{"id":11957,"date":"2018-01-20T10:07:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T18:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=11957"},"modified":"2018-01-20T10:07:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T18:07:24","slug":"the-guy-up-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/20\/the-guy-up-front\/","title":{"rendered":"How well does the guy up front really know his Bible?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11958\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/20\/the-guy-up-front\/preacher-1-20521821\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11958\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11958\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11958\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Preacher-1-20521821.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"1083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Preacher-1-20521821.jpg 750w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Preacher-1-20521821-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Preacher-1-20521821-709x1024.jpg 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just because someone plops himself into a church pulpit, takes some ecclesiastical title and puts on a religious costume doesn&#8217;t mean they knows the Bible very well!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Just because a person stands in a pulpit, leads a church, has a ministry, is on television, or has a website or a YouTube channel doesn&#8217;t mean they know the Bible very well. There are many people who have a deeper and broader knowledge of the word of Elohim who no one has ever heard of. Maybe you&#8217;re such a person!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Luke 13:15, <i>Hypocrite.<\/i><\/b> Yeshua was able to defend his actions and contradict the leader of the synagogue because he knew the Torah better that religious leader.<\/p>\n<p>This teaches us two things. First, just because one is a church leader doesn\u2019t mean they know the Torah or the rest of the word of Elohim very well. Paul taught the \u201cwhole counsel of Elohim,\u201d including the Torah. How many Bible teachers do that in our day? In fact, the New Testament as we know it didn\u2019t even exist in Paul\u2019s day; all they had was the Old Testament from which to teach. Many of today\u2019s Bible teachers know religious tradition and doctrines of men better than the actual word of Elohim. Or if they know the Bible, they know only parts of it (like the New Testament), and know very little or anything about the Old Testament or Tanakh and the Torah.<\/p>\n<p>Second, as a minister of the word of Elohim, one will need to defend it against those who are false teachers and who teach the doctrines of men that make of non-effect the Word of Elohim. To be able to do this, the Bible teacher must study and know YHVH\u2019s word intimately down to the most minute details and better so than one\u2019s opponents. On this score, Yeshua was preeminent, and was able to leave his accusers speechless and without rebuttals. 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