The Bible is abundant with good news. When I think of the news stations on TV, along with other sources, most of what you hear is bad news and that is what most people feed on which can produce negativity, stress and worry which in turn brings out the worst in people. If all you do is feed on negativity you will become a negative person prone to sickness, stroke and heart attack.
This is the reason inspirational speakers are so popular in our society. Although being inspired is important, a steady diet of it can be harmful because the results of it may be a spiritual high but it does little to change the inner man. People can be inspired to do great things and that is a good thing; that is what a coach does for his or her team hoping to get the best outcome possible, but the real good news goes beyond spiritual highs and shows us how to have a relational and balanced spiritual life.
This will not take place without hearing about sin, repentance and confession plus the blood of Jesus that was shed for our sin because we were totally lost and separated without His blood being applied to our lives at the time of our rebirth. We need to be aware and hear of the Crucifixion, death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. I don’t think some of your leading inspirational preachers teach these things. Without teaching these truths you are not teaching the most important things that a non-believer needs to hear.
It is a strange thing to me that the Bible has been the top selling book for years but probably is read the least. It says of the Word in Psalms 119:105, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” If the Psalmist thought that the Word was that important so should we. Think about the Word when it talks about the blind leading the blind in Matthew 15:14 when Jesus was talking to the Pharisees about food, Jesus said to His disciples, “Let them alone; they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind both shall fall into a ditch.” Jesus told His disciples to leave the Pharisees alone because they were blind to God’s truth.
Many Christians have this same problem because they don’t study God’s Word for themselves. Many Christians rely on pastors or teachers to guide them into the truth; the problem is that like the Pharisees there are false teachers and preachers that are also blind to the truth. We as Christians have a responsibility to read and study the Word ourselves. The Word says in 2 Timothy 2:15-16, “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman who needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and vain babblings, for they will increase unto more ungodliness.”
Paul was encouraging Timothy to tell the believers to stay away from unprofitable teachings, to study the Word so that they would know what God’s will was for their lives. Christians that don’t read and study the Word of God will be ashamed when they stand before the Lord someday. It says this about the Word in 2 Timothy 3:16-17, “All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.”
The Bible is God breathed, thoroughly accurate and trustworthy because it was inspired by God. Let’s not neglect it , it is far too important for us to leave it on the shelf collecting dust depending on someone else to teach us, open it up and start reading, making it a priority. I hope you will, God bless you and have a great day. And don’t forget to thank and praise the Lord!!
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