Taking Things for Granted

Sometimes people take for granted as true things that have no truth in them. Remember Jacob and Joseph. In some rather recent scandals in the Roman Catholic Church about priests molesting young boys, the media has taken for granted that the pope is the successor of the apostle Peter, and that the bishops and other members of that hierarchy are men appointed by God to direct His people. Nothing could be farther from the truth. History shows us that all of them, from the pope to all his underlings, are the result of the great apostasy that had its beginning in the second century A.D., being brought to full fruition by the seventh century. The Word of God knows nothing of this apostate religion.

    Others take for granted that a man with a quivering voice who claims to be “Spirit filled” is actually being guided by the Holy Spirit. Again, a study of the Scriptures will show the falsity of such claims.

    In earthly things, it may not matter too much about taking things for granted, but in spiritual matters, it can be the difference between eternal life and eternal damnation. Are you taking for granted things for which you should be demanding scriptural evidence?