Human-Things Verses God-Things

“These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught”

God spoke these words through the prophet Isaiah about the people of Israel. It states a premise that is still true today. The premise that Christians would rather follow the teachings of human beings than the teachings of God.

Here’s the problem. The Preachers teaching human-things think they are teaching God-things. And the listeners think the human-things are God-things.

Let me suggest a few clues…

If the message isn’t consistent with the over riding message in God’s word of “love”, i.e. love God with your heart, soul and mind and love your neighbor as yourself then there might be a problem.

If a congregation is diminishing and dying under a certain brand of teaching and leadership then there might be a problem.

Everyone thinks they are following God’s teaching but many and maybe most are not. So be very circumspect and careful about the teachings you are about to swallow… they may not digest very well.