IS IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO LEARN ANYTHING NEW ABOUT GOD Re. HIS NATURE AND KINGDOM ? . ANYTHING THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE BUT IS NEW TO YOU AND YOUR CIRCLE OF FRIENDS ? . HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOUR HERETOFORE GOOD FRIENDS SUDDENLY TURNED ICE COLD ON YOU JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING A NEW – OLD FINDING THAT HAS HUGE RAMIFICATIONS ? . A LITTLE SHOCKED, RIGHT? . THOSE VERY PEOPLE PREACH OPEN-MINDEDNESS AND TOLERANCE, ESPECIALLY WHERE LEARNING IS CONCERNED. WHY ARE THEY SO AFRAID TO LET YOU DO HONEST, OPEN EXPLORATION ? . ARE THEY YOUR BROTHER’S KEEPER ? . ARE THEY COMMISSIONED TO DO YOUR THINKING FOR YOU ? .
IF YOU’RE DISCOURAGING PEOPLE WHO LOOK UP TO YOU FROM FINDING THEIR OWN CALLING, LISTENING TO HOLY SPIRIT FOR THEMSELVES AND DOING THEIR OWN RESEARCH, THEN YOU’D BETTER BE PREPARED TO ACCOMPANY THEM WHEREVER THEY GO IN LIFE. Just sayin’.