Yesterday, my parents took my brother and me to the Halifax Discovery Center. It's a big science building with hands-on exhibits and fun science movies and activities. There's things like a maze and bubble room and electricity room. My personal favourite was the box surrounded by mirrors that made it look like I had no body and my head was floating on air. Near the end of our visit, I noticed a sign that looked out of place. It read:
PARIS IN THE
THE SPRING
Take the organization, the Ku Klux Klan, for instance. They are a racist organization that bears the name of Christ. They take and use what they want, and instead of honouring it all as the complete Word of God, ignore the passages that condemn them. In Revelation 22:18-19 it says, "I testify to everyone who hears the prophetic words of this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book. 19 And if anyone takes away from the words of this prophetic book, God will take away his share of the tree of life and the holy city, written in this book."
God takes this stuff pretty seriously. Let's focus on God and His Word as the only Guide in our lives. Let's not pick and choose through the Bible. Let's not add, nor take away any of the Lord's wonderful Words.
THE SPRING
I didn't quite understand it, until I saw the little letters at the bottom that said, "Usually we see just what we want to see. You probably didn't even notice the second 'the' in the sentence." Did you notice it? I didn't. That got me thinking about how some people "see just what they want to see" in the Bible. What?! you say. It's true.
Take the organization, the Ku Klux Klan, for instance. They are a racist organization that bears the name of Christ. They take and use what they want, and instead of honouring it all as the complete Word of God, ignore the passages that condemn them. In Revelation 22:18-19 it says, "I testify to everyone who hears the prophetic words of this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book. 19 And if anyone takes away from the words of this prophetic book, God will take away his share of the tree of life and the holy city, written in this book."
God takes this stuff pretty seriously. Let's focus on God and His Word as the only Guide in our lives. Let's not pick and choose through the Bible. Let's not add, nor take away any of the Lord's wonderful Words.