Truth is not relative...

There seems to be an emerging thought that truth can be dealt with the same way that we deal with the most common of things.  Like a salad bar....take a little this and leave what we don't want.  I will say that there is not any one person or movement that has the corner on God or all that there is to know about Him, but we have one thing in this world that is our ONLY ground for truth and that is God's word.  Some things can't be disputed.  Now for those who reject God's word, I can only offer a prayer, that by God's grace your darkened heart will be illuminated to this truth.  Fundamentally, there are principles in scripture that we pattern our life after in order to please our Heavenly Father.  I have but one desire in the life which I now live in the flesh and that is to search the scripture and work out what Christ has worked in, without any private interpretation; rightly divided.  We do have liberty in Christ and are to be examples, and are not to lords over God's heritage, but over and over the truth is plainly given.  We are to be like those Berean christians in Acts 17:11...."they RECEIVED the word with all readiness of mind and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so".  Above all, we must have love one for another and give grace to grow.  We all come short but we should all be "strivers" to be like him for the scripture says in I John 4:17  :...because as he is, so are we in this world."  Does this world see Christ in us?  May God help us to just receive the truth and not wrestle it..

Thy word...

There are many papers and books available in this hour that at any time we could pick up and read, but there is only one that should we pick it up, it would read us.  It is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword.  You know by now that I"m talking about the old black back book, the word of God.  I do not debate anyone on the inspiration of the scriptures.  You try to prove all the truths of that King James bible and you will lose your mind; try to disprove any portion of it and you will lose your soul.  Surely you understand the subtle attack of the devil concerning the word of God.  He will always provide a counterfeit for the real thing.  If there is light then you must have darkness; truth...then error.  I am so glad that I can have confidence in the word of God!  We take too lightly the work of the devil and all of his devils.  This book is the incorruptible seed by which we were born again.(I Peter 1:23; James 1:18)  May God help us to deliver it to the masses, dedicate it to memory, but never, no never, ten thousands times no never dilute its message.  God bless!