Have you ever considered WHY you believe something? Something about your Christian walk, your family, work, friends etc.. There are many people that can tell you what they believe but can't tell you why. This should lead us to investigate what's going on in our minds and lives.
For example: People believe that baptism is essential for salvation but do they know why. People don't believe in miracles today but can you tell someone why.
Quite a bit of our believes are so call because Momma said or Daddy did the preacher said so. Do we really want to know, are we basing our eternal life and our walk here on earth on what SOMEONE said?
When I was a young Christian I had a man try to convince me that the Bible said "Black people COULD NOT go to heaven"! I ask him to tell me where and he said look it's in there. Clearly he was basing what he believed on HIS prejudices.
Again a preacher to me one time that it said, "it's better for a man's seed to fall into the belly of a whore than to fall on the ground". This clearly is a justification for fornication.
It really is amazing what you here and we'll take it for common place. I encourage you to know WHY you believe WHAT you believe.
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