Black Ortho Acolyte (@Christ_Paleo_FBA)

"For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?" Saint Paul the Apostle -1 Cor 1:19-20 "We have also a more sure word of prophecy; to which you do well that you take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of one's own interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit." - Saint Peter the Apostle 2 Peter 1:19-21" "“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” - Proverbs 3:5 A Christian can use his own discernment and reason within the boundaries of Holy Tradition, Holy Scripture, the Canons of The Orthodox Church, and the consensus of God's Saints. All of these are from The Holy Spirit and thus the Triune God. The missionary work is to those who exist outside those boundaries.