He was operating on what his father believed, or on what a favorite Sunday School teacher had said. One might as well try to masticate food in the college cafeteria with his father's borrowed dentures as to try and chew on metaphysics in the classroom with his father's borrowed convictions. It will help us when we are assailed by clever advocates of philosophy to remember that we are battling against a foe which is not invincible, but which has been put to flight upon numerous occasions. We need not shed tears of frustration nor wring our hands in futility. No weapon formed against the truth shall prosper.
History attests to the power of the faith to overcome the world.
We are fighting upon familiar ground under the leadership of one who never lost a battle and will never know defeat. Have no part or lot with them. For though you were once all darkness, now as Christians you are light. No one need be reluctant to enter the fray while clad in the armor which God has provided. Nothing can stand against the sword of the Spirit when swung by the hand of one whose trust is strong and who will die for the faith he holds in Jesus.