We’ve baked sugar cookies for our Wednesday night children’s group. Some time back, Beloved Husband cleaned a salt shaker and put sugar in it to sprinkle the tops of the cookies.
Our program ends by June and doesn’t start up until school does. We tend to forget (but that’s a whole ‘nother subject!) so that salt shaker ended up beside BH’s chair, since I tend to lighten up on salt when cooking.
It’s been there for most of the summer, almost empty now, so he’s used it some. Not until today, when I boiled a bunch of eggs, did he discover the reverse cleaning was never done – it still contains sugar.
There’s a parable in there somewhere, as well as a good laugh. We don’t always get what we expect, especially when we don’t complete our due diligence. We still need to be Bereans, even as older, established Christians.
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. (Acts 17:10-11 KJV)
Many times we have received the word with all readiness of mind, but we’ve failed to search the scriptures to see whether these things were so. Too often we’ve accepted another’s spoken word over the written scriptures without searching.
Suppose a pastor takes Genesis 12:10-14 to indicate that Abraham’s foresight was correct, that the Egyptians did think his wife was fair and only his lie saved them. Why not, it’s in the Bible, isn’t? Shouldn’t we be able to take a verse or two and create a lesson from it? Not without searching the scriptures – the next few verses give much needed information, including:
And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. (Genesis 12:17 KJV)
Incomplete verses taken out of context can cause a great deal of personal harm. Who would want great plagues?
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15 KJV)
We study that which we enjoy. How well do you enjoy the Bible? It shows it how much time spent with it.
What we do with – or without – the Bible depends on how much time we spend with it.
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