Let the example of he noble-minded Bereans be ours. They searched the scriptures daily to see if the things taught by the apostles were worthy of belief; “therefore they believed” (Acts 17:11-12).
Let us believe nothing that comes from “the pulpit,” “the altar,” or the press, not demonstrated by the grammatical sense of the scriptures. Let us be contented with nothing less than a “thus it is written,” and a “thus saith the Lord;” for He has laid it down in His law, tht no one is worthy of belief who does not speak after His rule. “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them” (Isaiah 8:20). If then their light be darkness, how great is that darkness.
The scriptures can do everything for us in relation to the light. This is known, felt, and keenly appreciated by all interested in the support of error.