As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
All this harkens back to v. 11, where we read that God gave us the apostles, and prophets and evangelists and pastors and teachers. And, now … as a result of their leadership, we can escape the destruction from the many enticing facades of evil around us.
Such facades can be seen in the good attempts of society, like:
- standing against domestic abuse
- fighting human trafficking
- Helping the homeless
While we want to do good, if that goodness becomes an end to itself, we can began to ask ourselves such questions as ‘how good is good enough’, ‘can we do better’, if we went this far, why not try harder next time’?
Friend, only when our leaders impress upon us that God is our only standard for goodness, such questions will be like the waves, carrying us away to but try another man made effort