"...we search the commentators, cross reference the Word
studies,
and pile our sundry study tools on top of the text until we can
no longer see the text.
We push ourselves to a skepticism that allows
us to remain in our sins,
concluding, “Who really knows what it says?”
Luther answered this spirit in Erasmus with this pithy nugget of wisdom,
perfect for such scholars, because it comes to us in Latin-
Spiritus
Sanctus non est skepticus.
The Holy Spirit is not a skeptic.
He speaks
with clarity, and when we take our fingers out of our ears,
then we hear
the Master’s voice.
He calls us not just to believe His Word is true,
but to believe the
truth of His Word.
May He bless us all with ears to hear, and hearts
that believe."
(excerpted from Doctrine and Life)
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~Jordan Elizabeth
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