Don’t be tossed and thrown…
If our
theology is mature, we hold accurately the truths of Scripture, and thus
understand both physical and spiritual things through that lens. And, because
of that maturity, we are not tossed about by neither the waves of faulty
doctrine nor the pressing winds of hard circumstances.
However, if
our theology is immature, we allow circumstances to create our views for us. We
become pressed by life and adopt beliefs that are not based in truth; beliefs
that might set our emotions to some ease, our flesh to some libertine passions,
and our notions of spirituality to some filling, but leave our souls restless,
imprisoned, empty and dead.
In simpler
terms, if we do not know God in truth, we may fall in error and create a god in
falsity.
Jesus said,
"For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the
world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my
voice." (John 18:37b ESV)
"Teach
me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your
name." (Psalm 86:11 ESV)
"If any
of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without
reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting,
for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by
the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from
the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways." (James
1:5-8 ESV)
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