commentaries

[Iconoclast]

http://www.graceonlinelibrary.org/blog/spurgeon-in-defense-of-commentaries/

found this online....liked this:

It seems odd, that certain men who talk so much of what the Holy Spirit reveals to themselves, should think so little of what he has revealed to others.

The temptations of our times lie rather in empty pretensions to novelty of sentiment, than in a slavish following of accepted guides. A respectable acquaintance with the opinions of the giants of the past, might have saved many an erratic thinker from wild interpretations and outrageous inferences. Usually, we have found the despisers of commentaries to be men who have no sort of acquaintance with them; in their case, it is the opposite of familiarity which has bred contempt.” ~ Charles Spurgeon

 

[Iconoclast]

In another thread DHK has offered a solid explanation of this passage in Rom7....several have mis-used this passage recently....along with several other basic passages....jn1:9,Rom5:12-19, 1cor15:22....these wrong ideas could have been avoided if mainline commentaries by proven men had been consulted...this is exactly what Spurgeon was getting at with this;

The temptations of our times lie rather in empty pretensions to novelty of sentiment, than in a slavish following of accepted guides.



A respectable acquaintance with the opinions of the giants of the past, might have saved many an erratic thinker from wild interpretations and outrageous inferences.
{i have to check the archives...was Spurgeon a poster here on BB ?}:laugh:


Usually, we have found the despisers of commentaries to be men who have no sort of acquaintance with them; in their case, it is the opposite of familiarity which has bred contempt.” ~ Charles Spurgeon