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Friday, May 12, 2006

DeVinci Code who cares?

I guess I’m one of the one’s who could care less about the DeVinci Code book and movie. I don’t plan on reading the book or going to the movie. I believe that there are some places that as believers we should not go and literature that is not profitable for us to read.. I know how this may sound, but I believe before we try to be intellectuals and open minded, that we need to have both feet firmly planted in the Word and Will of God. I think focusing our minds and discussion on this and other worldly media, that attack that our faith is just another way, our adversary (the devil) gets us to chase or tails in a circle. We don’t have to defend the Bible or the Word of God. It stands alone and states who it is and changes lives as the Holy Spirit opens it to the minds and hearts of those seeking the Father in Jesus Christ.
The singer Madonna, is involved in Jewish spiritualism called Kabbalah. Amongst Jewish people, Kabbalah isn’t encouraged to be studied until you are firmly grounded in Torah. Kabbalah is considered to be the last thing to study.
After our congregational meeting Wednesday, I was again wondering where our church is going to be headed in the next 5 to 10 years once all of the old people are dead? I looked at who was at the meeting and who attends Wednesday nights and Sunday nights where the majority of the teaching is, and well….
Personally, I won’t give legitimacy to these topics, by mentioning them. The only legitimate truth is the Word of God. If you don’t know the Word of God, then any wind of doctrine, any new book, any TV evangelist will move you, and a double minded person, need not think he will receive anything from God, because he unstable in all his ways.
There are a lot of things that you don’t need to know, but one thing you do. The Word of God is true concerning you, now and for eternity.

In reply to Jon, relying on scholars is exactly the reason this is being discussed today. I’m not a scholar and I wasn’t born yesterday, but things are plain. It’s black or white (no gray), right or wrong, your a saint or a sinner, your in or out, the Word is true or false. The Word of God is not open to discussion. It is the final answer for all the problems of man. Like in the beginning, God offered to give the Torah, to every nation on earth. And they all declined. They didn’t like the prohibitions that the Torah had connected with it.
Thou shalt not have any other gods before you, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not commit adultery etc. The Jews on the other hand said. Everything God has spoken, we will do.
As Christians we need to learn to answer God in this manner when He speaks to us through his Word or emissary, and say we will do and we will understand. Understanding comes from studying the scriptures and the Holy Spirit will teach us. Now The Holy Spirit is the only reliable scholar we have. And guess what? He lives in us! We need to be just dumb enough, to believe what the Word of God says, without any earthly scholarly certification.
Not only are “church” scholars discussing the fact or fiction of the DeVinci Code, but homosexuality and abortion just to mention a couple. Don’t let your eternity ride on earthy wisdom, when the real “know it all” abides within us, if we allow Him.
Wisdom is applied Knowledge

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