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A
call for
Biblical
Discernment.
All
Truth sets itself against Error. Where Holy Scripture speaks, it
speaks with authority. It speaks definitely. It speaks decisively.
It calls for absolute conviction. It demands that we submit to
God and resist the Devil. James 4:7. It urges us to discern between
the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. 1 John 4:6. It commands
us to turn away from evil and do good. 1 Peter 3:11. It bids us to
turn from the broad way that seems right to the human mind, Proverbs
14:12, and follow the narrow way as demanded by our Lord Jesus
Christ, Matthew 7:13-14. The Bible tells us that God's ways are not
our ways, nor our thoughts His thoughts, Isaiah 55:8. It orders us
to protect the truth and reject lies, Romans 1:25. It declares no
lie is of the truth, 1 John 2:21. It guarantees that the righteous
shall be eternally blessed and the wicked shall perish without
appeal, Psalm 1:1-6. And the bible reminds us that "friendship
with the world is enmity with God. Whosoever there- fore wants to be
friends with the worldly makes himself an enemy with God."
James 4:4. Biblical Discernment demands that where Scripture speaks
with clarity, a hard line must be drawn, by every soul that is given
Scriptural Discernment.
Christ
is against human philosophy, sham deception, human traditions, and
the evil ways of the world., Colossians 2:8. Those things can not be
integrated with true Christian beliefs, they must be repudiated and
steadfastly rejected and resisted. The
Scriptures demand that we make a definitive choice: "How long
will you
falter between two opinions? If the
Lord be God follow Him; if Baal, follow him"
1 Kings 18:21. Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve. .
. But as for me and my house we will serve the Lord" Joshua
24:15.
The
above quotes are taken from:
The
Truth War
"Fighting
for Certainty in an Age of Deception"
"An
excellent book and page turner"
by
John MacAuthur
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God's
Way
Kingdom
of God
Life
Love
Truth
Light
Heaven
Saved
Holy
Purity
Belief
Good
Concern
Wisdom
Righteous
Truthfulness
Narrow
way
Eternal
life
Existence
Blessed
Etc.
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All
Other Ways
Kingdom
of Satan
Death
Hate
Error
Darkness
Hell
Lost
Unholy
Impure
Unbelief
Bad
- Evil
Unconcern
Worldliness
Unrighteous
Deception
Broad
way
Destruction
Perished
Cursed
Etc.
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Our
Lord Jesus Christ said
"If
the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated
you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his
own: but because
ye
are not of the world, but > I have chosen you out of the
world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said
unto you, The servant is not greater than his Lord. If they have
persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept My
saying, they will keep yours also. > But all these things will
they do unto you for
My
name's sake, because they know not Him that sent Me. If I had not
come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have
no cloke for their sin. He that hateth Me hateth My Father also.
John
15:18-23.
There
is a way which seemeth right unto a man,
but
the end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs
14:12.
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