Is it God’s desire for His people, those that He created, to rely upon a third party to interpret His will, or His word, for them? Are there really “experts” in the TRUTH, that have greater authority over your relationship with GOD, and His WORD?
For many generations, the Catholic Church presented the situation as such, and even now it is rare for a Catholic congregation to encourage Bible reading of its parishioners. Even the Parish Priests are subject to a hierarchy of leadership descending from the Pope to the people. Catholics believe that this hierarchy is in accordance with God’s will, and often are perfectly content not to challenge papal decrees.
It was Martin Luther who realized that there was something amiss in this arrangement, and protested. His goal was not to break off from the Catholic Church, rather to inspire reformation within it. The Catholic Church resisted, much as the nation of Israel did, as recorded in Jeremiah chapter 26. Those in leadership would not, yea could not abide relinquishing what they saw as their God-ordained authority. They rebelled against the concept of allowing the plebes to read, and digest THE WORD OF GOD for themselves, and allow their conduct to be aligned to the WILL of GOD, without the guidance of the church hierarchy.
You may wonder if God has spoken in His word, concerning this matter. Well, if Luther had not resisted the status quo, we might not know what God’s judgement is. Due to the ready accessibility of Bibles, in the language of common people, we can read in I Co 13:11, “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”
Just like children must be fed by someone else, they must be dressed, and protected, spiritual infants have no ability to fend for themselves. They seek others to spoon-feed them the greatness of spiritual truth. This feeds right into the prevalent philosophy of the Catholic Church. There are those “experts,” authorized by God to do the spoon-feeding, and the hierarchy of church leadership provides this instruction. This creates a third party system of spiritual relationship between THE CREATOR, and HIS Creation.
My goal is not to belittle, or attack the Catholic Church, I am just using this tangible example to provoke you to critically assess the principals at play.
Likewise, many Americans don’t believe that the US Constitution is understandable to the every-day American. As recently stated by Governor Phil Murphy, of New Jersey, “it is above our pay grade.” (This from someone who pledged to uphold, and defend the US Constitution.) They believe that we must have an “expert” to digest the truths, and principals, and regurgitate them for our consumption. Is that why the United States of America is known as having, “government of the people, by the people, and for the people?”
If America is to be reformed, to be restored, and to prevail in securing the blessings of God in or existence, “WE THE PEOPLE,” must acquaint ourselves with what that US Constitution says, what it requires, and what the average citizen must require from our elected, and appointed officials. They are not our betters, unless we exalt them to that status. They are no more expert on the provisions of our constitution than we can be. They have no more constitutional authority than we, the people give them. Under the constitution, THEY WORK for US, the American people, and if we hold them to account, by God’s grace, America can return to its status before the marxist onslaught began, by American Marxists like Woodrow Wilson, FDR, LBJ, the Clintons, Barak Obama, and now, Joe Biden, (all with lots of help.)
Crucial to a proper understanding of constitutional provision, is a class by “Patriot Academy,” called “Biblical Citizenship.” You can find it at,
https://www.patriotacademy.com/coach/register/1857
God bless you, Dave