HEARSAY YOURSAY

   Hearsay is a legal term for testifying in court where the witness does not have direct knowledge of the facts, but is merely repeating information he or she has heard from others; therefore, hearsay is not allowed as evidence by the judge and the witness is not allowed to testify.
   If you are living your life based on the opinions of others, then you are basing your decisions on hearsay; and in so doing, hearsay has become yoursay.  And if you should be called to court to testify for your decisions, you would have no testimony of your own because the lives of others have been lived through you because their ways became your ways.  Therefore if their lives have been lived according to lies, then your whole life is also a lie because you accepted their ways as your own.
  If you are living according to the dogmas, doctrines, and philosophies of people, instead of living according the Word of God, you are living according to hearsay instead of God's say.  If you have chosen the words of people to be more important than the words of God, then what will you say to God when you stand before Him on Judgment Day?
   In the 16th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, the Lord gives us an interesting story about hearsay:
   When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
   And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist:  some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
    He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
   And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
   And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
   In a way, Jesus held court and asked the disciples to testify of the belief people had about Himself.  Then the Lord wanted to know what they believed.
   In like manner, whom do you say Christ is from your own opinion instead of from the opinion of others? Is the hearsay yoursay? 
   What do you believe about Jesus, whom is called Christ?  And are you a credible witness to testify about Jesus in court?