How important is it to you to be in God’s Word? What is something you’ve learned by reading the Bible this week?
If we never open a Bible that we have access to, how will we know what what we believe is the Truth of God’s Word?
God’s Word warns about testing everything you hear and read from anyone and make sure it lines up with what the Bible teaches. We cannot take a man’s word for it.
1 John 4:1-4
Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 3 and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God; and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already. 4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.
When will traditional or unbiblical beliefs stop if we know the Truth , but we do not correct the falsehood? How will people learn the Truth if we pacify them with what they want to hear?
There are so many falsehoods about eternity influenced by Hollywood movies and beliefs that need to stop.
False : Humans become angels when they die
Jesus didn’t die for angels. He died for humans. Angels are never your loved ones. Those who know Jesus as Lord and Savior are sons and daughters adopted into God’s family , not winged messengers like old tv shows portray . Angels cannot be saved or redeemed, that’s why 1/3 of former angels are called demons.
False : I am a good person and God will let me into Heaven. An evil person will go to Hell .
God is Holy and is not like us. He won’t let someone go to Heaven just because a human thinks they are good enough by their own standards. Jesus has to be their Lord and Savior and a desire to obey Him. We can’t expect Heaven if we want to remain in the sin nature we are born with. Just because a person did evil things, doesn't mean they are doomed to Hell. Murderers like Moses , Paul have all been forgiven and now are with Jesus in Heaven. They turned away from sin and chose to obey the Lord.
False: We will be in Heaven in the sky forever.
We won't be in Heaven forever in the clouds. There will be a New Heaven and Earth according to Revelation Chapter 21 and 22 and shall be where God dwells forever!
These are just a few falsehoods of many that need to stop. Jesus promises that the Holy Spirit will teach us , but how can we know the Truth if we never take the time to learn?
John 14:26-27
“I have said these things to you while still living with you. 26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
You cannot be reminded of anything, if you didn’t take the time to listen, learn, and study in school. In the same way God desires for us to choose to spend time with Him. He will not just give us knowledge without us seeking Him and a desire to know the Truth.
What have you learned from God’s Word this week? Are there some falsehoods you believe that need to be replaced with Truth? Will we continue with spreading Truth or sharing just a traditional unbiblical thought?
All scriptures are from the World English Bible