Post by nightingale on Jun 10, 2006 13:11:36 GMT -5
Dear Brothers and Sisters...I get a devotional through my e-mail daily called, "Serious Faith"...there was a study done on using the Holy Scriptures as a shopping mall...I was greatly grieved by this devotional...I believe that I am guilty of this very thing at times in my christian walk...I am sickened by it 
Serious Faith:
"The Bible has become our mall where we look for the best deals,
the lowest prices and the most convenience.
What I mean is that we study the Bible the same way we shop for food or clothes. We are looking for what pleases us. We look for the "best deals" where we can pay the lowest price. We look for the convenient and the easy. We treat the Scripture like junk food, snatching verses that satisfy our latest appetite for fast food spirituality.
It doesn't help that alot of churches today are all too ready to
offer a convenient drive through Gospel and a
"99 cent holy value menu" in order to attract
as many customers as possible."
The Law is a "rule of action".
It is a statement of instruction or direction that is true and
binding regardless of the opinion or awareness
of the object of that law"
"Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law." Psalm 119:18
"Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors." Psalm 119:24
"Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness." Psalm 119:40
"Thy satutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage." Psalm 119:54
Bless HIS HOLY NAME
Lets continue to pray for one another...Love Sister Debbie
Serious Faith:
"The Bible has become our mall where we look for the best deals,
the lowest prices and the most convenience.
What I mean is that we study the Bible the same way we shop for food or clothes. We are looking for what pleases us. We look for the "best deals" where we can pay the lowest price. We look for the convenient and the easy. We treat the Scripture like junk food, snatching verses that satisfy our latest appetite for fast food spirituality.
It doesn't help that alot of churches today are all too ready to
offer a convenient drive through Gospel and a
"99 cent holy value menu" in order to attract
as many customers as possible."
The Law is a "rule of action".
It is a statement of instruction or direction that is true and
binding regardless of the opinion or awareness
of the object of that law"
"Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law." Psalm 119:18
"Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors." Psalm 119:24
"Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness." Psalm 119:40
"Thy satutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage." Psalm 119:54
Bless HIS HOLY NAME
Lets continue to pray for one another...Love Sister Debbie
