Thursday, August 13, 2009

Can God be Shut Down?

Acts 6:38-39 "And now I (Gamaliel) say to you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing; but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it- lest you even be found to fight against God."

So this is part of the section of Acts being covered this Friday at the Ranch College group. This has always been a part of Acts which makes me fall into conviction for the way I live my life for God. It is amazing to see the apostles doing things like this. They are so filled with the Holy Spirit, or Counselor, that nothing can phase them. Prior to this account they were thrown into jail for teaching in the name of Jesus. They are freed from jail by an angel of the Lord, and go right back to teaching in the same place they were just caught and imprisoned from. These apostles knew what they believed, but more so they lived what they believed.
We, as Christians, are not too far off from this state of imprisonment. The press is now littered with all kinds of stories of so called "Hate Crimes" from preachers just simply preaching the Bible. This scares me because of the weakened state of the Church now days. I look at the majority of the American Church body and, unfortunately, I do not see a people group ready to stand. But rather, a people group ready to apologize for the absolute truth of the Gospel. Very soon we will not be living in a place where we can just make it by saying we believe. We are soon going to see a specific separation of people who are willing to live what they believe rather than just say what they believe.
So my question to you (all 4 people who might read this) is are you willing to stop sitting down and are you willing to stand? Are you willing to loose favor in the public view for your faith? Are you willing to stand on the inerrant truth of the Bible and teach the Bible in it's entirety? Are you willing to stand up to this watered down doctrine that pollutes our church now days? You want to be loving? Then don't allow people to be so easily deceived by this false doctrine that is disguised with a costume of love yet really denies any reverence for God. Just as Gamaliel pointed out to us, If it is of God it cannot be shut down. Well guess what, that was said over 2000 years ago and Christianity is still here. God cannot be shut down.

Friday, August 7, 2009

Starting off

So I guess this is where i write stuff that is super deep and relates to the world? Well, nothing going on right now but maybe when I am feeling more in depth with life i will write something!