Message from Scripture: 6/16/2021

 

Today, our message from Scripture comes from 1 Cor. 1:18. “For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”

 

It is interesting how people often will ignore the divine origin of Scripture, and either twist its teachings, or delete them, or replace them with what better appeals to its desires. While God does not change (Jas. 1:17), the behavior of some do, rapidly, and to justify such, Scripture is altered to fit whatever the times dictate. Scripture today is seen as no longer condemning anything, nor offering a better way to live, as the desires of the flesh now must define what the Bible should say.

 

While truth is in flux to many, depending on what is currently trending, it is fixed in Scripture. “Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven” (Psa. 119:89). There are those who would alter it to fit whatever others deem appropriate for their moment in time, like Phygelus and Hermogenus (2 Tim. 1:15). There are those in the body of Christ who would determine to put out those who disagree with whatever their current interpretation is, like Diotrephes (3 John 1:9). In the midst of it all, truth stands true.

 

The church is the body of the saved, who are to be the pillar and support of truth (1 Tim. 3:15). To come to the message of the gospel is to alter our lives in submission to God, that we might be saved and have eternal life. Anything else is merely a delusion. We must return to Scripture as God’s revealed truth to all people for life and eternity. May our wisdom be seen in holding fast to God and His will, no matter what others may think or do. May we go out convicted in what Scripture teaches, nothing more and nothing less, to serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. God bless.

 

Robert