EVERYBODY HAS AN OPINION
Some We Want To Believe, Others We Don’t. Which Should We Accept Now ?
MANY DIFFERENT OPINIONS:
1. The opinion of the religious men.
A. Those who trust and believe the Word of God.
– Did not come because they wanted it to come. 2 Peter 1:21
B. Those who trust the leading of their own hearts. (Women, too.) (Jer. 23:26)
Ezek. 13:17
2. The opinion of those who want power.
A. Those who want to keep what they have. (Jer. 6:13, 23:16)
B. Those who want to expand their power. Titus 1:11, 1 Thes. 2:4
3. The opinion of those who are known enemies.
A. Sometimes they are not seen as such. (Wanting what you have). Matt. 7:15
B. Sometimes are accepted. (Patty Hearst syndrome) Acts 8:9-24, 1 John 4:1-4,
Mark 13:22, 1 Tim. 4:1