My friend, Michael Wilson, shared this thought this morning. The idea is not to view everything skeptically, but rather to know what God’s Word says so that we can discern between truth and some distortion of it. Also for those things we aren’t sure about, to be able to dig into the Word, prayerfully, to be guided into truth by the Holy Spirit and the counsel of trusted students of the Word. Thanks to Michael for raising this matter for consideration.
No Lying Zone
Being a religious teacher doesn’t mean you are telling the truth about Jesus. This stuns me but I must learn to discern the truth from a lie. Some ministers lie. Peter promised this would be true.
I must be able to tell right from wrong. To not do so can lead me downhill and off the cliff. Destruction and death follow suit.
Is the message one of unity or division. Am I being pitted against others? Am I encourage to look down at others or even hate them?
I need to consider the message as a reflection on the messenger. God’s goal for me is to follow the truth. I need to find ministers who teach the truth about Jesus and don’t lie.
But there were also lying prophets among the people then, just as there will be lying religious teachers among you. They’ll smuggle in destructive…
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