Why should we be cautious about what the Bible does not say?
We must be just as cautious about what Scripture does not say because many people hold ideas they believe the Word teaches, yet those ideas are not in it. Since we will be judged by what the Word really says—not denominational criteria—we should search the Scriptures and line everything up with the book.
Les explains that he often qualifies the exhortation to search the Scriptures with the opposite caution: be just as cautious about what the Word does not say. He says a lot of people have a lot of ideas that the Word says something, and it doesn't; it's not in here. Because there is much false teaching that is not according to the Word of God, and because we will be judged by what the Word really says rather than some denominational criteria, every idea must be lined up with the book.