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This healthy balance between authority and the responsibility of the hearer can only be exercised by an educated person. I do not mean a credentialed person but one who has done the hard work of reading the text and seeking understanding. Paul's "search the Scriptures..." and Luther's "Scripture and plain reason." A healthy church does not only have a man of authority, it must have a congregation actively engaged in the exercise.

I want to embrace your "intuitive" understanding of Scripture, though it comes with some peril. Spirit guided understanding and application are necessary gifts to the Believer but never separated from the text and reason. There is no room for penumbra and emanations in the interpretation of Scripture any more than in understanding any text. This is the great error of the Catholic church and the source of much corruption and confusion. It is also the source of much error, confusion and corruption in the modern church as it seeks to "remain relevant" in the culture.

Blessings.

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