Craig,
You are right. We have to be careful what we use today's commentary. Because, throughout in the lately years, baptist's teachings are changing by bit to bit slowly. The fact, I notice today's baptist commentators's interpreting of scriptures, most of them were influenced by learned from their professors at baptist colleges.
For example- when I was a student at baptist college. The president of that college asked ex-professor of TTU came to give lecture to the students in the chapel on 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8. I already aware of that ex-professor, what he will saying to the student before he lecture to them. Because I knew that ex-professor already learned from his teachers at college many years ago.
He gave lecture on 2 Thess. 2:2,3. I was not surprised what I was expecting of him saying on verse 2 and 3. He said to the students of 2 Thess. 2:2 on 'day of Christ', he said, "do not be shaken your mind, do not believe from any letters, by spirits, from any one of his disciples, saying that tribulation is at hand." I KNEW it! I was right.
Because, many authors, pastors, teachers, scholars saying of 'day of Christ' in KJV is a mistranslation, they saying it should be correct saying, 'day of the Lord'. Their intepreting of 'day of the Lord' means tribulation.
He was not correct saying to the students in the chapel that 'day of Christ' is 'tribulation'. Because he didn't follow the hermenuetic rule - intepreting in contextually. He KNEW 'day of Christ' of 2 Thess. 2:2 is speak of Christ's coming, because of its context with verse 1 speak of Christ's coming, not tribulation. However, he twisted on verse 2 to the students. Because he already learned from his professors at bible college many years ago. Also, I am no doubt that he do have lot of commentaries at his home.
We have to be careful what we reading any commentary. Never know these might be errors and twisting in their own intepreting the scriptures. I urge you better sticky with Word of God, what it saying than what you listening to men's teachings.
I do have commentaries in my library. But, I don't depend on them, I rather depend on God's Word, because it is the final authority over all commentaries. We have to pray ask Holy Spirit for the guide to us that we shall able to understand what God's Word saying. Also, I urge you to look at STRONG's Concordance for Greek dictionary, what the word in the verse, what it means.
I like old commentaries like Matthew Henry. Because, it is very deep and meat. Also, it is almost 300 years old. Most areas in Matthew Henry, that I agree with him. But, many things that I do not agree with him, because of salvation, also, he was Calvinist. Although, that commentary is very good for pastors, and teachers to study God's Word deep.
I notice baptists' intepreting Scripture have been changing by little bit to bit throughout in the last 25 to 50 years lately.
I consider, there are several baptist churches and colleges are already apostasy today.
The fact that I have seen them are changing. Because of follow their teachers, pastors, commentaries than read and listen Word of God. I rather follow what Word of God saith than what men saying according to Colossians 2:8.
2 Tim. 2:15 commands us to study Word of God, and to digging it deeper. Our responsible to understand and know the truth, that we ought to study Word of God so carefully. Do not let us being be brainwashing or being be deceived by listening to any men's teaching. Men's teaching could be error or twist. We have to be careful what we listening to them. Let's sticky with God's Word, what it saying than what men saying.
In Christ
Rev. 22:20 -Amen!
