Sun 9:30a Class; 10:30a Worship; 11:35a Communion
Bible Bites
Truth & Consequences
“We gave you strict orders not to continue teaching in this Name, and yet, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this Man’s blood upon us.” (Acts 5:28)
When we are more concerned about the consequences of the Scriptures than the validity of them, we are guaranteed to come to the wrong conclusions. The Jewish Council wanted the apostles to stop talking about Jesus because if people believed the message, the council feared it would make them look bad.
Here’s the truth: the message of Jesus makes us all look bad. It makes us look like sinners and deceivers and blasphemers and heart-murderers. It makes us look that way because we are. It’s a valid truth that should be recognized. Don’t make the mistake of rejecting truth because of its implications. It is what it is.
Honesty and humility have the bravery to face the realities of truth. We are sinners. The Bible doesn’t make us look bad; it just shows us the way things actually are… and then it shows us the Way out of our predicament.
“I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and no one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6)
Matthew 4:4 #Biblebites
