Only God can read the mind and judge the heart. We can stand unflinchingly for the fundamentals of the faith without succumbing to personal arrogance and pride. Indeed, we must never confuse the perfection of God's revelation with our own feeble efforts to understand and explain it. The Reformation principle of sola Scriptura means that we must ever subject ourselves, reverently, humbly, and obediently, to the unchanging truth of God's inspired Word. In the family of faith, how we say something is sometimes as important as what we say.
Words are weighty.
They can hurt and harm as well as edify and uplift. It is our responsibility to love and pray for those with whom we disagree. His face, that hitherto may have been strange and intolerable to me, is transformed in intercession into the countenance of a brother for whom Christ died, the face of a forgiven sinner. Only as we take this word to heart can we uncover the true spiritual roots of conflict, and so open ourselves to the power of God's transforming work. We can be thankful for the triumph of the gospel without delighting in the defeat of our opponents.