What in the world?

This may surprise my parents if they were reading this post, but I believe we have a problem with authority. I say that this would surprise my parents because they have been telling me for years that I have a problem with authority.

The authority that I am referring to though is not human authority (though sometimes it may disguise itself in that way), but biblical authority. We just cannot wrap our minds around the idea that God included all we need in one little book. In fact, I believe that we sometimes think that we are doing God a favor in the things we add.

From the time we are little we begin to think of things as either being "secular" or "religious". We think of our everyday things as secular; eating, sleeping, working, playing, etc. We think of our church things as religious; devotions, Sunday services, prayer meeting, prayer before meals, and fellowships. Instead, we need to think of things as being "spirit filled" or else "worldly". (There were actually several other words I was originally going to use besides worldly but then I thought they may be too harsh)

God intends for us to be "spirit filled" all the time. In order for us to get a glimpse of what that could look like, we need to submit to the Word of God in all we do. In order to submit to the Word in all that we do, we must first believe that it is sufficient for all that we do.
II Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
There are plenty of verses that I could use to show the authority in the church.

OR

We could just take the easy route and make our church worldly rather than our lives spirit filled.


I Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 10But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

How much time do you spend seeking what man's wisdom teacheth, and how much time do you spend seeking spiritual things? The really unfortunate thing here is that many of us don't see how mutually exclusive these two things are. We don't see that there is much of a difference. I contend that these are "worlds" apart, and yet we spend most of our lives trying to bring the two together.

And yet, people submit to Robert's when they won't submit to the Bible. That is why we have Roberts in the church, because it works. Shame on the church!