Bill Brandstatter Via Bulletin Gold
There are times in our Iives when we must trust other
people. As a small child, I trusted my parents to provide for
my needs. When I started working, I trusted my employer
to give me a paycheck. When I have medical needs, I trust
a health care professional. Sometimes, I may question a
decision that is made. I might decide not to take a
recommended procedure. I might decide to refuse treatment:
but, ultimately, I have to put my trust in someone else.
What about our spirituality? I must trust what God says.
I might not like what He says. I may decide not to do what
He says, but, ultimately, we will all stand before Him (2 Cor.
5:10). We will be judged by what we knew and what we
obeyed (John 12:48). Many people trust themselves for
spirituality. They make up their own rules and ideas about
what it means to be spiritual.. Often those ideas are far from
God’s. The apostle Paul described some who “Became
futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were
darkened” (Rom. 1:21). He also mentioned that they did not
like to retain God in their knowledge (Rom. 1:28).
I must trust God for any information about heaven. God
is the source of all information about Himself, Jesus, the
Holy Spirit, Christianity, Heaven, and Hell. God says not
everyone is going to heaven (Matt. 7:21-24). God says just
professing Him will not get a person to heaven (Matt. 7:21).
God indicates that just prayer will not save (John 9:21; Isa.
59:1,2). God tells us that baptism is a must to be saved
(Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 1 Peter 3:2). God tells us that
baptism is a burial (Rom. 6:3). Whom do you trust regarding
these matters?
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