Us & God

Some of us have been fighting the wrong battle. We have been trying to turn America around when we should have been working on turning the church around. We have been trying to turn America around without turning the church around first. America is off track because the church is off track.

I hear many Christians "claiming scripture". They "claim" scriptures about healing, deliverance or blessing. They act as though if they "claim" a scripture that  God will then act on their behalf to bring about whatever it is that they are seeking. I wonder why no one ever "claims" this verse:  Matthew 19:21 New King James Version (NKJV) 21  Jesus said to him,   “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

Sure your preacher preaches scripture straight from the Bible but does the preaching agree with the whole Bible?

Do you read your Bible or do you study your Bible? Do you study your Bible or do you study what someone else says about the Bible?