When should you believe the man of God rather than the experts?

When should we believe “the” man of God instead of someone who claims to be an expert.  If someone claims to be an expert, then I will dismiss them in a hurry, because no one is an expert of the Holy Scriptures except the one who wrote it through the Holy Spirit, that is Jesus, our Lord.  We are always learning from the scriptures.  That leads to the part of “believe the man of God” which I have to assume means ministers or teachers.  We look at the fruits of their lives, have the fruit of the Spirit, and are they living the Way of Life that Jesus taught and lived.  Are they teaching from the scriptures in their sermons or giving a 45 sermon with only a few scriptures.  Are they a person of prayer?  We need to be like the Bereans to examine the Scriptures every day to see if the man of God said was true.  Do they have a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures and proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ?  Only after we prove from the Scriptures then we can believe the man of God.

Blessing

Stephen

(Acts 17:11 NIV)  Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.

(Acts 18:24 NIV)  Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures.

(Acts 18:28 NIV)  For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

(1 Cor 15:4 KJV)  And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

(2 Tim 3:16 KJV)  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: