What we believe about religion, politics, God, life does matter and why we believe it matters. This is why it is so important to understand and have faith in the authority of scripture. Doubts raised in the secular world are understandable but why are so many seminaries and Bible teachers raising doubts? These doubts along with the secularization of our society and in public schools are why young people, who were church goers, are leaving the church in droves. Worldnetdaily.com has an exclusive story this morning about why two-thirds are leaving.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=100324
Those who cast doubt on God's word are going to have a heavy burden on them when it comes time to give an account. It is simply inconsistent, and these young people understand that, to think you can believe the Jesus account but the rest of scripture is not authoritative. In Revelation, God said "I rather you hot or cold, not lukewarm." Usually at issue in the Genesis account of creation(which most Americans believe is the way things were created) and whether God created the world and universe in six days. Many attempt to connect the views of evolution and other scientific theories and reconcile it with the bible. In other words, the creation story is just a story and you can believe in evolution and the bible. There are so many problems with this thinking but it helps some christians deal with what they hear consistently of the earth being so many millions and billions of years old. Keep in mind that Jesus considered Adam a real person and mentioned the events in Genesis. Keep in mind that the ten commandments handed down by God say that the world was created in "six days." God went so far as to place it in the ten commandments so we would not lose the fact that the earth was created in this six day period.
We are losing a generation because of what we have allowed to happen in our society, our schools and the lack of respect for God's blessing on America. We cannot be surprised then of the people they vote for for office or the social agenda they support.
Dr. Charles Stanley of the First Baptist Church in Atlanta had an excellent sermon this week dedicated to the idea that it is important what we believe. You can watch/listen to his sermon here:
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We delude ourselves whenever we attempt to pick and chose that which we believe to be factual in the Bible. The idea that it is made up of stories to guide us is a great falacy of our time. The prophets of old saw, in the latter day prophecies, modern day events and they described them in terms that they, and the audience of their day, understood. But do believe this. For those who think, in all turmoil and economic woe, that we have seen the worst that is to come, may the Lord have mercy on your soul. You ain't seen nothing yet.
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