Jews and Christians have a long history of believing that God’s written word (i.e. the Bible) has the same spiritual value as his spoken voice. This wrong thinking is the root problem of their religions. It orients people to using their minds for intellectual understanding instead of using their hearts to hear God’s spoken voice.

When religious leaders say, or write, “hear the word of the Lord”, they are equating the power of their spoken voice or their written words with God’s voice spoken to the heart. This is sheer arrogance in which  religious leaders lift themselves up to be equal to God.

STUDY TIP: See Serpent, Devil, Satan, Adversary, Demons, Evil Spirits and Anti-Christs for more about people who claim to be equal to God.

When anyone says “I have a word from God for you”, or says anything else that implies that they have wisdom and authority to speak on God’s behalf, they, in effect, say that whatever you hear from me has the same accuracy, power and value as words spoken by God’s mouth. This too is sheer arrogance that places the speaker on a spiritual par with God.

Religious leaders with and without titles (e.g. rabbi, pastor, etc.) and degrees who presume to speak for God are usurpers and imposters who represent that what they speak is equal to God’s spoken voice. They are, in their eyes, like God.

In God’s eyes, however, religious leaders are other gods, idols, evil angels, false prophets,  devils/demons and Trees of Knowledge of Good and Evil whose words seem good for food but yield forbidden fruit that causes death for those who eat it.

STUDY TIP: See Bread, Food and Wine and Wood (trees), Gold, Silver, Stone for more about Trees of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

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