05/06/23 THAT SETTLES IT

05/06/23 THAT SETTLES IT

The lyrics of a song,
"God said it,
I believe it,
And that settles it for me."

Someone pointed out that the truth is,
God said it, and that settles it.

Both statements are true. If God said it, that settles it. But on a personal level an individual must accept the authority of God in order for the Bible to be the final authority to them personally.

Sometimes we may have questions about what a passage means, but when the Bible states a subject clearly and redundantly, we don't have to figure it out. We better be sure of the Biblical essentials and we better not allow the non-essential issues to divert our attention from the essentials.

The things we believe concerning God and His word need to draw us closer to Him and His people; they need to fill us with the fruit of the Spirit; they need to conform us to His image; they need to perfect us in the faith; they need to make us of one mind with God and one another; and they need to cleanse us from all sin.