Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

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The Holy Spirit should lead you to a good pastor-teacher.

The Holy Spirit leads us in to all Truth, God's Word is Truth
You miss that part.

You know, in times past I have belonged to a few churches, some of them long term for several years at a time, and did what you are recommending - believing whatever the pastor says and accepting that as being truth.

Problem is as I grew in the Lord, in prayer, and studying His Word I found out all these pastors were teaching false doctrine as they all had numerous things they taught that were not taught by the Lord or His Apostles (biblical writers the Lord spoke through in His Canon).

It's sad to hear you believe I'm supposed to sit under false doctrine like you do. I guess misery loves company then.
If you accepted the whole counsel of God you'd know that in the end times many would come in the Name of Jesus and they would deceive many. These aren't followers of false religions, no these are people presenting themselves as being Christians who claim to be anointed of the Lord to teach who will tell people like you are telling me - we are required to accept what they say as Truth and if we question anything that say then they will claim we are in rebellion against the Lord.

Yeah, I've heard pastors actually teach this from the pulpit and they'll say iof anyone does not agree with what they are teaching then they need to leave and go find another church to attend instead of theirs.

The bereans did not just take the Apostle Paul at his word. No, they told him they were going to go search the scriptures to see if Paul was teaching correctly. The Lord through Paul commended them for that saying it was a good things. I think I'll be like the bereans as well and get my doctrine from scripture as taught by the Holy Spirit.

You're simply a secular psychic by nature in religious garb.
Your spirit speaks to you in religious terms to deceive only you.

If that's what the demons are telling you then this is what you should believe.

It deceives you just fine.
But not me.

You were deceived long ago in to following the false doctrines of reformed theology.
That's not being led by the true Holy Spirit of the true Jesus Christ.
 
You know, in times past I have belonged to a few churches, some of them long term for several years at a time, and did what you are recommending - believing whatever the pastor says and accepting that as being truth.
I have learned there are too many stupid pastors out there for me to swallow that notion.
And, apparently, stupid congregation members if they believed that as well.
 
I have learned there are too many stupid pastors out there for me to swallow that notion.
And, apparently, stupid congregation members if they believed that as well.

Earlier you were recommending to me that I find a pastor to follow so I'm assuming you think I should believe whatever the guy says and I should not be like the bereans and compare what he teaches to scripture?

I was just letting you know that I used to do that. They would tell the people that if anybody questioned the pastor then they were is rebellion against God! In order to be a member of the Body of Christ and go to Heaven people were required to believe everything the pastor said as though that was Jesus Christ on the stage personally teaching.

So yeah, been there done that. The Lord delivered me from so called organized religion because these churches teach things the word of God does not teach.