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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
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First, it is clear to me that, regardless of whether or not error in doctrine is always sin, error in doctrine is always a consequence of sin. When the Lord returns and we join him in heaven, there will no longer be disagreements about doctrine. Disagreements about baptism, eschatology and other issues will be put away once and for all. And we all look forward to that day.
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Did the writer truly mean for it to come out this way? If I've understood him correctly, he's saying that his "friend" who baptizes infants does so because of "sin." AND - that one of those "godly men" is teaching a particular view of eschatology because of sin.
I think an "error in doctrine" can come about with all of the best intentions and have nothing overtly to do with sin. And by "error" I'm obviously talking about those "secondary issues" as the writer calls them.
Of course, some might teach that Jesus Christ possessed no divinity and do so simply out of ignorance. Apollos and the disciples of John at Ephesus no doubt had such an incomplete idea about who the Messiah was that their teaching may have been prone to error. I don't think this was the result of sin.
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