A belief is not true because it is useful.
Henri Amiel
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Let God be true, though every man a liar” (Romans 3:4). That is the challenge in a nutshell: against all the supposed data to the contrary, to stick to the Word of God.
If you cock your ear today, you will hear many things that people say—unexamined and unchallenged folk wisdom straight from the pit of hell (James 3:15). You will hear it on the street, and you will hear it between your ears while driving the car and folding the laundry. The opposition described in Galatians 5:16-17 is an active and continuous warfare in the spirit realm, not a formal principle. Deal with it as a formal principle (i.e., don’t deal with it), and you will lose the war by forfeit.
God says, 'Be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect' (Romans 12:2). The mind is transformed as it aligns itself to God’s Word, the only reliable touchstone. Take captive every renegade thought (2 Corinthians 10:5), run it by the Word, and watch out for well-meaning little old ladies.
Andree Seu
