John 18:37-39 “You are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.” “What is truth?” retorted Pilate. I heard a Pastor on the radio state that it is amazing what people will believe in when they refuse to believe in the One True God, Creator of Heaven & Earth. Secular humanists state that their godless pagan beliefs are tolerant of everyone, yet willfully state that they are intolerant of a sovereign God (their Maker) that sets rules, that tells us what is right to do and what is wrong to do in His holy & just eyes, that they must trust, obey, and follow. In truth, their obedience is to the sinful desires of the flesh, the world that tempts with temporal lawless living and pleasures which are disobedience to the word, will and way of Almighty God. They fall into the same deceitful lie of Satan that led to the original sin and fall of mankind: “you will not surely die” (Genesis 3:4) … “you will be like God” (Gen. 3:5); meaning you will be your own god.
John 8:31-32 Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Unbelief takes many different forms. Some take the path of Atheism, believing there is no God and no after-life. Some take the path of Naturalism, believing that nature and the Universe is God and worship the Creation. Others take the path of other religions which focus on self and are based on works and power within our own mind, body and soul. We recently saw a movie where a woman determines that she is no longer happy in her marriage, so leaves. Finds new men and travels to many places searching for happiness, to forgive herself and to love herself again. At a Guru resort in India discovers that “god is in her and god is her”. It is the worse movie that I’ve ever seen because it promotes an empty life and the pursuit of happiness in every direction, except towards the one true God, away from the only Lord & Savior of the world and true joy.
Proverbs 14:11-13 “The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the godly will flourish. There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death. Laughter can conceal a heavy heart, but when the laughter ends, the grief remains.”
Everywhere you look, you see ministry because there is a world out there living a lie and looking for happiness in all the wrong places. More to come on the next post.
In Christ, Brian
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