• Acts 26:9-11 - Paul speaks about his former days of persecuting Christians.

  • We don’t want to be in the category of people who are sincerely wrong!

  • People become sincerely wrong by following false standards of authority:

  • Conscience

  • Proverbs 14:12 - Paul lived with a good conscience even when persecuting Christians. God was the source of authority, not his conscience.

  • Wisdom of people

  • I Corinthians 2:4-5 - Our faith must rest on the power of God.

  • I Corinthians 1:18-20 - God will destroy the wisdom of this world.

  • Jeremiah 10:23

  • The majority

  • Matthew 7:13-14 - Many enter through the gate that leads to destruction.

  • Family tradition

  • Matthew 10:37

  • Galatians 1:13-14 - Paul was zealous for his ancestral traditions even though they were wrong.

  • People become sincerely right by following the Bible.

  • Galatians 1:1 - Paul was clear about where his teaching came from.

  • I Timothy 4:1-7 - Instructions for Timothy for sticking to sound doctrine.

  • I Timothy 6:1-5 - More warnings about sticking to sound doctrine.

  • II Timothy 2:15