Staying True to God's Word

Staying True to God's Word

My daddy has been my preacher for seventeen years at my church, but has been a spiritual leader in our home always.  He has always encouraged those around him to NEVER take man's interpretation of the Bible as truth, but to seek my own truth in God's word.  My burden for this task has been heavy in the last few days because it seems that so many take only portions of God's word and simply misinterpret the meaning which leaves many misguided.

When I got up yesterday I began to research and think about messages I had heard this weekend. There is so much controversy already in our world from misinterpretations and applying God's word in the proper context.  I am so thankful to have such a man of God as my friend that he will preach the truth at all costs, that he will stay true to God's word.  That truth is this....LoVe ALL people!  Plain and simple.  When we read in Mark 7:1 we must remember that God's word tells us ...

Do Not Judge!!

7 “Judge not, that you be not judged. ² For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.³ And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? ⁴ Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye?⁵ Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

     So what do we as Christians do?  Point fingers, condemn?  Do you not realize that ANY sin you commit is the same in God's eyes?  How can you condemn one person for their life choices or beliefs when you too are a sinner?  It all comes down to Love...showing God's love, telling of God's love, sharing God's word and allowing him to work through you!  Sin is sin!! This is a verse that I often remind myself of and one that many need to remember,

     Then I began to study more on a lesson that I heard stating that "if people had not told of Jesus'works he might still be here with us".  In this portion of the scripture from Mark 7 Jesus is healing a deaf mute man and is on a journey where he wants to not be recognized.   He clearly gives direction to the people as he is trying to go unseen on this mission.  Mark 7:35-37 reads:

35 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly. 36 Then He commanded them that they should tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more widely they proclaimed it. 37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”

Jesus clearly commanded them not to tell, so immediately we see that they were in disobedience to Him.  Now the main thing we need to understand is, that them telling was part of God's preordained plan for Jesus life...he knew it would happen.  How then can anyone predict that people not sharing this information could have changed the course of Jesus' life?  His life was prophesied through out the Old Testament as is revealed in MANY references and to suggest that this course could have been altered by human man is simply not possible.  Can you see that Jesus changed our lives?....we could not have changed His.  If we could have, don't you think we would have chosen for the agony of the cross not to happen?  His life had to happen in the order in which it was ordained to fulfill His destiny of the journey to the cross.  ANYTHING that would have altered that path would have changed our opportunity for salvation and eternal life and not been of God.  

The burden for salvation of others should be real in your life and mine...is it?  Do you seek wisdom and truth from God's word or do you take the word of man?  Search for yourself, read and ask questions....never let the ultimate decision of your life rest on the word of mortal man, but on the word of the one who loves you more than any other....man can plant a seed that leads us to God!

Seek Him today....my prayer is that you will always desire to fellowship and share in His word and live for His glory so that you may enjoy .....  

Joy in the Fellowship of God

Psalm 63:1   A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

O God, You are my God;
Early will I seek You;
My soul thirsts for You;
My flesh longs for You
In a dry and thirsty land
Where there is no water.