The Truth IS Out There

 I asked a friend of mine, who will be ordained as a Catholic priest in June, How does one get to heaven? His response scared the poop out of me! He said Jesus...but then went on to say Jesus is love, so love is how! When I mentioned that Jesus said He is the only way to heaven, my friend started talking about how many different translations of the Bible there are and no one really knows what Jesus said! And went further telling me anyone who says they understand the Bible, believing a certain way and speaking it as the only way are judging others! In defense of Catholics out there, he is being ordained as an Independent Catholic.. whatever that means. It seems to me that it means 'we believe what we want to believe so we can feel good about ourselves'! Sadly he and many other people are mistaken in their reasoning. My friends, as followers of Christ, we must always be ready to defend the gospel. That's why I'm always reminding y'all to stay in the Word! 1 John 4:1-3 states" Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God; every spirit that confesses that Jesus has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that is coming, and now it is already in the world." It is easy to be swayed by falsehood if we are not grounded in the Word. If we neglect to study the Scriptures we can be overcome by Satan's devices and maybe even lead others astray! See, he had some truth sprinkled in to what my friend said? " Jesus is the way you get to heaven" " Jesus is love." Yes folks these are truths! But the rest is human understanding. Knowledge gained by the flesh NOT discerned by the Holy Spirit which is the only way to understand His Word! Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2:14" But the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised." My beloved friends. Our enemy, the devil, seeks to discredit and take the power of the Word away from you. He seeks to destroy your very faith in Jesus! Be mindful of the Word of God as we encourage each other in the Lord!