Continued from last episode-
Preamble: There is obvious gross interpretation of the
Scripture as a result of the way and manner the Scripture has been studied and
read. The inappropriate studying and reading of the Scripture has led to wrong
interpretation of the Scripture and that has resulted into wrong application of
what the Scripture says.
Anchor Text:
“And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the
prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?”
Acts 8:30
Text of Interest:
“But ye have not so learned Christ;”
Ephesians 4:20
The adverse effect of false doctrine is enormous and
detrimental to the body of Christ because it induces systems and rules that
undermine the finished work of Christ. Apostle Paul calls it bewitchment, and
it is so because it enforces a method that does not allow believers to enjoy
the freedom they have received from Christ. By this I mean all that Christ
wroth for them through His death, burial and resurrection. Therefore, false
teaching which is the product of wrong interpretation of the scripture takes
the mind of the believers away from the right doctrine of Christ where grace is
fully expressed. As a result of this though they are believers but their ways of
life will definitely to be the opposite of what it ought to be hence Apostle
Paul declared such a life a bewitched life. “O foolish Galatians, who hath
bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus
Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?” (Galatians 3:1).