"In addressing the elders of the Ephesian church, Paul
said:
It follows from this testimony that we are not authorized to receive the teaching of any man simply because he lived immediately after the apostolic age, or even in the days of the apostles themselves. Grievous wolves were to enter the midst of the people of God."For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them." Acts 20:29,30
Q: How many
ages must pass over the fables of men before they become changed into
divine truth?
A: Everything,
at its commencement,
is either right or wrong.
If right, it may be known
by its
agreement with the divine standard.
If wrong at its origin,
it can
never cease to be such."
J.N. Andrews