Dear friends,
This week we’ll go straight to the devotional thought.
In today’s world there is much anti-Christian talk, and very much false teaching from so-called progressive Christian leaders. It seems everywhere you turn, someone is preaching and teaching their own interpretation of what the Bible says.
If you are a committed believer, you must know what you believe and believe what you know. Heresy is disguised as a new “word from God”, when the scriptures speak God’s complete and true word. The Bible is not subject to some so-called prophet’s opinion of scripture.
It has been reported that larger numbers of people are attending church services. This may be true, but discipling those who come to faith is of great importance, otherwise we have church attenders, but who are not true believers. Again, know what you believe and believe what you know.
There are warnings in the Bible regarding those who spread false gospels.
1 Timothy 4:1 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
2 Peter 2:1-3 “But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories.”
We are told today that the sins described in the Bible do not apply to the progressive line of thinking. Those who subscribe to every level of depravity find those who hold to the authority of God’s word as old-fashioned and out of step with the culture. From the LGBTQ revolution, same sex marriage, abortion and all other sins against the Creator, nothing is sacred anymore.
“Every word that [Jesus] spoke was historically true. Every word that He spoke was scientifically true. Every word that He spoke was ethically true. There were no loopholes in the moral conceptions and statements of Jesus Christ. His ethical vision was wholly correct, correct in the age in which He lived and correct in every age that has followed it.” (Billy Graham).
The time has come for Christians to speak out on these issues. We cannot remain silent, hoping they will go away. We must stand firmly on what He has revealed to us.
In Truth,
Pastor Jerry
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