"But We Believe"

The world in which we live today is filled with people who have a "belief system" of one type or another, whether in THE ONE TRUE GOD or a god-myth of tradition or culture or convenience.

In trying to deal with many of these folks and persuade them of the ONE and ONLY GOD, we often hear at one point or other, "...But we believe...", and on they go with the reason for where it is they stand even if that stand is somewhat based on the Holy Scriptures known as The Bible.

 

          "BUT WE BELIEVE..." should never be an excuse or a replacement for, "THE WORD OF GOD SAYS..." but I fear it has become just that way. A question each of us must ask now and then is, "Am I following God's Word as it was originally written (after all, HE wrote it by way of His HOLY SPIRIT through inspired men), or am I more concerned with the sect or group with which I am associated, whether a denomination or other false teaching religion."

I fear there is a large percentage in this country and around the world who, for whatever reason, have been absorbed into one religion or other without much thought or personal study into what is truly being taught and from where it originates. In other words, too many today are following blindly what the large group is teaching and not asking the proper questions to find the truth.

First Thessalonians 5:21 tells us, "Prove (question, examine) all things. Hold fast that which is good."

Many big names seem to attract people. To question a certain man or his religious group is certainly out of the area of possibility for some. After all, he has been to school and knows so much more than the average person so we should trust him as he speaks.

         Let's understand that God's Word will never change!! God will never change!! No matter how many people vote to make certain religious items "The Way Things Are Today", God's Word says we will be judged by what God has already said in His Word as it is written.

 

Deuteronomy 4:2 "You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. (NKJV)

Re 22:18,19 "For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book." (NKJV)

God is today and will always be faithful to His Holy Word! We should be diligent to to faithful to it as well.

                God Bless until we meet again...Mark