Neither can I. Which, when all is said and done, is precisely why we rely on ourselves to determine what is right or wrong, and why we don't "test the spirits" to find out.
Neither can I [know the true motivations of Andrea Yates]. Which, when all is said and done, is precisely why we rely on ourselves to determine what is right or wrong, and why we don’t “test the spirits” to find out.
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Proverbs 3
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
We have different estimations of our intellectual prowess and ability to logically deduce right action absent God. Witness your average communist who has deduced that policy X will help us all.
By saying you don’t “test the spirits” I assume you basically take the stance that there are none that effect you. We disagree here as well. That verse is actually a call to reason and not against it, and a call to use of your mind (the spirits being spoken of in the verse can be in a man that is speaking to you in this context . . . not just some disembodied ghostlike thing that you may be imagining or some Hollywood demonic possession).