When I’m trying to get someone to read my eBook or one of my articles, I’ll often get a reply like this one:
I have to roll my eyes when I get this sort of response because, as spiritual and biblical as it might sound at first glance, when I hear (or read) something like this I know I’m dealing with someone who doesn’t actually care about good exegesis of Scripture at all, but rather they just desperately want to hold on to what they want to believe the Bible teaches.
Why do I say that? Well, first things first, anyone who truly understands the Bible knows that these two verses by John only applied to very specific audiences, neither of which include members of the body of Christ or “orthodox” Christians, as proven from Scripture here.
But secondly, every single Christian I’ve ever heard this sort of statement from disagrees with every single other Christian I’ve ever heard this statement from on the meaning of some part of Scripture, which means that few, if any, of them are actually being led by the Holy Spirit at all, but are really just following their feelings (or are outright lying).
At the end of the day, I’ve learned that none of the Christians who make statements like that one actually understand much of what the Bible says at all, and I’ve been forced to conclude that basically all of them are afraid to read something which might prove the doctrines they hold to so dearly wrong, and they use this assertion as an excuse to avoid having to study to shew themselves approved.