Amos 8:11 "Behold the days are coming,' says the Lord God, "That I will send a famine on the land. Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but of hearing of the Words of the Lord God."
We have a lot of preaching in our day, even using the Bible but most of the ideas coming from the preachers are based on human traditions.
The preaching is on the word of God but interpreted according to Western thinking without regard to what God meant.
People in our generation to not ask the Lord to reveal His meaning, they take on the writings of famous people who are elevated as special above others. Often these preachers are not Holy Spirit-led, we know this by the misuse of Scripture that deceives many people.
I stopped attending women's Bible studies because far too often I heard the words; "what does this passage mean to you." When I would speak out that it doesn't matter what we like for it to mean, it only matters what God meant by what He said, I was treated with contempt as though I had done something wrong and avoided by the women in the group.
People have said many things to me that were patently wrong, lies against the Word of God and resistant to correction about those things.
Things like;
"Trust your heart"
"It's alright to be a part of the world, we don't have to be different."
"I want to be remembered like that woman is being praised."
"You must look at pornography to obey your unsaved husband."
"It's alright to boast about yourself a little."
"Just tell God what you want and He has to give it to you."
"If you don't attend a church you are in sin."
"It is wrong to correct others."
"Religion is a personal matter."
"Just live a good life and God will take you to heaven."
"it's alright to worship angels."
"He/She is in a better place now" (at the funerals of the unsaved)
"God wants us to be wealthy"
"Only the pastor can know the truth because he went to seminary."
"You cannot know the truth because you didn't go to seminary."
"Roaring laughter" when I suggested we should seek the Holy Spirit, as though I said something foolish.
"We are not a liar just because we told one lie."
"Sin is not a problem anymore because we are under the blood."
"you must love yourself before you can love anyone else."
"you must obey your husband even if he tells you to sin."
"women are not to speak the things of the Lord to anyone, only men do this."
And many more equally silly things I have heard from those who say they are Christians and even been in churches all their lives, but do not know God, have never been born-again but are convinced they are going to heaven.
These people do not know the Bible and become angry when we use the Word of God to prove our point.
The evidence that they are not born-again is their disdain for the truths of God using the Scriptures in a twisted way to justify their desired belief.
Rarely have I heard someone speak of seeking Christ through the Holy Spirit and obeying what He says. Often I have been met with anger and even rage when I confronted a wrong teaching. Never has anyone disagreed with me desiring to sit with the Bible and search the Word to come to an agreement.
Amos 3:3
“Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet?"
2 Corinthians 6:16
"What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."
1 Corinthians 1:10
"I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment."
Believers are not to argue and fight over disagreements, we are to go to the Word of God with the guidance of the Holy Spirit and seek Him in prayer. If someone will not do this then we are to walk away and leave them to God. If the Bible is not our basis for everything we cannot have a relationship.
1 John 4:18
"There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love."
Proverbs 18:1-3 "1 He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment. 2 A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions. 3 With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace."
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