{"id":1109,"date":"2021-05-02T12:27:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T17:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2021-05-02T12:27:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T17:27:07","slug":"trust-gods-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/02\/trust-gods-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Trust God\u2019s Word"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cLORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that<\/em> I may know how frail I am<\/em><\/strong>\u201d
Psalm 39:4 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As Christians living in this world, we are to be prepared for\nthe dangerous journey that is the Christian life. We are warned to not be\nbeguiled by people who are not true Christians. Some of them may desire to lead\nyou off the true path into darkness and despair. Be careful whose company you\nkeep! (\u201cBe not deceived: evil\ncommunications corrupt good manners<\/strong>\u201d 1 Corinthians 15:33).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One cannot help but remember an event in 1 Kings 13. A man of\nGod was told to deliver a message to King Jeroboam. After he delivered the message,\nhe was to return home. When the king invited him to his house, offering him a\nreward, see what the prophet told him. \u201c8. And the man of\nGod said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in\nwith thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: 9. For\nso was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink\nwater, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest<\/strong>\u201d (1 Kings\n13:8-9). This man of God knew what God told him to do, and he returned home\nanother way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bible tells us there was an old prophet who heard all\nthat the man of God had said and done to the king. The old prophet asked which\nway the man of God had gone, and he went after the man of God. Once he found\nhim, he invited the man of God to come home with him and eat bread. Read the\nman of God\u2019s reply. \u201c16. And he said, I may\nnot return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink\nwater with thee in this place: 17. For it was said to me by the word of\nthe LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go\nby the way that thou camest<\/strong>\u201d (1 Kings 13:16-17). The man of God\nplanned to do just what God told him to do. What was the old prophet\u2019s\nresponse? \u201cHe said unto him, I am<\/em>\na prophet also as thou art;<\/em> and an angel spake unto me by the word of\nthe LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat\nbread and drink water. But<\/em> he lied unto him<\/strong>\u201d (1 Kings 13:18). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stop a minute to remember something important. The most\nimportant thing a Christian should do is to find out if the person giving the\ncounsel is a true Christian (in this case a true prophet of the Lord). We are\nwarned to test everyone you come upon, and do not be beguiled by those who make\na show of religion but do not belong to Jesus. \u201cBeloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are\nof God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world<\/strong>\u201d (1\nJohn 4:1). Remember: there are those who desire to lead you off the true\nChristian path. Be careful of the company you keep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The man of God should have known to question this old prophet\n\u2013 to find out if he was a true prophet of the Lord. Instead, read what the man\nof God does. \u201cSo he went back with\nhim, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water<\/strong>\u201d (1 Kings 13:19). The man of God knew the king was\ngodless, but he did not even question the man who claimed<\/em><\/strong> to be a\nprophet. The man of God was told that because he disobeyed the Lord, went back\nand ate bread and drank water, he would die (see 1 Kings 13:21-22). Wow! All because he disobeyed the Word of God. What\nhappened? \u201cAnd when he was gone, a\nlion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and\nthe ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase<\/strong>\u201d (1 Kings 13:24). Did you notice something strange? The\nlion killed him, yet he did not eat the man of God. The lion and the donkey\nstood by his body. Read what this man of God was then known as: \u201c\u2026  It\nis<\/em> the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD:\ntherefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and\nslain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him<\/strong>\u201d\n(1 Kings 13:26). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember, we read that the man of God was told that he would die for disobeying the Word of God. Read a warning we find in 1 John 5:16 that there is a \u201csin unto death.\u201d That sin is different for each individual. For this man of God, it was disobeying this Word from God that brought about his unusual death. This helps us understand the importance of knowing and doing what God\u2019s Word tells us to do \u2013 no matter what anyone else tells us. \u201cLORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that<\/em> I may know how frail I am<\/em><\/strong>\u201d (Psalm 39:4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you trust God and His Word, recognizing just how frail you are?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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