“What we feel isn’t proof”

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Years ago, during a Bible study with a denominational friend of mine, he made an interesting statement. He said to me, “As much as I believe in Christ and all that He has taught and what I do for Him, I can’t see a God in heaven say to me, because I was not dunked in water I have to spend eternity in hell. There is nothing you can show me or tell me to change my mind.”

There it is folks, this is where someone puts their feelings ahead of the word of God. You might be thinking, “Chuck, what verses would you show him?” The fact is, I did show him. And, if I show you the same verses, yet you think like that man did, it won’t help. Why? He said that it would not matter what I showed him – the point is, his mind was made up. He wants to do what he wants to do relying on how he feels.

I have mentioned II Timothy 4:2-5, many times. The reason we bring up here is because Paul was telling Timothy, you preach the word even when they don’t want it. You cannot help someone see the truth if they are wanting something different. Jesus told us the majority of the world do what they want rather than what the Lord wants (Matt. 7:13-14).

This whole discussion brings many past Bible studies to mind. Like when I study with my Jehovah Witness friends. You will be in a Bible study with them and they are running constantly to one subject to another. They would say, answer me this. I would answer. They would say, answer me that. I would answer. The reason they did it, it wasn’t because they wanted a systematic, study of a certain subject. They wanted to keep throwing things out to see if they could stump me on a text. If I couldn’t answer, they would use that as proof in their minds that all the other answer I gave are now worthless.  

My advice to those who want to learn. Deal with one subject at a time. When the person changes, stop and say – oh, now are we in agreement on that? It is dangerous to discuss using how we feel on something as a basis for the subject at hand. Thank about it.

Chuck

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