It's an Infallible thing!

What does a church do once is stops believing the Bible as the inspired Word of God? The answer to that question is “Anything they want to do!” One of our members pointed out the following news story for July 4, 2005.

The president of the United Church of Christ said his denomination "acted courageously to declare freedom" when it passed a resolution endorsing same-sex marriage on Independence Day. The resolution calls on member churches of the liberal denomination's 1.3 million members to consider wedding policies "that do not discriminate against couples based on gender." It also asks churches to consider supporting legislation granting equal marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples and to work against laws banning gay marriage.

Our church (as an institution and as a body of individual believers) has staked it’s soul on the Bible, God’s infallible rule for faith and practice. What’s this mean for us?
First – The Bible is God’s gift to us. The Bible is not a book made by mere man even though men were the instruments used in writing.

Second – The Bible is infallible. That is, it does not teach anything false. If the Bible teaches it, you can believe it.

Third – it is a rule. Most people do not like rules. They want to do whatever they please. But the Bible is clear – it really is God’s way or the highway! Christianity is not just following a bunch of rules, it’s more of a relationship. However, God has clearly stated rules which reveal whether a relationship exists.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 states,
9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Do not believe that you can take your favorite sin with you into heaven.

Fourth – it’s for faith and for practice. God’s Holy Word is where we find our faith. We do not find it through mystical experiences, thoughtful reasoning, or visiting with our friends over a couple of beers. We find it in God’s word. “Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God” – Romans.
God’s word is also our source for our practices. James tells us, “Be ye doers of the Word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves”.

Let’s praise God for his infallible word given to us and make it our infallible rule for faith and practice.

God Bless
Pastor John