Heresy Hunters vs the Holy Spirit

HERESY HUNTERS vs THE HOLY SPIRIT     (# 4)

Before going further, I want my FB friends (etcetera) to consider my definition of heresy hunters, a term I picked up years ago from charismatics (etcetera). The derogatory moniker – heresy hunters – is a rebuff to the continuous scorning of their religion. (I quickly and emphatically declare that I do not identify with, nor am I sympathetic toward, the charismatic religion (or any other religion), although I do share some of their core understanding of Scripture.) So here it goes….

Heresy hunter: one who is obsessed with exactness of doctrine and passionately defends “the body of Christ” from those of inferior understanding. Does this diligence make them more doctrinally precise than non-heresy hunters? Certainly not.

There are two avenues whereby the Holy Spirit inserts His truth into us….    1) by way of our intellect and 2) by way of our spirit. Paul: “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.” Consider the words “bears witness”. We know we are God’s children because the Holy Spirit “bears witness” to this truth…. and to all truth! (Jesus: “He will guide you into ALL truth.”)

The disregard heresy hunters have for the Holy Spirit seriously restricts them. Not bowing to His governance is not bowing to the governance of Jesus. One has truth to the degree one has the “Spirit of truth”, not more and not less. Much Holy Spirit = much truth; little Holy Spirit = little truth.

So heresy hunters, generally speaking, depend on the feeble (puny, troubled, susceptible) intellect to attain truth. It was this feeble (puny, troubled, susceptible) intellect that ushered in their doctrine of cessationism and several other damaging heresies.

FB friends, you have no hope of fulfilling that unique calling on your life if you ignore/reject the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Do you agree?