What are you standing on to make your decisions about what is right and wrong? Everybody has something that they use to help them decide if it is right to do something. Politicians use popularity polls to direct their campaigns. Actors and actresses are not considered marketable if their movies don't do well at the box office. When they are in a slump, the decision is made for them by the studio. Corporations make decisions based on the upward or downward turn of the graph line on a Profit and Loss Report. Many people use popular opinion of their friends or the media.
All of these things can vary depending on who you talk to, or the place or time you are living. Opinions vary. Sometimes the same source will change its mind concerning a topic and give the opposite advice at a later time. What do you use to stand on for your decisions? Many people are living miserable lives because they are confused about what guidelines to use for their life decisions. God gives us a sure foundation that is unchanging and eternal, which is the Bible.
God tells us that the written Word He has given us is "God-breathed," which means that the Bible was inspired by Him. Timothy explains how valuable God's inspired Word is to us for teaching and instructing, reproof when someone has done something wrong, correction to restore someone to the right state, and training in righteousness, which is instruction with the aim to increase virtue.
See it in the Word:
Hebrews 4:12 exposes the thoughts and motives of a man's heart.
Psalm 1:1, 2 tells us what a person has to do to be blessed.
Psalm 119:165 tells us what two things someone has if they love God's law.
Matthew 24:35 tells us His Word will never pass away.
So, what are you standing on? Make a decision today to find out what God says in the Bible and choose to live by it. Do you have a plan for reading the Bible? Why not make a plan today to start reading God's Word. It has never been influenced by popular opinion! Have a standard that never changes and will never pass away.
All of these things can vary depending on who you talk to, or the place or time you are living. Opinions vary. Sometimes the same source will change its mind concerning a topic and give the opposite advice at a later time. What do you use to stand on for your decisions? Many people are living miserable lives because they are confused about what guidelines to use for their life decisions. God gives us a sure foundation that is unchanging and eternal, which is the Bible.
God tells us that the written Word He has given us is "God-breathed," which means that the Bible was inspired by Him. Timothy explains how valuable God's inspired Word is to us for teaching and instructing, reproof when someone has done something wrong, correction to restore someone to the right state, and training in righteousness, which is instruction with the aim to increase virtue.
See it in the Word:
Hebrews 4:12 exposes the thoughts and motives of a man's heart.
Psalm 1:1, 2 tells us what a person has to do to be blessed.
Psalm 119:165 tells us what two things someone has if they love God's law.
Matthew 24:35 tells us His Word will never pass away.
So, what are you standing on? Make a decision today to find out what God says in the Bible and choose to live by it. Do you have a plan for reading the Bible? Why not make a plan today to start reading God's Word. It has never been influenced by popular opinion! Have a standard that never changes and will never pass away.
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