Friday, June 28, 2013

The Truth Isn’t Always Popular!

“…let God be true and every man a liar…”
Romans 3:4
 
Are there promises of God that you have a hard time believing?
Is it o.k. to believe Him for salvation but when it comes to healing you say,
“Well that’s another matter!”
Why is that?
Do we believe our past experiences more than His word?
Maybe someone has prayed for you and you were not healed.
Maybe you prayed for someone and they were not healed.
Does that mean that God does not want them, or you, healed?
Do we base our beliefs on our experiences or on His Truth?
Like many of you, I wish I had the answer as to why some are healed and others are not.
Many will die in their sins, not trusting in the provisions of the cross.
So am I to believe God didn’t want to save them?
Absolutely not!
Don’t ever be lulled into the lie that personal experience is the ultimate truth.
I do not have the wisdom, knowledge and perspective of God.
I see in part and I know in part, just as you do.
But I have the assurance of His word.
In His Word I can be confident.
So can you!
Don’t be ruled by past experiences.
Don’t be ruled by prevailing thought.
Don’t be ruled by cultural traditions or pressures.
We are living in a time when it is not ‘popular’ to stand for the truth.
Don’t be ruled by what is ‘popular’.
Allow the Holy Spirit to guide you into all truth and let that rule your life!
 
Memory Verse Assignment
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
I John 5:14-15

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