Food for Thought

Thoughts

As  we go about life, we need to keep in mind that we are, as 2 Corinthians 10:5 says, to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. We should obey that commandment, not because it's in the Bible and "God said so," but ultimately because of God's character. God is 100% pure. Since we are His children (through "adoption"/salvation), we are to have "fidelity to the original." In other words, because we are Christ's children, we must reflect His character by being pure, as salt and light to this dark world. Some of you may give the excuse, "well, no one can read my mind." But the Bible says to the contrary. Genesis 6:5 says,

"Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."{Italics added for emphasis}

A few other references are: 1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalm 94:11; Matthew 9:3,4; Matthew 12:24,25; Luke 5:21,22; Luke 6:7,8; Luke 11:16,17; Hebrews 4:12.

I like what our old blog header said: "thoughts and musings...all for God's glory." As the Westminster Shorter Catechism says, "Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever." That means we are to glorify God in every area of our lives-- in our thoughts, in our relationships, in our actions, in our speech.

Proverbs 16:3 promises, "Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established."

Ron Paul on Jesus Christ

TOZER QUOTE

copyright 2011 Kautt Kreations

"A. W. Tozer in THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY  (New York: Harper San Francisco, 1992) says it well:

Before the Christian church goes into eclipse anywhere, there must first be the corrupting of her simple basic theology.  She simply gets a wrong answer to the question, "What is God like?"  Though she may continue to cling to a sound nominal creed, her practical working creed has become false.  The masses of her adherents come to believe that God is different from what He actually is; and that is heresy of the most insidious and deadly kind.

 "Here are words from the Apostle Paul challenging us to think biblically about the nature and character of God.  'Behold then the goodness and seveerity of God" (Romans 11:22; ASV)."

(from a chapter entitled "Slaughter at Jericho" by Steve Fazekas, DEMOLISHING SUPPOSED BIBLE CONTRADICTIONS, Volume 1, Ken Ham, general editor, Answers in Genesis 2010, published by Master Books, Arkansas, p. 72.)

"The masses of her adherents come to believe that God is different from what He actually is...".  Isn't that idolatry?  Creating God according to our own idea of Him?  The solution: gain a thorough knowledge of who He is by studying and obeying His Word.