"Consequently, I give this warning diligently and frequently—and it must always be impressed—lest we be carried away by our own opinions or thoughts, however godly, angelic, and heavenly they may be. Thus Paul also warns in Col. 2:18: “Let no one disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on visions.” For they are without the Word. For God speaks with us and deals with us through the ministers of the Word, through parents, and through the government, in order that we may not be carried about with any wind of doctrine (Eph. 4:14). Children should listen to their parents, citizens to the government, a Christian to the pastor and the ministers of the Word, a pupil to his teacher. Apart from this Word all life is condemned, and all sects are lost. But if the Word is there, then I have sure comfort, whether I am a father or a mother or a child. Then I hear the Word, and I know what I should believe and what I should do; for God speaks with me, too, in the very station of life in which I live."
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