Left Over Red Letters

Maybe you've heard of the Jesus Seminar. This group of supposed experts claim authority over which of the Red Letters were spoken or not spoken. This false persuasion of Christianity places emphasis on the assertions of man over the assertions of the Bible. Such assertions embrace the curse, rather than the blessing.

Just as bad are those that emphasize some aspects of the Scripture over others. In today's American Christian church, even among Bible believers, God's grace is heralded repeatedly, while His justice is oft neglected. His love is proclaimed loudly, while His wrath is swept under the rug. I understand it is much more pleasant that way, and it is easier for you to tell people about the "pleasant" attributes of God.

Paul is recorded by Luke, saying ...

"I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all of you, for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God."
Acts 20:24-27 (ESV)

Imagine the common thinking of American culture contrasted to the real Red Letters ...

“Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin."
Luke 17:1-2 (ESV)

Let's teach our children about the various forms of sexually identity and expression, so their bigoted parents will not teach them intolerance toward their fellow man.

"Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned." Mark 16:16 (ESV)

“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
Matt 7:13-14 (ESV)

There are many paths to God. All that believe in God will be saved.

When man gets done with the Red Letters, there is not much left. When man has his way, God's character is fashioned in man's likeness. This should not be. Let us embrace the whole counsel of God. Let's us read and study all of His Word. Let us understand that the God of Mercy is the same God that will destroy everything that is evil.

If God allows evil to remain, heaven won't be heaven, will it? It will be just like the temporal world, where man asserts his ways over God's ways. Seek the whole counsel of God. Seek the whole Truth that is found in His ways.


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