Direct Answer
It shows up when getting the wording right is treated as the mark of a true Christian and finding someone who has it wrong feels like faithfulness. The transcript does not speak directly about assurance, so the group should be careful in applying the point there.
Support from the Message
- David Bercot says people learn this way of thinking from childhood, and it is hard to get out of your system. - He compares it to people raised after the 1950s, who have known only the world they grew up in. - Leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses forced him to start over with a blank slate, which he now calls a blessing. - People today look at the early church as struggling to get it right, and he answers that they had it right. - He says precision did not bring better understanding, since Christians today often give mixed-up explanations of the Trinity.
Discussion Follow-up
What ideas did you absorb growing up that you have never questioned? How could you test them?