Direct Answer
Bercot’s argument should make Christians cautious about confidently holding doctrines or practices that sharply differ from the early church. If the Spirit guided the early Christians too, then disagreement with them should prompt serious reexamination rather than automatic confidence that modern views are correct.
Support from Transcript
- Bercot says, "Remember, if the Holy Spirit guides us to all truth, then he also guided the Christians of the second and third centuries to all truth as well." - He concludes, "Our truth should be the same as theirs." - He adds, "If it's not, one of us has not been following the Holy Spirit's guidance." - He argues that the early Christians "never claimed any special revelation beyond the apostles." - He says they believed "all spiritual truth had been revealed to the apostles" and therefore the church had to hold on to what was handed down.
Discussion Follow-ups
The transcript does not say every early Christian view was automatically correct, but it strongly urges modern believers to take disagreement with them seriously.