What is the final authority according to Les?
The final authority is the Bible itself, not the teacher’s statements. Listeners are urged to sit down with their Bible, check the teaching against it, and refuse to go by what any teacher says. The teacher’s only aim is to open Scripture so that anybody can understand it.
Les explains that people should not go by what he says, but should make the Bible their final authority. He tells his audience to sit down with their Bible and check him out, because the purpose of the teaching is not to replace Scripture but to open it up so that anyone can understand it. His words are not the standard; the Bible is the standard by which his teaching should be tested.