Do We Really Believe the Bible?

Not sure what you would expect to follow that kind of title, but I really mean it. Do we believe it or do we use it as a loose guide to fill the holes in our personal convictions? Yep, I just put it out there like that.

Do yourself and me a favor. Stop whatever it is your doing and find for me an example in the Bible of a missionary who went, planted/sowed, and then stayed until death in one church. Once you find that, find me a place where a brother fell into sin and they shunned him immediately, disregarding their own sins. Next, look for a definition of worldly. This one you can find, but let’s relate that to what you think in your mind is the definition of worldliness. List out what you think it is and be very honest.

Even with these few items, I think we will find, if we are honest with ourselves, a discrepancy in between what we think and what the Bible says. What does it say when the Bible challenges our thinking which is supposed to be based on the Bible? I say these things not to be contentious, but to ask you, me, all of us to wake up out of our stupor and proclaim the Word of God for what it is, truth. Teach it correctly because we are always in it. Share it the right way because it is a part of us.

We should be doing these things instead of sharing our opinions and convictions. Creating guidelines and policies because we feel they are right and claim they are from the Bible, but that have no biblical backing. I call once again for us to reopen our Bibles for the first time, and truly read it to understand what God has given to us. I am not saying everything would be different if we did that, but we would have a lot more people who understood their faith because they read and understood it for themselves instead of tacking other men’s word for it.