If there is one thing that this past scamdemic should have taught us is that we must take full responsibility for our decisions based on our due diligence. If you want to discover the truth about anything, it must be based on factual, verified evidence as best as you can determine.

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The problem is that most people are quite content to believe almost anything the government or mainstream media tells them. They are the experts at propaganda-laced fear mongering. “Millions of people are going to die unless we lock down, station-in-place for two weeks in order to flatten the curve and contain the spread of the Covid virus. And don’t forget to keep six feet apart and wear a mask.” “Hospitals are overflowing with Covid cases.” “We can’t get back to normal unless we take this experimental, warp-speed vaccine.”

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It turns out it was all a lie! False information. And most people fell for it and continue to fall for the designed narrative. Why? They believed hearsay evidence from self-described “experts” rather than at least asking questions before they jumped when they told us to jump.

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Many blindly believed what they were told without taking personal responsibility for searching out the truth of the matter. But can the fooled majority be reasoned with? As Mark Twain said: “It’s easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled.” Unfortunately, some people were awakened when they experienced loss of their businesses or jobs, or suffered permanent injury due to the poisoned jab, or sadly “died suddenly.” Too late for them. Why? They listened and believed hearsay and didn’t take full responsibility to check out what they were told with other sources apart from the government/media/medical racketeering operation.

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What We Believe

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This goes for anything we believe to be true, including what we believe about what the Bible says and means. But did we believe because of what someone else said or because we took personal responsibility to perform our own research? Did we come up with our own conclusions because we took the time and effort to do our own homework?

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The easy way out is to read what someone else wrote or taught and believe it because it “sounded right” or it “felt right” or it “made sense.” And this is especially tempting when it is someone of a recognized “authority” or an “established tradition” of orthodoxy. I came across this quote from the nineteenth century that really nails it:

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"God knows no orthodoxy but the truth; and the attempt to identify orthodoxy without examination, with preconceived and purely traditional opinions, is rooted in cowardice, and has been prolific of casuistry and disaster." – The Expositor, January 1889. p. 11

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There are many proclaimed Bible commentaries, Bible references, religious creeds and confessions, church doctrinal statements, popular speakers and the like. But every one of these is nothing but hearsay. Let me explain.

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Hearsay

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The legal definition of hearsay is this:

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"Hearsay evidence is testimony in court of a statement made out of court, the statement being offered as an assertion to show the truth of matters asserted therein, and thus resting for its value upon the credibility of the out-of-court asserter…. Evidence not proceeding from personal knowledge of the witness, but from the mere repetition of what he has heard others say…. The very nature of the evidence shows its weakness, and it is admitted only in specified cases of necessity.” – Black’s Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition under “Hearsay” (Emphasis added)

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Hearsay may be added to a witness’s testimony as credible or may not be credible. Because it may be one’s opinion, and may or may not be true, it is rarely admitted into court testimony. My Legal Thesaurus adds this phrase to help explain hearsay:

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Evidence from impersonal knowledge, gossip, groundless rumor, indirect evidence, popular report, secondhand evidence, unconfirmed account, unverified comments.

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All commentaries, books (including mine), creeds, confessions, study Bibles such as the Scofield Reference Bible (that popularized dispensational theology) and other writings; all sermons that claim to correctly interpret the Bible is nothing but hearsay. They may be correct or not. From the opinions of the “church fathers,” papal edicts, reformers (Calvin, Luther, Edwards …) up until the present day (C.S. Lewis, Billy Graham, R.C. Sproul, John MacArthur, Charles Swindoll …) – it’s all hearsay.

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Hearsay may be true, correct and certain according to the Bible or not. How do you know for sure? Answer: Bible Mastery Boot Camp. The Bible is the primary and factual “witness.” Ask questions, inquire, study. Yes, it’s hard work.

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Dispelling or Confirming Hearsay

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Reading and studying the Bible is not difficult, but it does take work. Dismiss the notion that this necessary discipline is the special domain of the “professional” pastors, priests, scholars, or seminary graduates. No, it’s for you!

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The problem is most folks don’t know where to start. That is why I wrote my books (the Covenant Heritage Series) and developed the Bible Mastery Boot Camp (BMBC) video teaching and training course to help you discover for yourself what the Bible says and means. For example, in the BMBC I simply take you through the historical sequence of the Bible and along the way, ask you questions about certain Bible passages and have you answer the questions. It’s interactive. As you progress through the Bible, you will begin to see God’s plan and purpose unfold as you connect all the key people, key covenants, and key events together. I don’t tell you what to believe. I show you how to find out for yourself.  You draw your own conclusions and own your own faith.

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As you study, you will be able to either dispel or confirm what others write and teach. It’s an ongoing task and only a few will dedicate themselves to as diligent students of the written Word of God.  

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Get started today!

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by Lawrence Blanchard

Author of the Covenant Heritage Series

Creator of the Bible Mastery Boot Camp

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