"FACT, FAITH AND FEELINGS!"

Fact, faith and feelings; these three sometimes get confused in our world today when it comes to the things of God.

Too often people do not find the facts and fix their faith accordingly, but will have a faith based on something other than the facts God presents in His Holy Word.

It is obvious that many religious organizations will base their beliefs on the feelings they can cause or arouse in people rather than giving the facts in God's Word as God presents them.

If a person has a feeling deep inside, too often that "feeling" becomes their basis of faith or belief that they are doing "IT" correctly.

We all know however, that feelings are not always true. Allow me to give you a case in point from God's Holy Word.

In the Bible (Genesis 37) we read about Joseph and his coat of many colors. His father had showed a bit of partiality in giving him this special gift, which only served to make his neglected brothers even more jealous.

We know the story of how these brothers sold Joseph into slavery because of their bitterness and jealousy towards him.

Dipping his coat of many colors in the blood of a goat, they brought it to their father. The heart of poor Jacob was broken as he was overcome by grief.

As far as he knew and was concerned, his favored son was dead. He believed that a wild animal had killed him and torn him to pieces.
He actually "Felt" and acted as though his son had truly been killed.

Many years later when word came that Joseph was actually alive and living down in Egypt, Jacob refused to believe it.

He was so firmly convinced that his son was dead. The belief he had was not based on facts, but something completely untrue.

Experiences in religion within themselves prove nothing. A person's feelings are not a safe guide by which to gauge Godly things.

A "Thing" or an idea can be taught so strongly that a few, or millions for that matter, believe it so much and act on it as though it were true.

This does not make it true by the standard already set down by God in His Holy Word. Facts should produce the faith and the feelings should come as a result of doing the right thing by God and His standard.

Romans 10:17 tells us, "So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ." 

Hearing what God's word says is, according to the Bible, what brings true faith.

God took the time to put His Words down in written form and we should never accept anything but His Truth as it is written.

NO MAN has the right to change one word, one comma, one period, one dot over an 'i' or one crossing of a 't'.

We will all be judged on HIS WORD, how it has already been written, and not on the changes made to suppress sin so we feel good in our religious activities.

Find the FACTS in GOD'S Word, put your FAITH in His Word, and doing it His way will bring the greatest FEELINGS man can experience, the joy of knowing we have salvation according to His Word.

God bless until our next time.......