does not
sound offensive is akin to adding or subtracting to the word of God which
carries eternal penalties. In the
Middle Ages when the Reformers were bringing the truth it was “Thus Saith The
LORD.” Today it is “let me check my
12 translations and then think about what is in view.” If you are going to be
strong in the LORD, then you must adhere to the Bible alone no matter what
others think of you or accuse you of.
It was Christ who died for you, not your pastor or your best friend.
Serving the LORD requires you to serve him in truth and if you know the
truth of Scripture, you have been freed up to accomplish whatever task he gives
you.
Remember John 8:32 again:
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make
you free. (John 8:32)
The word “free” in John 8:32 also carries with it the meaning of “liberate.” To be a truly liberated Christian, the Bible must be your only source of truth whether others accept you or not.