1st Kings 13:7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. 8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place
If the word of God signals a different perspective than what earthly experts suggest , then we should have no problem with putting their philosophies in the garbage, because this is what living by the word of God translates into, in the most literal sense. To be swayed by the X-perts, just because they are X-perts, will set up a system of belief that is not in harmony with the word of God, and any such modes of thought will no doubt lead us into false paths.
In the scriptures, we are told of a man of God, to whom very specific instructions were given as he was sent to a certain king with a message from God. But as he went on his way to do God’s will, he met an X-pert, one who was supposed to be much more knowledgeable and experienced than he was, who then counselled him to do the exact opposite thing of what God had said.
The reasons given in the scripture are worthy of our utmost consideration, for in our day, the same sort of enticements and diabolical reasonings are often put forward as to why we should deviate from that which is written.
1st Kings 13:18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spoke unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. 19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!