I said
Because you speak from yourself and your own opinion.
[Jhn 7:18
18 "He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.
Shalom.
This verse is about Jesus. He is true and no unrighteousness is in Him.
It is okay to have an opinion, but it needs to be correct. We must not speak from ourselves.
Here are three of four verses from the NASB with the word opinion.
1 Corinthians 7:25 NASB - Now concerning virgins I have no command of the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who by the mercy of the Lord is trustworthy.
1 Corinthians 7:40 NASB - But in my opinion she is happier if she remains as she is; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
2 Corinthians 8:10 NASB - I give my opinion in this matter, for this is to your advantage, who were the first to begin a year ago not only to do this, but also to desire to do it.
Here is a verse about speaking as the oracles of God. The NASB says that whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God.
1 Peter 4:11 NKJV - If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 4:11 NASB - 11 Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Here are three verses, from John, about the things that Jesus spoke.
John 8:28 NASB - So Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.
John 12:49 NASB - "For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.
John 12:50 NASB - "I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me."
Here are some verses about the oracles of God, which are Scripture, The Torah or The TaNaKh, God's word or God's words.
Romans 3:1-2 NASB - 1 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? 2 Great in every respect. First of all, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
Hebrews 5:12 NASB - 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.
Shalom.
Jacob