Introduction
Acts 26:9-11 – Paul was sincere, but he was wrong.A journalist in New York City in the 1800s made up stories about an astronomer who saw all sorts of men and animals on the moon. He was successful in fooling many people before he was found out.People become sincerely wrong by following false standards of authority.
Conscience
Proverbs 14:12Galatians 5:20Acts 23:1I Corinthians 4:3The wisdom of people
I Corinthians 2:4-5; 1:20 – God makes foolish the wisdom of this world.Jeremiah 10:23The majority
Matthew 7:13-14 – The majority are likely to be wrong!II Peter 3:9Family tradition
68% of people practice the same religion (or nearly so) that they did growing up.Matthew 10:37Galatians 1:13-14People become sincerely right because of the Bible!
Galatians 1:11-12, 1John 8:32 – The truth will make you free!The Bible seems to be the most sold, least read book in the world.I Timothy 4:1-7James 3:15I Timothy 6:3