Trusting Our Own Opinions

Humanism leads to the belief that the teachings of the Bible can be disobeyed without penalty.

You know, we read this morning, or this afternoon, in the Old Testament reading there, of the man who was penalized almost immediately for his transgression. I think that's what happens to us today - we get a bit lulled, because we don't see God's immediate judgment today as we did in the times of the Old Testament.

In the times of the Old Testament, when sin was committed, it was judged. Today, we don't see that. And it leads us to fall asleep spiritually. We begin to think God doesn't care. But the Bible tells us our God is a consuming fire.

Humanistic thinking leads us to trusting our own opinions and feelings, rather than God's teachings as revealed in the Word and by His Holy Spirit.

Sometimes you hear people say when you bring to their attention a direct Scriptural teaching -- something that is not even a tradition, but something that's a direct doctrine of the Bible -- "Well, I'll pray about it."

Dear ones, we shouldn't pray about something that's in the Bible. If the Bible says it, we don't go home and pray about it and ask ourselves, "Is this really necessary?" Or, "Does it really matter?"
--Sermon Excerpt: Elder Bro. S.R.