...the Bible is true and this much I knew. Kinda catchy. Anyway, here we are almost at the end of the first month of the new year. We can acknowledge that which we want and ignore the rest. We can participate in our choices and ignore the rest. We are large and in charge of our lives...or so we think. There is much attention given to "fake news" today and rightfully so. The media is excellent at manipulating the populace into believing whatever suits the winds of change. It's not often that our media takes the high road and really do some true reporting. We are at a crossroads of not knowing what to believe and believing that which is not true as true. Wow! What a dilemma the Christian is living within! There doesn't need to be a dilemma for the Christian though. There doesn't need to be the dividing of truth from lie. Why? Because we have the Bible. We, if we read it, know what the truth is. We can look up anything that we want to know God's take on. If we are brave we can even die to self and let Jesus live through us. Not rocket science. When I gave my dead life over to Jesus and he made me alive, I read the Bible and know what is right to do and what is wrong to do. Sometimes it's the lack of doing that's the sin. Not standing up and being counted is a wrong. Why does the Christian have such a hard time standing up for Jesus when they stand up for all that is wrong?
Are you "fake news"? The element of being what the world wants you to be versus what the Bible says we should be is indicative of our becoming "fake news" to the world. The Gospel is not lived and for many not even known. Yet they profess that they are Christian. When we are as consumed by God and his will as we are by the world we live in the difference can begin to be seen. Do we as Christians promote the "fake news" to the world? Being politically correct, tolerant and accepting, and believing other than what the Bible teaches makes us "fake news". There is no call for any of the aforementioned attributes. Yet, many do just that. Sometimes roses are yellow and violets are purple. Sometimes people believe the Bible and sometimes they don't. Here is a reality check for all of us who call ourselves Christian. If it isn't the Gospel that Jesus delivered then it's not a gospel at all. If you have chosen to take this and leave that in your understanding of the Bible then it's not a gospel at all. If you have chosen to believe other than what the Bible teaches then it's not belief at all. If you are chafed by these statements you might want to check with God on the priorities of your life. You might just be "fake news" and are in need of repentance.
The first year I pruned our overgrown fruit trees, the pruning was met with gasps of astonishment and outrage. I was told that I had killed the trees. Wrong. I had pruned the trees and the would produce more the following year. It didn't look like it. It didn't show immediate results. But...when the fall came we had an abundance of fruit and gave much away. Our freezer is still full of the fruit from the various trees. This year when I am pruning the orchard there is no naysayers amongst my friends and family. Now they understand AND believe that the pruning actually produces more fruit than just letting the trees be. That's the way we are as believers. We believe something wrongly and when we see the results of the right choices we are convinced that we were wrong, in need of repentance and submission to God. It's something each of us practices daily whether we know it or not. We make choices on true news or fake news. The former results in growth. The latter results in no fruit. It's always your choice.
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