The Hermeneutics of Humility part 1, here
The Hermeneutics of Humility part 3 here
Part one of the false gospel of Hermeneutics of Humility here. Hermeneutics of Humility says that “since we are fallible humans, there is no way to know for certain the bible’s doctrines, no way to interpret it with certitude. To say we do or that we can is arrogant. I am more humble than that.” To continue my exploration that this is a false gospel and is impacting our witness–
Popular words to use when professing the false gospel of hermeneutics of humility are “know, arrogant, and fallible. ‘We cannot know for sure, to say we do is arrogant, I recognize my fallibility and therefore I am more humble about it.’
This is false because it disrespects God’s foreknowledge, intelligence, and gift of the Word. Of course God knew that we are fallible.
Of course He knew that there would be false gospels, false interpretations and false knowledge stemming from the faith He gave the saints once for all. He gave us the bible anyway. “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” (Romans 1:16) To say that the Gospel is uninterpretable with certainty means the Gospel’s power unto salvation is lacking. Not so!
As for His intelligence, of course we cannot understand the mind of God! My thoughts are not your thoughts, and my ways are not your ways,” (Isaiah 55:8). That is why He dictated (Holy Spirit breathed) the inspiration unto men, in man’s language, and put into the page each word He wanted known to reveal Himself. And then, He gave us the Holy Spirit as the Revealer of all Truth.
“But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.” (John 16:13)
“What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words. The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, for, “Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.” [1 Corinthians 2:12-16).
We cannot know the mind of God, but the mind of God makes Himself known in us by the Revealer: His Spirit!
Satan is enjoying the falling away he is creating with this false doctrine of Hermeneutics of Humility. His first victim was Eve. In the Garden, Genesis Chapter 3:1, the first time we hear satan speak, he says “Hath God said?” There are three ways he got Eve and the first were contained in those words, hath God said? He makes you doubt what you know. If the Holy Spirit reveals truth to you, and it truly is from the Spirit from a lengthy period of prayer, study, seeking His face and a close walk, nothing can make you depart from that truth. Unless you start to listen to satan. Hath God said, the rapture is pre-tribulation? Hath God said that the eternal punishment for sin is hell? Hath God said that the canon of the bible is closed? If you have had the truth revealed to you by the strength of the Holy Spirit and its power unto salvation, then you will answer those insinuating thoughts with YES, NOW GO AWAY. In my opinion, this is the moment when Eve fell from grace, between verse 1 and 2, when she did not stand on God’s word but entertained sinful thoughts. And that brings us to her second mistake:
Eve failed to consult the Word. Wait, you say, the bible was not written yet. No, but the Living Word, who is Jesus, (John 1:1) walked with them in the garden (Gen 3:7). Eve didn’t say to satan, ‘Hold that thought, I’m going to check with God.’ Nor did she say “Hold that thought, I am going to check with my husband, to whom God gave the order.’ (Genesis 2:16-17). Eve entertained the thought and she didn’t discern the truth for herself from the Source.
Third, once she began accepting the seeds of doubt planted in her, and satan saw she was not checking for herself what the truth was, her fleshly fallibility kicked in. Here is where our fallibility comes, not in not knowing the interpretation of God’s laws, but in failure to check with the source in spirit and in truth. Then more fallibility kicked in: Eve changed the doctrine. She added to it. God hath said, “And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.”” (Gen 2:16-17). Eve responded, “The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”” (Genesis 3:2-3).
I believe satan chose Eve for two reasons, And this is where the fur is really going to fly…but here goes. First, I think satan picked Eve because she had already gotten the order second hand. She was not made yet when God gave the command not to touch the fruit. She was created in the next verse. We can assume that God could have told her, but I assume more strongly that since He made her to be a helpmeet for Adam, he left the husbandly duties of sharing the truth with her as He commanded in Ephesians 5:23. That verse says that the husband is the head of the wife, and the concept continues in Eph 5:25; “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word…” I believe it was Adam’s job to do tell Eve,and perhaps he did not, or perhaps he did tell her but told her wrongly, or perhaps he did and Eve relied on the wrong word- satan’s. It is another successful tactic of satan, to break up families so that there is no husband, to wash the wife in the word.
Anyway, I also believe satan chose the woman because women are naturally inclined to reconciliation rather than conflict. Paul said that Euodia and Syntyche contended for the Gospel at his side (Philippians 4:3) and the word contended there is “wrestle.” Women don’t like to wrestle, contend, or strongly assert anything, especially if it means offending someone. But when you state absolute truth you’re going to get challenged. That is a place no one likes to be. Women tend to want to smooth things over, make peace and have harmony. I’m sure that Paul did not relish confronting Peter in his mistake at Antioch, but Paul did it. (Galatians 2:11). He contended for the truth and because that contention was Spirit-driven, peace reigned once again and truth was restored. We have to be the bulwark in the face of any dilution of the Gospel, and stand. Hand- wringing retreat from the truth as uninterpretable with any certainty disrepects the work of the Spirit who imparts wisdom.
Part 3 in a bit. I have some more to say. We will explore discernment and how to acquire it, exhibiting love and peace while contending for the Gospel, and finish back at James 1:2-5.
The Hermeneutics of Humility part 1, here
The Hermeneutics of Humility part 3 here
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