I am involved in several Bible studies at this time. One is Priscilla Shirer’s The Armor of God. Another is Paige Brown’s study on the book of James (Tammy shared about her study a couple of weeks ago). I’m also in BSF, plus this is my year to read through the Bible. I’ve finished Genesis and Exodus and am now in Leviticus.
In the past couple of weeks, God has really been speaking to me, especially through the studies in Ephesians (God’s Armor) and James.
One lesson He’s teaching me is about being right versus being almost right. It’s the almost right that trips us up faster than the flat out wrong, isn’t it? The devil likes to twist the truth just the tiniest bit, and if we aren’t paying attention, we can fall for it. Almost right isn’t right.
We live in a society where people get to have their own truth. If they think it is right, then it’s right for them. But that’s an illusion. While there are some gray areas in this life, to be sure, there is also unshakable, unchangeable truth. There is definite right and wrong.
I got to witness an example earlier this week in my college Psychology class. In a discussion, we were given a moral dilemma. There was a circumstance and a number of options we could choose. It was disheartening to listen to many of the answers, to the reasoning behind why it would be okay to do something that God says is wrong. There were many answers that included “it depends.” For instance, if no one else would see you making that choice would it make a difference to you.
The discussion drove home the point that almost right isn’t right. Almost right is still wrong.
I don’t want to fall for an illusion.
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Before I go, did you get to see The Chosen, Episodes 7 & 8, on the big screen yesterday? Or maybe you’re going today or this weekend. I was in the theater on Thursday for the first showing. And I am so glad I got to be there, even if I hated the wait for these last two episodes.
If you didn’t get to see these episodes in the theater, don’t worry. Episode 7 will be on The Chosen app, Facebook, and YouTube this Sunday, and Episode 8 (season finale) will be in those same locations just two days later. Don’t miss them!
~robin
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So true, Robin. And yes! We got to see the finale yesterday too. So good. No spoilers. Just can’t wait to watch it again on Sunday and Tuesday!
The wait to see the episodes again feels almost as long as the wait to see them in the theater.
This is a wonderful post, Robin, and so true as Tammy said. Society has tried to push Christianity out of daily lives, and that loss is very telling in what is being accepted and promoted everyday in the marketplace, on television, and worst of all in education. As a retired teacher, I hate seeing what has been seeping into our schools (thankfully exposed during the pandemic) and fear for my grandchildren, who are in 8th and 10th grade.
We must stay vigilant, and how best to do it but through studying the word. I completed a study of Ephesians and the whole armor of God in November. I had been trying to focus on Paul’s letters while reading about his journeys. January 1, I began reading “The Daily Bible” which was recommended in a Christian blog post last year (can’t remember where, maybe here).
During the past two years I find that I have been reading mainly Christian authors, who have given me much comfort, and keep me in the Word. I lost my husband January 18th. After a long and difficult journey over several years, God finally called him home. His funeral was yesterday, culminating in a service at the veteran’s cemetery where he will be interred. Tom was so grateful that his first career of 20 years as a Marine and his last career of studying the Bible and becoming a Methodist pastor, were both careers that he loved. God gave him that blessing!
Thank you, again to the authors on this blog!
Oh, Betty. I am so very sorry for your loss, but I am grateful that you know your husband has arrived in his forever home. Bless you as you walk this new journey. I know your heart must ache. We grieve, but not as those who have no hope.
And thank you for those words of encouragement to the authors of this blog. You are so gracious.
I am so very sorry to hear this, Betty. Our hearts are breaking for you.
Dear Lord, I lift our dear sister Betty up to you asking for comfort and peace as she mourns this deep, deep loss. Thank you, Father that Tom is safely in your arms and that you were so faithful to him as he served our country and again as he served the church. I pray that Betty will feel your arms tightly around her and that you will meet every need she has from this day forward as you’ve done in the past. In Jesus’s name, amen.
Thank you so much Deb and Robin! I can feel the comfort you asked for.
Such a good word. Thanks for sharing, Robin!
Thanks, D’Ann.
Such a great post, Robin, and so very true about “almost right.” I love how deeply you study the Word of God. It shows through in your writing and in the way you live your life. God bless you, friend!
Thanks, Deb.
Wonderful and very timely post, Robin. My favorite reply is often – Just because you believe something is true doesn’t mean it is…or isn’t. Like those people who don’t believe in God and Christ…they always seem to think they have got it absolutely right. And by the way, we studied Priscilla’s book a couple of years ago in Bible Study and absolutely loved it! She is such a dynamic teacher and presents her message in such a down-to-earth manner.
My life group did Priscilla’s Discerning the Voice of God last year, and we are loving this one just as much or more. She is a great teacher. The hardest part, when we finish a study, is choosing the next one because there are always so many great ones to choose from.