Confusion galore!
BQ: Many doctrines these days take a particular verse and then try and fit everything else around that verse; they try to cram in puzzle pieces where they want them to fit rather than stepping back, looking at the whole thing, and putting them where they go.
Here's an example. Saved by "faith alone" occurs 0 times in the Bible, and yet much of Christianity teaches it. If people start studying the Bible, they come on verses like James 2:24 which says, "You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone."
Q: Confusion above! How can this be?
A: "For God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints." (1 Cor 14:33) So God made this puzzle just fine...
"And the prophet who teaches falsehood is the tail. For those who guide this people are leading them astray; And those who are guided by them are brought to confusion." (Is 9:16) LOOK AT THAT! Everyone needs a teacher, but "do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world." (1 Jn 4:1-6)
A lady once told me, "My pastor takes care of me. I believe him." She was confused about many things, and said, "well I guess the Bible contradicts itself," but she stuck by her pastor's teachings.
Who do you believe? God's word, or man's? It's great to have teachers, but there are many false teachers out there. Some teach falsely because they've always been taught falsely. If you start realizing that you're cramming puzzle pieces where they don't belong and it doesn't make sense, but your teacher says, "Don't worry," what will you do?
(PN134)