MYTH #23

A GOOD CHRISTIAN BELIEVES EVERYTHING THEY HEAR

IT'S NOT SIN TO DISBELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEAR. A CHRISTIAN ISN'T CALLING A PERSON A LIAR, THEY ARE ONLY EXERCISING WISDOM. THE BIBLE SAYS A CHRISTIAN IS TO BE "WISE AS A SERPENT, BUT AS HARMLESS AS A DOVE." A CHRISTIAN IS TO TRUST GOD DURING A TIME FOR WISDOM, WALKING IN LOVE WITHOUT ACCUSING THE OTHER PERSON. WHEN A CHRISTIAN STARTS TO ACCUSE A PERSON, THEY HAVE BECOME SATANS' TOOL. (REV. 12:10) A CHRISTIAN HAS TO MAINTAIN SELF-CONTROL AND AVOID ANY NEGATIVE COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS. UPON PRAYER THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL EXPOSE THE TRUTH. AT THAT TIME, THE CHRISTIAN CAN MAKE A DECISION BASED UPON GODS' TRUTH.

FOR EXAMPLE: GOD TOLD ME WHEN I WENT TO ISRAEL, TO BE CAUTIOUS OVER THE TOUR GUIDES. HE SAID "DON'T LISTEN TO EVERYTHING THEY SAY." DOING AN EXEGESIS ON THE WORD "LISTEN" FROM THE HEBREW WORD MEANS: TO TAKE INTO HEART (EMBED INTO YOUR INNER BEING AS TRUTH) WITH FULL COMPREHENSION. I UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID WHEN I VISITED THE COUNTRY. THE BIBLE SAYS MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL. THE INCOME FROM TOURISM HAD CAUSED VARIOUS FORMS OF DECEPTION ABOUT JESUS IN ISRAEL.

　

WHILE VISITING THE PHILIPPINES SOMEONE TOLD ME AN APOSTLE HAD BEEN THERE, AND NAMED THE BOOK OF PHILIPPIANS AFTER THEM. THIS PERSON SAID THEY GOT THE INFORMATION FROM SOMEONE IN THE PULPIT. THIS IS NOT TRUE. I DIDN'T CALL THE PERSON A LIAR TO THEIR FACE. I ANSWERED WITH A LOVING TONE, AND SUGGESTED FOR THEM TO READ THE INTRODUCTION IN THE BOOK OF PHILIPPIANS.  THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHY I SAY IT'S WISE FOR CHRISTIANS TO DO AN EXEGESIS. CHRISTIANS ARE SMART TO LOOK UP EVERYTHING THEY HEAR AND DO THEIR OWN BIBLE STUDY REGARDING THE TEACHING.