The Word of the Lord

Brothers and sisters in the Lord, This week has been very difficult to write to you…I have so much on my heart and it is very difficult to get a complete thought out in a short devotional. Believe it or not, there is a theme in all the breads of this week. It has to do with this world we live in. It has to do with discerning what are mere traditions of men and what is scriptural practice, or a better word, COMMAND of The Lord. Our entire church system today, although sprinkled with many people who love the Lord, is a stew of ‘traditions of men’ mixed with the commands of God. How are we to even know the difference? We belong to church denominations whose roots go back to the original Roman Catholic Church. All of these daughters, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Methodist, Brethren, Church of Christ, and so on, have their own little doctrine they call truth, most of which are mere traditions of men. They have all split off from the one, for one doctrinal dispute or another. It is like one big dysfunctional family. I am not here to tell you stop going to church. In fact we are mandated by the apostle Paul to not forsake the gathering together of believers. What I am saying is this….WE MUST SEEK THE LORD OURSELVES! We must take the words we hear from men, and treat them for what they are….WORDS OF MEN. This is true of the words you get from ANY man whether he call himself a pastor or pope. We must search the scriptures daily ….…

Acts 17:11
Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.

The Bereans in the book of acts even treated the words of the apostle Paul in this way!!!! Jesus even said:

Matthew 22:29
Jesus replied, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God

Dear brothers and sisters…in this mess of religion stew we are given the gift of the Word. The tried and true word of God is at your disposal, it is in your hand. Your bible does not merely contain the word of God, IT IS THE WORD OF GOD. Every letter, space and period. It is the only thing that has no contradiction. It is the only pure truth we have in this crazy world. Jesus said “I am the WAY, TRUTH, and LIFE”

John 17:17
Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth

Jesus in John 17 used ‘word and truth’ synonymous on purpose….He is the Word…He is TRUTH.

Luke 24:45
Then he (Jesus) opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures

Show yourselves as workmen that need not be ashamed, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH. We Love you ALL…Max and Tammy