Okay....I really need to stop reading the editorials in the newspaper....or maybe I just need to start writing some! After reading the submissions for the day I came across a very scary realization. There is so much Scripture being thrown around these days. So many people know so many verses, yet they take them completely out of context or apply them to areas they were never meant to apply.

The favorite one of many is when Christ talks about not judging others lest we ourselves be judge. For some reason the world thinks that this means we as Christ followers cannot stand on principals of right and wrong. If we say a behavior is wrong, then we are judging and according the the above mentioned command we aren't supposed to, right? Wrong! No where does it say we cannot judge behavior ....what the Bible does say is we as Christ followers are not to set ourselves up as the final judge of someone else. We do not determine who goes to heaven and hell, but we can determine if a persons fruits are of the Spirit or works of the flesh.

Growing up I never realized how vital the Word of God is to living the Christian life. I never thought that one misinterpretation of Scripture could change the whole course of someone's, a church's or a denomination's path. I now see why the Lord calls us into a body of believers....so we can learn, discuss, and interpret His word. It is so easy to get lost in our own interpretation of Scripture, instead of relying upon the Holy Spirit to teach us. One of the editorials said the the church worshipped God, not the Bible. Well I ask you, how can you know the God you worship without knowing His word? How do you even know how to worship the Lord without going to His word to see what He sees as worship? If we as Christians do not hold to the inerrancy of the Scripture, we are open to anything and we will go places God never intended us to go. Let's do our children and ourselves a favor and begin to rely upon the truth of God's Word...let us stand firm in it, for the Lord promises that if we do, we will never be disappointed or put to shame. Let's encourage one another the study the Word of God and apply it to our lives. Let's be living and breathing testimonies that the Word of God is alive and at work in the world!

Well enough of that....I could go on forever! Love to everyone!