Amadeus:
I understand what you mean, but I've been on the various sides of some of the many issues too many times myself. The apostles who wrote what they wrote which became scripture are not here to testify for themselves. The Truth of the matter of God's Word is available but only through the quickening (bringing to Life) of the raw scripture within a man by the Holy Ghost.
This is what the Holy Ghost in us is supposed to be about, but reasoning minds of men will often have their own way causing confusion for too many people. When Jesus spoke he never spoke with confusion, but some people whose own ways were in their way were confused.
Listening:
The spirit of of truth leads into all truth Not confusion.
The testimony is the word of God
Yes, the testimony as the Spirit gives the utterance is the Word of God, but when a person quenches the Spirit, what he speaks is NOT the Word of God even if he is quoting scripture verbatim. Here for example the devil quoted scripture at Jesus and Jesus rebuked him.
"And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. [His words came from Psalm 91.]
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." Matt 4:6-7
Scripture spoken without the Spirit quickening it is NOT the Word of God.
Listening:
Those who are God's will have the spirit, they will be reachable not by men but by his word
They will not refuse the truth, The rebels will refuse it though
The very plain truth that st paul teaches concerning the coming of the lord and our being gathered to him concerns one event on one day, and st paul makes clear that that day will not come until After the Falling away ( from the truth) and man of sin is revealed.
The plain Truth of the words in english is understood by even those who do not believe in the Lord.
No, not in English or in any other language is it understood by all. Every man whose heart is open can hear God calling him,
but not every heart is open. Jesus was talking about that here if we can understand it:
"Who hath ears to hear, let him hear." Matt 13:9
The "ears to hear" are not given to everyone who has working physical ears:
"Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath." Matt 13:9-12
Listening:
A liar is exposed by his lie against What is fully known to be the truth not because of lies.
Those in christ know the truth and can see the lies that are against christ's truth, Christ truth which is the word of truth that is not hidden but has been made known to all men who are in the truth..
So was the apostle, Paul, not in the truth when he wrote these words?
"For now
we see through a glass, darkly... I Cor 13:12
He was certainly including himself in the pronoun, "we".
The body of Christ is not in mystery Babylon ( confusion)
It is in the truth and knows ALL things .
The Body is to consist of parts which presently are like John the Baptist when he said this:
"He must increase, but I must decrease." John 3:30
Until the work in each part that will in the end be a part of the Body of Christ is finished (as it was in Jesus), there is more decreasing of the "old man" required and more increasing of the "new man" required.
There is too much of Babylon in even those who will be part of the finished Body of Christ where Jesus alone is the Head. James speaks of this here:
"But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be." James 3:8-10
We, until we have overcome completely as did Jesus are still double-minded, having almost continuous battles raging within us between the "new man" and the "old man". It would be sure "no contest" with the "new man" the clear winner except that we, yes and I, continue to quench the Holy Spirit of God causing delays and setbacks in God's work in ourselves. The natural children of Israel did the same thing:
"Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel." Psalm 78:41
God gave the us power to limit Him. If we would surrender that ability to Him all of the time, we would soon be overcomers like Jesus. Alas we need help even with surrendering so completely, but did not Jesus say that the help is available?
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:" Matt 7:7
How often do we need to ask for help? Not less, I believe, than the number of times we quench the Spirit of God in us.