The Word contains what teaches it ..Over time and with additional learning as we grow in the knowledge it possesses. God leaves it up to us to seek and discover what certain things mean. But, never without God's grace. For, only by the Holy Spirit's enabling are we able to come to understand certain truths.
First we need to gain in knowledge that God wants use to bring us forming our own conclusions. That is why its so important to find teachers who have an accurate grasp. Nat teachers simply tell the hearers things they think they want to hear. A good teacher will show you truths you need to know about, but may have you wonder why its something you must know. For God wants to bring us beyond our own understanding about the life He has chosen us for having.
Here is a verse they puts it in a nutshell.
Philippians 1:9
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound
more and more in knowledge and depth of insight.
God's love in us grows according to our knowledge. Knowledge that leads to having insight into God's plan and God's life in us. It must be by sound doctrine that we learn. Too many fakers are out there who wish to appeal to our emotions and human reasoning. Only sound doctrine will build us up in having the Mind of Christ. Sound doctrine can be not exciting at first because it makes us realize how much we do not know. Human appeal teachings feels good because it makes us feel like we have already arrived. Believers will suffer a bit and find it uncomfortable at times, because sound doctrine is taking away from us our old way of enjoying life. Its feeding the new man who must replace our old man in life experience. Many refuse to lose their life so that they can find their life in Christ.
Instead, they will seek out teachers who will tell them what they want to hear so they can keep their old man alive. But, this time doing so with misapplied Bible verses to make them feel like they are pleasing God. Its sad. But, its also good that we see what God desires of us while here on earth. For most believers will not like sound doctrine at first. It will make them uncomfortable if they wish to continue living as they always have. For we all must learn how wrong we were about certain issues that we hold dear to our human position. These ones will quit seeking what God would have them to seek, and find teachers who make them feel good about how they want to see things.
2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when people will not put up/tolerate/endure sound doctrine.
Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather round them a great number of teachers
to say what their itching ears want to hear.
Yes... the flesh is at enmity with the Spirit. And, the Spirit is at enmity with our flesh. Many DO NOT want sound doctrine. They would rather have teachings that cause them to have emotional responses that harmonize with they way they wish to believe in their natural perspectives. No transformation into the likeness of Christ (in their thinking). Only dogmatic stubbornness, or an immovable sweet facade that appears nice, but is filled with dead ideas which substitute for having truth.
Its all adds up to? If you are going to pursue sound teachings? You must deny self and take up your cross. For you will be rejected by those whom sound doctrine will demand you reject. Spirit filled believers must go through some suffering if they are to become closer to Christ through knowledge of His Word. It must sanctify you. Sanctification is being made separate and cleaned from the thinking of the world view. Even churchianity is a form of world view.
Churchianity is a subculture of thinking that has integrated with the world. Its what the world expects from believers. Yet, Jesus said that if you are lead of the Spirit? The world will not be able to know where you are coming from. Nor, know which way you will be heading. But, the world will hear what you have to say when God will have it to be heard.
John 3:8
The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where
it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.’
So, everything is not going to be broken down for you in some neat logical package that can be comprehended on the same level as one studies for an academic test in the world. God's Word is not studied to take a quiz. Its studied to build up and cause you to become strong in Christ like nutrients are to a body builder.
grace and peace!