If someone knowingly chooses to believe false doctrine,
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Knowingly believe false ? I don’t think that’s actually possible given the meaning of believe . If you know something is false you can’t actually believe it because you know it’s false it erases the possibility of believing it
For “believe” to mean what it does it needs the thought that something is true.
For “believe” to mean what it does it needs the thought that something is true.
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Think about what the term believe means . You couldn’t possibly know for sure something is false and also believe it’s true .
If the question is “ if someone knows something is false and chooses to follow it “they aren’t acting because they believe but because they don’t believe. They are simply choosing evil rather than good knowingly but not because they knowingly believe the lie
If the question is “ if someone knows something is false and chooses to follow it “they aren’t acting because they believe but because they don’t believe. They are simply choosing evil rather than good knowingly but not because they knowingly believe the lie
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I don't know if this has been covered on this thread already (have not read the whole thing) but I cannot picture a person saying I refuse to believe correct doctrine and choose to believe a gang of lies instead. In II Thessalonians we read that people are deceived when they do not love the truth and while that is being applied to those without God, it seems to me that it might also apply to those who say they are believers yet remain in deception.
There are people who have no idea they are deceived (that is how deception works) and they simply follow a preacher or teacher or even a friend but that would make a good case for each person studying and asking questions and not just following blindly as some do.
There are people who have no idea they are deceived (that is how deception works) and they simply follow a preacher or teacher or even a friend but that would make a good case for each person studying and asking questions and not just following blindly as some do.
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