Heard Word

2 Samuel 7:22 Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

What have you been hearing? Witness of faithful Christians? Tales of miracles? Praise reports of answered prayers? All good stuff yet when I see this passage I think about what I have heard from non-Christians. The more and more I hear from non-Christians the more and more I know I am on the right path.

I once asked a Buddhist woman why she is a Buddhist. Her reply. “Buddha teaches me to be a kinder person.” I asked her, “Won’t any twelve step program do the same for you?” A puzzled look came across her face and she turned away without answering.

Many of the religions of this world leave it up to the individual to do what is necessary to adhere to standards they struggled with without any help. They offer nothing in the way of real help in adhering to standards or easy of conscience when they cannot keep to the code.

My God doesn’t leave it up to me. He did what I could not do. Now rather than being left alone to struggle with obedience, He has given me faith and a Comforter to help me do that which I could not do alone. Even those religions which espouse faith have not the same faith which establishes direct communion with the everlasting God.

Psalm 4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

You can only commune with God in your heart when He abides in your heart.

Galatians 4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

No other religion makes this offer.

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