I've been thinking about apathy.
When you have little trust in anything you can easily become apathetic. Perhaps it's a form of paralyzing fear?
We believers have a plumb-line of truth.
It's not what any human ever said. It's not self-realized. It's something outside of our human dimension.
It is God's Word. Creation itself bears witness of God's power, and the Bible is our gift. It reveals truth to us, and when we read it we are blessed with spiritual power.
Power and apathy are not good partners.
I had an interesting conversation with one of my German friends about the Bible. It appears that many protestant Germans are mired in the fruit of Philip Melancthon after the Reformation----the human interpretation of all things, the worldview of human logic that all things must conform to, even the things beyond it.
The truth of Scripture is undermined by a theological point of view that places human understanding above the text.
It's a dangerous place to be, spiritually, and it leads directly to apathy.
When you can't trust God's word, what can you trust?
One must certainly step out in faith to trust His word, and in that faith one finds the power of the cross. God's Word is power. It is the fighting Sword of the Spirit. Do we trust this spiritual weapon or not?
God is great. He is beyond human comprehension, but He has revealed Himself in the Bible, His word, his work.
Human tradition can only fog the mirror of understanding and steal the fervor. Try trusting His word, His truth, revealed in Scripture.
When you have little trust in anything you can easily become apathetic. Perhaps it's a form of paralyzing fear?
We believers have a plumb-line of truth.
It's not what any human ever said. It's not self-realized. It's something outside of our human dimension.
It is God's Word. Creation itself bears witness of God's power, and the Bible is our gift. It reveals truth to us, and when we read it we are blessed with spiritual power.
Power and apathy are not good partners.
I had an interesting conversation with one of my German friends about the Bible. It appears that many protestant Germans are mired in the fruit of Philip Melancthon after the Reformation----the human interpretation of all things, the worldview of human logic that all things must conform to, even the things beyond it.
The truth of Scripture is undermined by a theological point of view that places human understanding above the text.
It's a dangerous place to be, spiritually, and it leads directly to apathy.
When you can't trust God's word, what can you trust?
One must certainly step out in faith to trust His word, and in that faith one finds the power of the cross. God's Word is power. It is the fighting Sword of the Spirit. Do we trust this spiritual weapon or not?
God is great. He is beyond human comprehension, but He has revealed Himself in the Bible, His word, his work.
Human tradition can only fog the mirror of understanding and steal the fervor. Try trusting His word, His truth, revealed in Scripture.
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