Over the last couple of days, I have been burdened with an unfortunate situation I see developing throughout the modern day church. We have put aside the truth of Scriptures, we have watered them down, and we are preaching false doctrines. At the heart of the issue is this: is the Word of God inerrant, infallible, truth for all generations? or is it stories, fables, and mere suggestions on how we should live? If we as believers, as the body of Christ, do not believe that the entire Holy Bible, that every word is inerrant, infallible, and not a mere suggestion, and grouping of stories, then we are ripping the heart right out of our faith. If the words on the pages are not truth, then where does it stop? If we do not believe the Lord has taught us to love our neighbors but we are to be intolerant to false teaching, what do we believe? If we do not believe that sin is sin and that we were all born into sin, what do we believe? If we do not believe the Lord created the heavens and the earth and did so in six days and rested on the seventh day, then what do we believe? If we do not believe that there is a hell, then what do we believe? If we do not believe that we are to follow the laws of the land until they go against the Word of God, then what do we believe? If we do not believe that the history in the Old Testament is a true account and has been placed there for us to learn from but also for us to see the redemptive work of the Saviour through time and to see where we have come from as a people, then what do we believe? If we believe that we can add to and take away from Scripture, then what else are we going to add to and take away from? If we do not believe that the Word of God is active and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, examine, exhorting, and encouraging in Christ, then what do we believe? If we are parents teaching our children that sexual immorality is all right, you are young and you can not control your hormones and it will be easier when you are married if you have already had sex, then what else will we teach them is right and not a sin? If we are teaching our children that it is all right to cheat and "cut corners" to get ahead, then what else will we teach them is not a sin? If we are gossiping or lying or placing ourselves in situations that we should not, then what else are we going to show them? Where will it stop? Because if we continue to pick and choose the Scriptures we believe to be truth, then we are picking and choosing away our salvation. How can we determine which are truth and which are not? How can we say this is not truth? If that is not truth, then someone else can say that the Lord did not come as a baby born to a virgin, He did not live a perfect sinless life, He did not heal the lame and sick, He was not beaten for our transgression, He was not hung upon a cross to die, He did not die, He was not raised from the dead, and He does not sit in heaven at the right hand of the Father. If we continue to pick a part the Scriptures then why do we even believe what we believe? Why do we not just throw our faith out the door and find another fad faith to follow? If the Scriptures are not inerrant, infallible, truth, laws to govern our land, our lives, our beings, if they are mere parables for us to follow, then Mother Goose, Aesop's Fables, and other religions can teach us the same principals. They can all teach us to "be good." But at the heart of Christianity is the Word of God, given to us from the only living God, it is what sets us a part. The fact is that the ONLY true God of this world gave us His Holy Word to use as a road map for our lives, the fact is that our God is the ONLY God Who is living and alive and active in the lives of His people. It is a sad day in our world when people are punished for burning other "holy" documents, but Christians each day "burn" their holy document by their actions and their words. When we will learn from other religions and stop being ashamed of our own faith? When will we rise up in love and truth and proclaim the Gospel as truth? When will we stop putting our Bibles on the shelves and start reading them and believing them? When will we stop worrying about what other people may say and start worrying about what the Lord will say when we stand before Him? He has given us His Word, his inerrant, infallible, unchangeable Word. Let's start believing...
"I warn if everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues detailed in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book." Revelation 22:18-19
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"And how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:15-17
"I warn if everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues detailed in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book." Revelation 22:18-19
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"And how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:15-17
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