Sunday, January 15, 2012

1 Timothy 4:1-6

But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth. For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude; for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer.

It is true when the Spirit says that people will fall from the faith because people pray and meditate to other things than God. Some people have the problem of idolatry and worshipping everything except Jesus. We have a big problem in this country with who we decide to worship. Trip Lee is one of my favorite Christian rappers. In one of his songs titled Cash or Christ?, he goes into how money is the only God we trust. In a way it's true, all of what people want to do is get money and spend it. This is not what God wants us to worship because He wants us to worship Him. Some people in this country read and study man-made doctrines such as the catholics, jews, mormons and jehovah's witnesses. These man-made religions teach the fact that we have to be afraid when we leave faith, or we will be shunned from our family. Another big problem with men who practice man-made religions listen to all of these rules to be saved. Their conscience is treated and manipulated so that they have to obey certain doctrines or follow silly rules. When God created the world, He created it with the intention of good. (Genesis 1:31) Nothing should be rejected since it is from God. Since we ask for things in prayer (which is made Holy in His name), we should never reject it, since it is a gift from God.

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