(quote from RealReality.org/Real_Faith_and_Reason_Vol_2_-_Scientia.pdf)

Human thought pulls ideas out of imagination, which is haphazard. Divine revelation isn’t haphazard. For instance, God reveals reality to us through Scripture like the history of the universe. He defines right and wrong. He tells us about the future. He reveals the order for the Church, marriage, and families. He also explains the ways to get close to Him. He shows us the ways He speaks and leads.

God teaches us reality through the Bible, but only under certain conditions. We must stand in His presence and depend on Him to interpret the Bible.  We must avoid leaning on human ability to understand the Bible. The so-called “human ability to understand” doesn’t work. This so-called “ability” is always based on made-up stuff. Made-up stuff is haphazard.

How different when we follow the Holy Spirit! As we walk in submission to the Holy Spirit, we walk in submission to those ministries and offices God has appointed over us in the Church where the Holy Spirit indicates. In other words, the Holy Spirit even leads us to find the right counselors and teachers, the ones God sets to lead us.

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