Have you ever heard a sermon or message that ignites a passion within you? There are many great preachers and pastors who have God-given abilities to encourage, inspire, and instruct those who hear of the things of God. Unfortunately, there are also those who choose to deceive and distort the word of God to suit their own agenda. So much is said in our culture and churches that tries to disguise itself as Truth but in actually it is a lie. Flyleaf warns us to be on guard against things that we hear.
What you confuse for glory's fire
Is fire from the tongues of liars
What you confuse for glory's fire
Is fire from the tongues of liars
Is fire from the tongues of liars
What you confuse for glory's fire
Is fire from the tongues of liars
People like to hear things that make them feel good. They like to listen and accept the lies because the truth makes them uncomfortable. Paul warns us against letting what we hear deceive us:
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths 2 Timothy 4:3-4 (NASB)
We must be careful to examine everything we hear from sermons, songs, and even "wisdom from our friends. If the messages we hear do not line up with the Bible, then they are lies and we must reject them. Let us not trade the Truth for a lie to ease our insecurities and guilt.
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