2 Corinthians 11: Are you letting the truth be heard?

So many people just assume that those who call themselves Christian’s are truthful and following God’s word to the ‘T’ but there are those who twist God’s word for their own gain. Those who go around and preach that God says -this- about the world, and to the world but it doesn’t match up. We all have heard of these people. Just think about Westboro Baptist Church that has been showed countless times on the news they speak solely of God’s wrath and completely some type of fate.They go around, disaster to disaster preaching of destruction not out of the love, as Jesus says Christians meant to portray. If you don’t remember look up the story of the little girl that was killed during a shooting of a woman politician. She was around 10 years old and was born on September 11th. She had nothing to do with what the politician was saying, she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. After her death, Westboro took it upon themselves to picket the girls funeral saying it was a fulfillment of God’s plan. I wonder how anyone could ever say that about a little girl and get away with it.

In 2 Corinthians 11, Paul warns the church of those people. He worries of their faith being swayed from God to follow what the false prophets profess to be true. He wanders how they can be so blind as to listen and let that even pass through our minds. And yes, I said ‘our’. Because this is not something that once happened this is something is happening now. Christians are shying away and no longer preaching God’s love. Instead we are letting churches like Westboro poison the minds of those who do not know the word. We are listening and letting that pollute us. And if that doesn’t hit home enough for you what about our teachers in classrooms and the student. We say, “Oh, well it was a open discussion it is up to interpretation.” But is that really true. I wonder just like Paul why are we sitting back and just taking it. Letting them put that in the mind of the others. Why can’t we stand up against them not out of hate but out of love and show them what God says. Not overbearing, not resentfully but through complete love. The love Jesus told us to have for every sinner and every saint. We should show that light that God put inside of us. And we will be looking at as something different from those false prophets. We will be like a breathe of fresh untainted air. Showing God to all who are near. We should be as Paul, being battled for showing our faith. instead of shying away or opening our ears to what is not true.

So Flood just encourage you that God is with you. God is the word, the truth, and the way. God will be there right beside you holding your hand in the battle when you are standing up for his word. You’ll never know, you standing up could mean someone becoming saved. But it always means that you planted a seed.


I love you all,

Cat