The Hardcore are Questionable

I'm reading Paul's Corinthians I, and his ideas match slightly what I see as ignorance in today's Church. He preaches such things as turning away sinners, as if those who do can be comfortable that they are perfect. He preaches leaving women out of church discussion.

But he also preaches some wonderful things: Like how my heathen wife can go to heaven because I believe, among other good words. His speech alternates between wisdom and ignorant intolerance. Modern preachers of ignorance do this: They speak of love, and understanding, and in the very next sentence speak of hatred and closed-minded stupidity.

There are those today who say the Bible cannot be taken au la carte. You cannot take the parts you like and discard the parts you do not. This speech is ignorance: Jesus himself says otherwise.

Paul was an apostle, and surely would know better God's Message than me-- but Jesus frequently told the apostles that they were wrong. He often pointed out their misunderstanding of God's Word. Even to Peter, he pointed out that he would deny him three times. Even the great Peter, founder of Christianity, was flat out wrong sometimes. And the Lord called him on it.

I feel it is important to weigh the words of all profits and preachers. In the Bible, we have the words of God from his own mouth, the words of his son, the words of prophets relaying the word of God, the words of Apostles relaying the word of Jesus, of Deciples, preaching the second hand Word from the Apostles, and the words of madmen interpreting wild and irrelevant dreams. Today the message is further convoluted by the words of men, thousands of years removed, and full of compounded misunderstandings.

It's true: we must arm ourselves with righteousness, and know exactly what it means to be a Christian. We must weigh the words of all against the intent of God Himself. When reading the words of Peter or Paul, or hearing a sermon of your own modern Church, compare the Message to the very words of Jesus and God. You will find many discrepancies.

Where Man says one thing, and God speaks another, I will turn my back on Man. To those who say we should not question the Bible, we must insist that God tells us otherwise. To those who say we should hate the sinner; we must know that the speaker, and ourselves are no better, and not to be hated.

Turn your back to sin, but dine with the sinners, because you are no better.