a. One must listen to the convictions others profess, and look at the convictions that person is practicing.
b. This is important for the both people in the relationship. We cannot expect in others what we are not exercising in ourselves.
1. James 1:22 “But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.”
c. Profession of convictions will be based in the one’s beliefs concerning God and His Word or man and the teachings of the world.