Good Bereans
I have always admired the Bereans and wanted to be like them. To sit and think critically about the message being presented, and to search the Scriptures to make certain the message is true is something I have witnessed disappear in our modern American churches. Far too many times to count I have taught lessons that teens (and adults) take at face value, go home and never think about again. Often I have felt a temptation to slip something in that is not true, simply to see who is doing the work on their own. (I can't remember ever doing this intentionally, merely a thought).
But I think the most intriguing people I encounter are those who raise issue with a lesson I have taught, not based on their reading of Scripture to seek correct truth, but because it has clashed with their personal beliefs (which may or may not be based on Scriptural principals). And it becomes even more entertaining (and frustrating) when people will take issue with teaching when they only know a fraction of what was taught, and do not take the steps necessary to find the whole picture.
Even though these people certainly keep ministry (and life) interesting, I find that I much prefer conversing with people who take their faith as seriously as the Bereans did.
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