18 Apr '15 20:15>1 edit
Originally posted by RJHindsIt is one thing to offer instruction; it is quite another to patronize. I would accept spiritual instruction from someone indubitably at a higher spiritual level than myself. I won't be patronized.
The intent is not really to attack other Christians, but to inform, so the brothers are not ignorant of the truth, and to correct against false doctrines of demons just as the apostle Paul did in the following examples:For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery-- so that you will not be wise in your own estimation-- that a par ...[text shortened]... be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth.
(1 Timothy 4:1-3 NASB)