Brothers and sisters, I urge you to watch out for people who create divisions and problems against the teaching that you learned. Keep away from them. People like that aren’t serving the Lord. They are serving their own feelings. They deceive the hearts of innocent people with smooth talk and flattery. The news of your obedience has reached everybody, so I’m happy for you. But I want you to be wise about what’s good, and innocent about what’s evil. The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. (Romans 16:17-20, CEB)
This line is a double-edged sword…
“I urge you to watch out for people who create divisions and problems against the teaching that you learned.”
But what if what you have learned is only because those in power wish to stay in power so they have taught you something that is not what God intended, but is what they need to stay in power?
We should not always follow along because this is the way we have always done this. We should not blindly follow because that is the way it has always been.
When I arrived at my first Hebrew Scriptures class, The Pentateuch and the Historical Books of the Bible, the professor said first thing on the first day of class, “What you learned in Sunday School is a lie, and I am going to teach you the truth.”
We need to question things and grow as we learn more about our faith and not just accept things as they are. Know good, and seek to not be or do evil.
Loving People. Loving God.
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