Such are clear indications of carnality and immaturity. But before we run off lamenting the immaturity of these carnal babes, let's look a little closer at ourselves. It is because we are separating into quarreling groups, that we cannot learn from one another. Iron no longer sharpens iron, for we stand aloof from one another, each in their own little camp. Surely we cannot believe that we have all truth and have no need that anyone should instruct us.
Truth is too big for any one man or church to hold.
Only the boldly arrogant would claim such. A mature mind will certainly see that Calvin, Arminius, Luther and Wesley were all a part of the same body - the body of Christ. And we dare not tare apart the limbs of Christ. We must move beyond the immaturity that only reads the approved books, listens to only the approved sermons, and thinks only the approved thoughts. We must insist upon doing our own thinking, arriving at our own conclusions.