Bible is Our Standard and Guide

It may seem obvious to many, but the truth is a growing number of those professing Christ, don't consider the Bible the standard they are to live by, or if they do, they interpret it through modern eyes to the point of eliminating much of what it says, in order to prop up a false and deadly world view, or to undermine the authority of the Holy Scriptures in order to live life how they want.

Amazingly, there are those that say the Holy Spirit has given them unique insight into the Scriptures, even when it contradicts the context within which the words are spoken. What is really happening there is it isn't the Holy Spirit, but rather their own soul or desires which are masquerading as the Spirit. The Holy Spirit inspired the Scriptures. He would never contradict their obvious meaning.

As I remember someone telling me long ago when talking about this: "I pick and choose what I want out of the Bible, like everyone else does." In other words, ignoring large portions so they don't have to discover what God has to say about His expectations in life. When I've heard people say this in the past, almost always I've found out later they were living a lifestyle of sin. No wonder they don't want to read what is said. It would interfere with their sin.

Whatever the reason given, we must repent from anything the undermines the final authority of the Scriptures. Paul even wrote this:

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; (2 Corinthians 10:5)

We are to adjust every thought we have to what the Bible says. It can't get any clearer than that. When we do so, we are to also obey what the Scriptures say, no matter what we may initially think or want.

The Bible is the revelation of truth concerning Jesus Christ. It's the standard we are to live by; there is no other.

Jesus' Kingdom: From Vision to Practical Outworking

One thing that can frustrate the followers of Jesus Christ at times is the appreciation and inspiration we get through Biblical imagery of His great kingdom and victory in this age, but the lack of practical application on how it can be implemented; first by individuals, then churches and other institutions.

I break that down at Jesus' New World Order and reveal some ideas on how to bring it from vision to reality in this age and time in history.

The Great Commission's Amazing Task

Many of us don't understand the depth of the calling of Jesus Christ that He gave us when commanding us with what is identified as "The Great Commission."

The typical and historical idea of witnessing to people about Jesus being the end of the Great Commission, falls far short of the requirement we were given.

For example, He tells us to go and teach the nations to observe or obey all that He had taught them. That's an obvious reference to the entirety of the Word of God, which was embodied in the person of Jesus Christ and revealed in the Holy Scriptures.

It also hearkens back to the beginning of the creation of man, when Adam and Eve were given the command to subdue the earth. This was a continuation of that command, with Jesus letting us know we must restore the original purpose we were created for.

The whole earth is to be filled with the glory of the Lord, and that means a people that live and walk in obedience to all that God has commanded us.

There is the expanse of the Great Commission, with individual salvation opening up a great door to all that God had planned for us before the foundation of the world.

T.D. Jakes Rejects Bible, Accepts Homosexuality

Even though Almighty God has declared homosexuality to be a serious sin, that apparently isn't enough for T.D. Jakes, who apparently has been seduced by the rainbow religion.

In a bizarre statement, Jakes said in an interview with the Huffington Post, that the issue of homosexuality is “complex.” I wonder how he came to the conclusion that God forbids it as complex? Everywhere in the Bible it is identified as sin, and people in the church are not allowed to participate in it, and neither of course are those in the world, who are called to repent from it.

Even more strange, instead of using the Scriptures that actually deal with homosexuality, he goes to the head covering verse. He said, “Paul spends a lot of time wrestling back and forth, trying to understand should a woman wear a head covering, should you cut your hair. I mean, they grappled back then and we’re grappling now because we’re humans and we are flawed and we’re not God.”

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