True Faith

 Genesis 15:6 And Abram believed the Lord and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith.

That is all it takes. Faith. Not great deeds. Not mighty works. Not flowery speech. Faith. I recognize true faith. I honor true faith. I require true faith. There are many who have been fooled into believing that what they have is faith in me. It is faith, but not in me. It is faith in the god they have created me to be. It is faith in the god they wish me to be. Remember when you first started your journey in sobriety in AA? Remember the idea of a “god of your own understanding”? I allow this because so many have absolutely no idea who I am when they stop drinking and using drugs. So many have been given a false idea of my character. So, I honor their attempts to honor this god they do not know. But once clear thinking is established and they have been introduced to me, it becomes unacceptable. Today’s “Church” is presenting a false picture of me. They are creating their own “god” and presenting that god as me. They are perverting my Word. They are misrepresenting my character. They are creating a version of me that is more acceptable to selfish, self-centered humans. They are changing my Church into a place where everyone is worshiping a “god” of their own understanding. So many of my children are presented with the idea that my wrath ended in the Old Testament times. They are given a perverted version of me that is only love and tolerance and salvation and blessings. While I am all of those things, there is also wrath – against sin, against those who harm my children, against blatant disobedience, against violence for violence sake, against perversion of my Word. That wrath not only exists, but will be felt by them, especially those who teach this perverted “Christianity”. Be a Berean. Always verify what you hear against my Word – my complete Word, not pieces and verses cherry-picked to fit a comfortable narrative. Watch those who purport to represent me and see if what they say and do aligns with my character. So, here’s the key to all of that: know my Word. Get to know me. Study. Pray. Listen. Eyes on me, always. Close to me, always. Times are perilous and becoming more so by the day. Your enemy has managed to not only infiltrate my Church but to overtake major portions of it, in such a sly and subtle way that most do not see it. Never trust it. Trust me. And if that means you do not live in an area where you are able to attend a solid, Christ honoring Church that teaches my Word – unadulterated and in its entirety – then you find other ways to receive that teaching from solid teachers. Continue to learn, but do not give any of those false teachers your attention. Warn others, but stay away from their slick lies.