How many times in the recent past has your faith been challenged by contemporary culture? Once, twice, maybe more than that. It seems as if no matter where I turn, what paper I read, someone, someplace is attacking God and the Bible. Most of the attacks usually centered around this premise;
This presents those of us who hold to the Christian faith a pondering decision, do we accept culture and reject the bible, or do we accept the bible and reject culture? You may think that this is a minor discussion, one that really doesn't make much of a difference. But can I tell you something; That decision is perhaps the second biggest one you will ever make, being 2nd behind your decision to accept Jesus as your Savior or not. So what is truly underneath the decision regarding how to respond to our culture?
Basically it boils down to this simple concept; Either the bible is absolutely perfect and without error, and as such whatever it says must be taken and obeyed. Or, you must decide what in the bible you will reject and what you will accept. In other words, what you will be doing is placing yourself above God if you choose the 2nd choice.
Now you might be saying hold on, how do we know the bible as we have it is still accurate as to what was written many thousands of years ago. Hasn't there been much discussion on this and hasn't it been shown that the bible contains many errors you say? To you I say, do you own research. Don't just accept what someone else says based upon their titles. Did not Jesus Himself reject the established religious scholars of His day. When you do you own research you will quickly discover that there are "0" real errors in the bible as we have it today. Yes, there are some grammars issues regarding punctuation and the like, but no place are there EVER any errors that effect what is being said.
So you must decide here and know; is the bible correct, or is culture correct. To you I say one last thing, look at cultures track record. How well has culture done in the past as it has dictated what we believe and do. Simply this, it has not done well. Yes culture has done some things to correct our paths, especially in the areas of racism and the degradation of females. But can I give you a clue, the bible spoke thousands of years on those same subjects. It denounced pure racism by color of skin and was it not Jesus Himself that promoted full acceptance of women into everyday life (just read the New Testament to answer this).
So I leave you with one final thought; Will you be dictated by, forced into, and coerced to accept what your faith and the very Words of God say are wrong. Or will you take a stand. Be of courage and do not fear the culture coercenist. Follow what God says, not matter who or what may come against you.
"the bible does not speak to our present culture, therefore it can be discredited, disregarded, or disproved."
This presents those of us who hold to the Christian faith a pondering decision, do we accept culture and reject the bible, or do we accept the bible and reject culture? You may think that this is a minor discussion, one that really doesn't make much of a difference. But can I tell you something; That decision is perhaps the second biggest one you will ever make, being 2nd behind your decision to accept Jesus as your Savior or not. So what is truly underneath the decision regarding how to respond to our culture?
Basically it boils down to this simple concept; Either the bible is absolutely perfect and without error, and as such whatever it says must be taken and obeyed. Or, you must decide what in the bible you will reject and what you will accept. In other words, what you will be doing is placing yourself above God if you choose the 2nd choice.
Now you might be saying hold on, how do we know the bible as we have it is still accurate as to what was written many thousands of years ago. Hasn't there been much discussion on this and hasn't it been shown that the bible contains many errors you say? To you I say, do you own research. Don't just accept what someone else says based upon their titles. Did not Jesus Himself reject the established religious scholars of His day. When you do you own research you will quickly discover that there are "0" real errors in the bible as we have it today. Yes, there are some grammars issues regarding punctuation and the like, but no place are there EVER any errors that effect what is being said.
So you must decide here and know; is the bible correct, or is culture correct. To you I say one last thing, look at cultures track record. How well has culture done in the past as it has dictated what we believe and do. Simply this, it has not done well. Yes culture has done some things to correct our paths, especially in the areas of racism and the degradation of females. But can I give you a clue, the bible spoke thousands of years on those same subjects. It denounced pure racism by color of skin and was it not Jesus Himself that promoted full acceptance of women into everyday life (just read the New Testament to answer this).
So I leave you with one final thought; Will you be dictated by, forced into, and coerced to accept what your faith and the very Words of God say are wrong. Or will you take a stand. Be of courage and do not fear the culture coercenist. Follow what God says, not matter who or what may come against you.
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