We have to make a decision.
You and I have to decide what we believe about the Bible. Every day as Christians we are faced with a
growing tide of pressure to conform the Bible to the world around us. We live in very interesting time in where we
are constantly being hard-pressed to conform into the mold of thinking that is
contrary to Biblical truth. You will
make a decision, either you will be conformed to the world or you will decide
the Bible is going to conform you.
Not too long ago I found myself in a conversation with
several youth leaders at seminary and they brought to light a thought I hadn't
had before. The youth today are
pressured in ways we never were. Their
friends and peers expect them to think like they do and when they don’t there
is enormous pressure exerted on them to conform. They are told they hate the other person
because they don’t agree, plus they are bombarded by a social media message
24/7. It never ends and the challenge
for them to live out their faith is almost impossible.
Even adults are faced with this pressure to conform to new
social standards. Now when we look out
our window there is a different world out there, right now riots are happening
in Baltimore, there are Christians being killed in the Middle East and no one
seems all too concerned. How are going
to live out our faith in this changing world?
We have to make a decision. We
are being forced out from the shadow of ambiguity and are being forced to make
a stand. Now isn't the time to sit on
the fence, our children need us, the world needs Christ now.
Scripture tells us “Not
to be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of our mind”
(Romans 12:2). Where you stand with
scripture is going to determine how you are going to live out your life
now. If you believe the Bible is a book
to be interrupted by person experience, in light cultural standards you are
going to fit into the age just fine and should find it easy going, church
will be optional. But if you make a
stand that the Bible is absolute truth, and believe it’s the Word of God and
hold to the Bible as being the standard for all moral good, you are going to
find the world unwelcoming. You will
make a decision.
Our children need us to make a decision, our grandchildren
need us to make a decision. Our young
adults need us to make a decision, our country needs us to make a
decision. The world needs to see us
stand for Jesus Christ and His glory and that will only happen if we stand with
the Bible. For it is through the Word of
God we know God, we know His Son, and know the Holy Spirit. How you view the Bible matters, you will make
a decision if you haven’t already. My
prayer is you will stand on the truth of scripture. That you will humble yourself and not conform
the Bible to your own standard, but that you would be shaped by scripture.
