If people do not believe in the Bible, neither will they believe in Christ.
To them, Jesus is no more than a ceramic doll under a Christmas tree, a crucifix, or an image of a man's face painted on canvas.
To them, they do not believe that Jesus is alive and living now, nor will they believe that Christ is coming back to earth.
To them, Jesus is no more than an image, created in their minds, which appears from time to time in their imaginations, and thus all they have is an imaginary Jesus.
Unless people believe in the Bible, neither will they believe in the historical evidence of the Bible, nor the stories that are contained therein. Neither will they believe in the history of the future as we are told in the Bible.
To them, they will only believe in those things that they have heard about the Bible, and not from their personal experience of reading the Bible for themselves. Again, what they know about the Bible is all they know from the words of others, which they believe in their imaginations. In other words, they allow others to make their choices for them as they also allow others to make their decisions for them.
Therefore, their image of Christ is false, and their image of the Bible is also false: for they know no more about the Bible than they know about Christ.
Believe it or not, but many of the people who believe this way are people in churches, sitting on pews, and participating in all of the activities of a church, and professing themselves to be Christians.
To them, they value their church memberships. They value their denomination or their Christian religion. They take great pride as "charter members", or as "founding fathers" of their community institutions. They are protective of their corporation as owners and operators. They like their carpet floors, padded pews, and dangling chandeliers.
What went wrong in America is the result of people losing their love of God.
And what has gone wrong in American churches is the result of the people losing their love of God.
All because the Word of the Lord became less important as people began to exalt self instead of exalting Christ the Lord.
Because the Word of the Lord became less important, the devil crept into our nation, as the devil has also crept into our churches.
To better understand this truth in the loss of the love of God today, look at the young people and children all across the land. Where are they now? What are they doing? What do they believe? And where are they going?
The answer is clear: they are chasing false images, which are the same as false gods.
They are the examples of leadership.
As parents do, so do the children.
As the children do, so will a nation.
Our nation is now reaping the harvest of the seeds that were sown in our children.
We are also reaping the harvest of the seeds that were not sown in our children.
Be ye followers of God as dear children; (Ephesians 5: 1)
To them, Jesus is no more than a ceramic doll under a Christmas tree, a crucifix, or an image of a man's face painted on canvas.
To them, they do not believe that Jesus is alive and living now, nor will they believe that Christ is coming back to earth.
To them, Jesus is no more than an image, created in their minds, which appears from time to time in their imaginations, and thus all they have is an imaginary Jesus.
Unless people believe in the Bible, neither will they believe in the historical evidence of the Bible, nor the stories that are contained therein. Neither will they believe in the history of the future as we are told in the Bible.
To them, they will only believe in those things that they have heard about the Bible, and not from their personal experience of reading the Bible for themselves. Again, what they know about the Bible is all they know from the words of others, which they believe in their imaginations. In other words, they allow others to make their choices for them as they also allow others to make their decisions for them.
Therefore, their image of Christ is false, and their image of the Bible is also false: for they know no more about the Bible than they know about Christ.
Believe it or not, but many of the people who believe this way are people in churches, sitting on pews, and participating in all of the activities of a church, and professing themselves to be Christians.
To them, they value their church memberships. They value their denomination or their Christian religion. They take great pride as "charter members", or as "founding fathers" of their community institutions. They are protective of their corporation as owners and operators. They like their carpet floors, padded pews, and dangling chandeliers.
What went wrong in America is the result of people losing their love of God.
And what has gone wrong in American churches is the result of the people losing their love of God.
All because the Word of the Lord became less important as people began to exalt self instead of exalting Christ the Lord.
Because the Word of the Lord became less important, the devil crept into our nation, as the devil has also crept into our churches.
To better understand this truth in the loss of the love of God today, look at the young people and children all across the land. Where are they now? What are they doing? What do they believe? And where are they going?
The answer is clear: they are chasing false images, which are the same as false gods.
They are the examples of leadership.
As parents do, so do the children.
As the children do, so will a nation.
Our nation is now reaping the harvest of the seeds that were sown in our children.
We are also reaping the harvest of the seeds that were not sown in our children.
Be ye followers of God as dear children; (Ephesians 5: 1)
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