The Holy Spirit Is the Believer's Primary Teacher for Spiritual Perception

The Holy Spirit of God is our primany teacher. Without the Holy Spirit one cannot understand the Word of God. Yes, one may approach the Bible as "religious" literature, but the deep mysteries of the teachings of the Word of God will not and cannot be understood. The Holy Spirit is the author of the Biblical documents. It is He who moved certain persons to write down His inspired teachings. It is He who decided upon which books or documents were entered into the sacred canon. Unholy and spiritually carnal persons cannot perceive with divine accuracy Bible doctrine because they are not led by the Spirit. In the 19th century various theories emerged from so-called higher criticism (scholarship) as to the origins of the sacred canon. These nefarious theories were based upon human philosophy. None of those theories were evidence-based. Conservative scholarship and Near Eastern archaeology have laid waste to these theories. Also, the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls have put an end to the nonsense theories of the 19th centuries.