I have always said that it isn’t what you know, but what people think you know.
Over the last 25+ years, I have heard a lot of people telling me what the Bible says, when it was really only what they wanted the Bible to say.
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You have heard it so many times- read the Bible so you know what is true and what is false. And that is absolutely true; after all, how can you know what a book- any book- is about if you haven’t read it?
I’ll bet you have heard that old adage about the three topics you should never discuss in public: Money, Politics, and Religion. And there is good reason for that, since all three create very passionate feelings.
As for religion, when someone tells you what the Bible says, I have found that the more passionate they are about what God wants and what we can, and can’t, do, that way too often what they claim the Bible says is really only what they want to the Bible to say.
And, to be fair, I am not sure that they always know the difference.
We all want to do what is right, and when you couple that desire with human ego, very often that means extrapolation and accuracy get mixed-up.
That is why we MUST know the Bible, from Genesis through Revelation, because even the most well-meaning person can direct you straight into Hell.
Haven’t you heard the old saying, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.“?
How is it that there are so many different religions? They all profess to worship the same God who never changes, yet there are so many different ways to worship him: there are rules about what to eat and what not to eat, some say it’s OK to dance and sing while others say it’s a sin to dance and sing, some say the Sabbath is Saturday some say Sunday, yadda-yada-yadda.
The only way that this can happen is by people thinking what they know is the gospel truth, but in reality what they know to be God’s word is really only what they want to be God’s word.
Most of my career I was in management, and from that experience I learned that it doesn’t matter if you really know what you are talking about, so long as you sound like you do. And that facade is even more effective if the people you are talking to have less knowledge of the topic than you do.
So, nu?…what’s my point?
It’s this: if you don’t read the Bible every day, front to back, over and over, you will be led off the path of salvation and onto a one-way street leading directly to Sheol (hell).
And I am not saying maybe, or it’s possible, but absolutely, guaranteed, no bout adoubt it- without knowing the Bible, you WILL be misled.
As with everything in life, you have the freedom to choose what you will believe, so if you believe in God, believe Yeshua is the Messiah he promised to send (even if you don’t yet believe it), without knowing what the Bible says, you can’t tell real from wrong.
Would you buy a car without ever test driving it?
Would you invest in something without researching it’s success in the past?
Would you buy a house without ever going through it?
No? Then why would you trust your eternal soul to someone telling you how to be saved without verifying it for yourself?
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That’s it for today, so l’hitraot and Baruch HaShem!