I have my medication in blister packs, and I just usually take them
without much thought. But this particular morning as I was starting the new
month I checked a pill as I didn't recognise it. I checked it with the
description on the labels, and it didn't seem to match up so I didn't take it.
I decided to go to my pharmacist with the pack and the pill I wasn't sure of.
They checked it for me and reassured me that it was the right one, just a
different make to what I usually have. It was just that the description hadn't
been changed, but as the saying goes "it is better to be safe than
sorry."
As a Christian I am to be discerning about spiritual things and not just
take them at face value, just because it says Christian, doesn't mean that it
is. Everything we read, watch and listen to should be tested with the
scriptures. When Paul went to Berea and spoke to the Jews there, explaining
from the Jewish scriptures that Messiah would come, and what would happen when
He did, He could show them that indeed Jesus truly was the long waited for
Messiah. Did they take Pauls word for it, no, they went to the scriptures
themselves to see if these things were so. If then, Paul, who was an apostle
appointed by the risen Lord Jesus, was being checked out by the scriptures, how
much more in our modern age should we check what is being said and done in the
name of the Lord.
False teaching, false preachers, and false denominations abound in our
day so we should not be slack in testing everything we hear, see, and read. Self-appointed
teachers and prophets abound in this age and if we do not personally, prayerfully
study the Word of God then we will soon get drawn into error. We should not
rely on another person’s commentary of the Holy Bible, but be as the Bereans
and test what they say with scripture. We will not be able to blame anyone else
when we stand before Christ, we will be accountable before Him for all we have
done in the body. Sarah Young when writing her book, Jesus Calling, said
she laid aside God's Word because she wanted more. That is the worst thing
anyone can do, the moment we don't use the scripture to test the spirits then
we find ourselves being deceived, she did not test the spirit and was deceived
by another Jesus. The Jesus of Sarah Young is not the Jesus of the Bible, it is another Jesus
calling
In the area where I live we have many sayings, one of which is "I'm
not joking, they'll swallow anything," meaning they are so gullible that
they believe everything anyone says, they don't check the source or the truth
of a matter. Another saying is, "You can say blacks white and they'll
believe you." That is not a good way to be. Facebook is rife with
hoaxes, and misleading posts, and yet people take them at face value and even
share them, without checking the origin. There are wonderful sites that expose these
things, I would recommend them, especially for Facebook. You will find a list
of the top ten sites here, Top Ten Hoax Exposers. But for
Christians there is only source of truth you can rely on 100% and that is Gods
Word, the Holy Bible. Whatever you read, watch or listen to, check it with
scripture. Some people will say when they realise they are wrong, "I stand
corrected," are we as Christians willing to be corrected as Habakkuk was?
Habakkuk 2:1I will stand my watch and set myself on the rampart, And
watch to see what He will say to me, and what I will answer when I am
corrected.
Are you willing to see what God will say to you through His Word, and
wait to answer till you have been corrected?
