“He that knoweth God, heareth us,” says the apostle. “He that is not of God, heareth not us; thereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error” (1 John 4:6).
Is it apostolic teaching? For in this we are called to continue; and though an angel preach otherwise than what we have received through the apostles (1 Cor. 15; 2 Tim. 3:14), Paul does not hesitate, in the Holy Ghost, to say, “Let him be accursed.” For no lie is of the truth, but works evil always, however insidiously.
Are we wiser than God? Is not our duty to obey, unquestioningly, the plain word of God? “And this is love, that we walk after His commandments.”