The worst thing a believer in Christ could do, is become stagnant in their faith.
They rely on only what they hear come out of their pulpits, and sometimes nothing more.
In fact, they sometimes don’t give God’s Word a second thought as the week goes on.
That is a very dangerous and vulnerable place to be, spiritually.
Most churches do NOT teach the “entire counsel of God” (Acts 20:27)—did you know that?
They have a certain schedule of particular passages for every week of the year, and in some churches (like the Roman Catholic Church), they just repeat those same passages every three years. Nothing more, nothing less.
Is that how God’s Word was to be taught? How is anyone to learn anything in about 10-15minutes? I’m not saying it can’t be done, but if your pastor isn’t teaching and preaching on the Word, expounding on it every week, you are not getting taught the way the Lord Jesus taught His disciples, nor the way Peter or Paul preached either.
LET GOD’S ✡️📖✝️WORD—ALL OF IT—stretch you, make your flesh uncomfortable, so the Holy Spirit can GROW you into the mature, perfect son or daughter of God you were destined to be.
You cannot swim into the deeper end of the spiritual pool until you learn to first step into the water, allow it to first get your feet wet, then your legs, then your body.
ONCE you are standing there, wholeheartedly committed and completely immersed in the water (in His 📖Word), THEN, and only then, will the Spirit lead you to the deeper end, to blow your mind with what REALLY is spiritually going on all around us!
DO NOT RELY solely on your church clergy to take you there; most of them NEVER preach beyond the basics.
TAKE THE LORD’S Hand in FAITH, and let Him walk WITH you through some rough, difficult, and painful truths; in time, as you grow stronger in your relationship with Him, you WILL be eternally grateful that you did! 🙏❤️✡️📖✝️
