I believe it is helpful to take a look at the present trends in the lives of Christians in order that we can gauge the temperature of our hearts, our minds and our souls. The Pew Forum on Religions and Public Life states in an article titled "Religion Among The Millennials" that young adults are "less religiously active than older Americans, but fairly traditional in other ways." In looking at this article and research what stuck out with me was the lack of belief in the Bible as the literal word of God. Literal word of God meaning as we interpret that here at The Church at Grace Point as; " The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God's revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy." From the pew research there is a trend forming in our country in which the Bible is not being seen as the truly inspired and literal word of God.
It is as important as ever that we stop and look at our own life and how our beliefs on scripture are effecting the way we live. We must realize that we can not look to our own logic, our own understanding or what we think todays standards dictate. We must hold fast to what is unchanging, what is 100% true and accurate. When we start veering from the truth we jeopardize sharing in the glory of the Lord as he continues to do a good work in us. We have a choice, we can take the whole scripture as God breathed, without error, and the final authority on every issue or we can try to figure it out for ourselves based on our own understanding. The latter which will certainly lead us in error. We must ask ourselves tough questions. Are we looking to God's word for guidance? Are we applying the full teaching of God's word, not simply picking and choosing what we want to tackle? I prayerfully submit authority to my Lord and Saviour who is perfect and sovereign in every way and choose to prayerfully study and apply the whole spoken word of God to my life, because that is His will.
