Direct Answer
The message gives no list of habits, yet it describes the spirit to aim for. A person can hold a conviction firmly, admit that he may be wrong, and speak of those who differ as true brothers.
Support from the Message
- Justin Martyr said he and many others believed in the millennium, and he granted that many others in the pure and holy faith thought otherwise. - David Bercot had known mostly dogmatism as a Jehovah's Witness and then in an evangelical church, and Justin's words moved him deeply. - David says early believers could discuss doctrine in a civil, non-judgmental spirit, and their brothers were not trying to catch them in a slip. - He says we can bless a brother who disagrees because we are human and may well be wrong. - He warns against being loose in our theology, and he also tells us not to take ourselves so seriously.
Discussion Follow-up
Think of a person you disagree with on such a matter. What could you say or do this week that would treat that person as a true Christian?