We live in an age where "the truth" is slightly more ambiguous than ever before. In the United States, you would think that the Republicans and Democrats never read the same documents that outline the vision for how the country should be run.
Even in the churches, there are differences in option on what is allowed, whether hell actually exists, whether we should actually ever use the word "sin" in a sermon... the list goes on.
When Paul writes to the church in Galatia, he starts by saying:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. (Galatians 1:3-4)This is a powerful statement! Since we have been delivered from sin, why would we voluntarily become slaves to it again? He also provides the reminder that the reason that we should not wallow in sin is because it's the will of God.
It is important that we read the Bible for ourselves. That we meditate on it, that we make it a part of the way that we live. It is more than just a moral compass or a book of suggestions. In the pages of the Bible we find life!
We find the model of what love is, how to not live an immoral life, how to share the love of God with others.
Let's put Christianity in action and not just listen to what the pastoral staff or the minister on the radio and television broadcast says... let us read it and meditate on it and ensure that what they are saying aligns with the Bible ourselves.
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