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The answer is simply: No.
One way to prove it, is to take the verse where Jesus says:
"Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me." (Luke 10:16)
That means, that whatever the apostles say, is Jesus' teaching. Then we can take Paul's words to the Thessalonians in chapter 2 verse ...
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Your question is very valid, and I sincerely wish more of my "fellow Protestants" understood what I am about to explain.
The point of the Reformation was not to drive each individual Christian to interpret the Bible for themselves!
It is abundantly clear from Luther's writings that this was not his goal, but for some strange reason, this has become a ...
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Two Questions
You pose and interesting question, "Where did the idea come from that everyone can interpret the bible for themselves?"
An equally valid question is, "Where did the idea come from that any believer cannot interpret the Bible for himself? Every believer has the Spirit of God dwelling within him (1 Corinthians 6:19), so why would that ...
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