The Authority of the Bible

The church world has come to the point where they have to make a decision. To believe and accept God’s word as true and above all else or to accept  secular world’s ideas about the world and how it should be run.

Far too many people who claim to follow Christ compromise their beliefs, their stand, and their faith by listening to the unchurched world and its sinful thoughts. It is time now to make a choice and take a clear stand.

2 Timothy 3 gives good advice for what a believer is to do and it makes it absolutely clear that the unchurched world is deceived and deceiving thus the believer needs to start putting distance between themselves and the unbelieving world.

Part of that choice has to deal with the area of science and the Bible. Now I am uising the word science as a general category and it covers all research fields like, chemistry, biology, archaeology, geology, physics, astronomy and the many others.

The believer has to come to the point where they decide for themselves if science is the authority on all things human or the Bible is.  If you decide for science then you are saying that God lied, and sinned. Plus you are giving the secular world an opportunity to have a say about what took place when in the past and that nothing came from God, it came from animals. That decision also demotes humans and removes any hope people have about eternal life.

If you say the Bible, then you are reaffirming the hope that God has given us, that He is God and His word rules. Since God was at the beginning of all things, He would have a better idea of what He did, not the secular scientists of the world.

The believer must also decide where the Bible sits in the chain of command.  If it is subject to culture, science to other factors from the secular societies then you are saying that the Bible is not God’s word and it can be altered as society pleases.

If you decide to put it in its rightful spot above culture, above science, above those infoluential factors from the secular world then you are saying that God’s rules govern all areas of life and there is no cherry picking allowed.

Without the Bible as the supreme guide, we are letting subjectivity, existentialism, false ideas of freedom and so on rule civilization and that there is no real standard for men to follow. Survival of the fittest becomes more of a reality than men want and so does anarchy.

Confusion would play a large part in people’s lives as they would not know what is right or wrong or even moral as such standards would change depending upon whom is in power at the time. Soon people would give up on listening to those in power and just do as they please. It will not be a pleasant time for many.

But since the Bible is the authority, it rules over all, even science. Its commands and teachings apply to all walks  and aspects of life and gives a clear definition of right and wrong, morality and how people should conduct their live educational and work lives, and so on.

One of the biggest problems with those in science is that they seek to remove themselves from being governed by the Biblical texts in order to do what they want when they want. The result of this is very bad science, false teachings, and the creation of destructive forces which allow despots to destroy innocent people.

This is the result when people stop following God and His authoritative word. They listen to evil and do all sorts of heinous activities just so they can be top dog. The church cannot afford to listen to evil nor follow in its wake for if it does then it too will be destroyed.

The Bible provides all people with unchangeable, unsubjective, and pure rules to live by so that all will know what really is right, wrong, good, bad, moral and immoral. There is no question in anybody’s mind and it makes it far easier to judge lawbreakers because of it.

When men get the idea that they get to create no morals, no laws, new standards then adjudication becomes a lot more difficult and uneven, to the point of being unfair, dishonest, and unjust.

For the world to change, the church has to finally make their choice. If the choose the Bible then they need to let their light shine so that unbelieving men will know they are doing wrong and need to repent.

The church is the last hope for mankind for if they do not put God and the Bible above all and live by their rules then no one else will. Now is the time for the church to decide for God and put away all false teachings from its midst and stand with God.

The Bible is the authority, and contains the rules for all men, all fields of endeavor, all entertainment and living in general.  Make the right choice.