The Honest Word

Today is a day that the Lord has made, I should rejoice and be glad in it? How many times do we let what is happening around us affect what our mood is or our attitude is? Sometimes it's just too easy to allow other people the power over us to change our mood, demeanor, attitude, or even our work performance. We choose what goes into our minds. If we seek the Lord, our conscience will filter our words, actions, and beliefs toward righteousness. If we don't seek the Lord by searching his word, it is easy to break down our conscience-filter and start to speak and believe false teaching. That affects our attitudes, moods, and demeanor.

We talked in Bible class today about how the false prophets in Jeremiah 5 lied and gave the people who listened to them a false sense of safety - the Lord won't do that. They found out that they had sinned and the Lord did punish them. Paul talked to Timothy in first Timothy 1 about the teachers of the law who were teaching false ideas and being devoted to myths and endless geneologies. Paul said that they were confusing the message. God's work was being undermined. The discussions were leading to controversies rather than unity in Christ.

Since Jeremiah had problems with false information getting out attributed to God and Timothy was having problems with teachers of the law teaching things they didn't understand, how should we approach studying the Word and teaching the Word? What kind of responsibility does that put on the teacher and the learner? What happens when the student and/or the teacher stop seeking the Lord - searching the scriptures?

Paul told Timothy to command the teachers to quit teaching false teachings. He said that the command was from love - to restore success to God's work. It should be given out of a pure heart and a sincere faith. All of these things should guide those who teach and those who are students of the Word. Both have responsibilities to maintain the truth to find and stay on the path to heaven.

Kerry and I were very pleased this week when James decided to put on his Lord in baptism. He has struggled with the meaning of life and death for a long time now and come to this decision after having a lot of time to think and study this summer. I'm banking on the Christian brothers and sisters will keep each other honest and seek God's truth to keep him on the road to heaven. That will help all brothers and sisters stay true to the path.

Have a great day and week!
Brad

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