Knowing this first that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation
For the prophecy came down in old time by the will of man
But holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost and I'm just gonna finish with this
This is very interesting right here in verse 20. We talk about it says right there a private interpretation. Okay?
Now what is a private interpretation?
It's when a person makes an assessment of scriptures without consulting other passages
Okay to back it up basically it's an interpretation only known to them
They're the ones who create the interpretation in the passage. Okay. Now people will always accuse us
All that's a private you and your private interpretation about the Jews about the sodomites
But it's like we have like a plethora of verses to back it up. Okay, that's just like a straw man that they put up
All right
You know the preacher relation rapture is a private interpretation it's so private it's just it's like VIP
You know
So that's what a private interpretation is now, let me read to you from Jeremiah 23 verse 16
Thus saith the Lord of hosts harken not into the words of the Prophet
Prophets that prophesy unto you. They make you vain. They speak a vision of
Their own hearts and
Not out of the mouths of the Lord. So what is the same you're speaking a private
Interpretation it's an interpretation something that stems from your own heart is what he's saying
So this is an interpretation of scripture that stems from look at verse 21. It says the will of man
Right, it's just for the prophecy came not an old time by the will of man
So it's when someone wills an interpretation into the scripture no, this is what it says
You know like the guy we spoke to a couple weeks ago just not that you'd be not judged
And he's like, can we read the entire time? He's like no, no, no just
He's just willing his interpretation upon that scripture
Okay
Now he said where are you going with this?
Well, just keep in mind that the holy man of God is there as they were moved by the Holy Ghost
Right Holy Man of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost now keep in mind
That the books in the Bible are broken up into chapters, aren't they?
But it doesn't mean that it starts in a completely different idea in the next chapter. So look at chapter 2 verse 1
but
There were false prophets also among the people even as there shall be false teachers among you who what?
privately
Now what does privately mean privately like the private interpretation?
Privilege shall bring in damnable heresies even denying the Lord that bought them and bring upon themselves swift
Destruction is what that's referring to. So say look we the prophecy of the scriptures not given a private interpretation
We have a more sure word
God's put enough in the Bible to be its own evidence that it's true that these doctrines are true
The ones who are of private interpretation
Stem from people just like the prophets of old the false prophets of old who privately shall bring in damnable heresies and guess what?
Damnedable heresies don't have scripture to back them up
You know the more sure word the doctrines of the Bible the clear teachings on salvation
The clear teachings on whatever subject that the Bible talks about it's gonna have scripture to back it up
We just went through a slew of different scriptures right now to prove everything that we just believe
Whereas the damnable heresy does not it is a private
interpretation who damnable heretics privately bring in and
That is the contrast between the holy man of God who spake
Right and the damnable heretics who create a vision of their own heart. Okay