How do we receive truth. Our favorite preacher? Our family beliefs? Our denominational theology? But what happens when our proof texts seem to be contradicted by someone else's proof texts. If you are honest you likely state your proof text to defend your beliefs while IGNORING those texts that seem to contradict our beliefs. But if we truly believe that every Word of God is pure, (and I do), then we have to admit that an apparent contridiction in scripture does not reveal anything but our need for further study. All scripture fits together like a piece of a jigsaw puzzle. They all have their place in the big picture. We ignore them at our own expense. Are there verses that you avoid because they say things that you don't like or seem to contradict our current beliefs?
If so, then that is the verses we need to carry before the Lord in prayer for Him to reveal to us the truth. This is the only way we will not be tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine.
