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Originally Posted by UntoHim
Why should a young person or a new believer have to worry about being duped in the first place?
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I thought I responded to this.
1. Why should anyone? Because man is destined to rule and replace Satan who is a liar. He is not happy with that and has been deceiving the "weak link" ever since he deceived Eve.
2. The NT gives us very much detail on dealing with false prophets, false brothers, "super apostles", etc. Why would the apostles warn us of this if it was unnecessary?
Again, the number that I picked is not random, it is based on reasonable principles, but it is certainly not definitive. The Lord will judge, not me or you. But what is certain is that I cannot control what others do, only what I do. Therefore, if I go around blaming others for my being duped there is no hope of improvement. On the other hand if I realize what was the warning signal that I should have paid more attention to then I can begin to heed these warnings and learn from them. Therefore, to answer your question, I think the reason a "young" person or any person for that matter should worry about being duped is because this is an important lesson that we need to learn if we are going to rule and reign with Christ.
Once again, consider the number. Suppose WL spoke to 20,000 (a conservative number) and only 1 person felt "duped". Then I think it is reasonable that most of the responsibility for that should be on the person who felt duped, but not all. Perhaps WL could have spoken more clearly. On the other hand if ten people felt duped then that is a pretty strong testimony that should not be ignored, even though 19,990 disagree. Still, it is not at all clear that WL should bear the greater responsibility for that. But, if it is 100 people, or 1,000 people then you have a real problem and significant culpability. James warned us about this and the risk involved in being a teacher.
You give someone far too much power if a single person complaining about being duped could damage a ministry. Bare minimum you need 2 or 3 credible witnesses before it should even be considered. Again, these are scriptural principles. In this matter of being duped I want 2 or 3 credible examples (Daystar, PL, Sister's rebellion) and at least 10 people who witnessed this.
The Lord said
"7 Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh!" Why is it necessary? Read the context, He is talking about "causing little ones who believe on Him to stumble".