Redefining Christianity as I see it.

What we need right now is for believers to stand….and stand firm until the end.

We stand firm on sure foundations.

The best way I can know the story of God is the Bible.

Yes, people will tell you “Oh, you believe in the Father, Son and Holy Bible, right?”

Don’t let whatever mockery is used to sway you from truth.

His words. That’s defining my Christianity.

We all have to compare what our faith looks like with what we are reading. The Word of God is our plumb-line. Not Fox, not CNN, not ABC or NBC. Not Facebook, Twitter, Insta.

Not our mom and dem’s church or what paw paw always said or what sounds good or feels good. Not the desires of the eyes and the lusts of the flesh.

Not fresh revs.

Mohammad and Joseph Smith had fresh revs.

Oh course, we have encounters with God. Emotional experiences with God. A lot of feelings around who He is and what He’s called us to live like in this place that is not our home. Of course! But it must be reflective of the words He chose to save for us.

If we aren’t using the Word of God as a building point, then what are we using? I surely hope it’s not your human understanding and what you think feels right in the moment.

We need a plumb-line to go back to.

And the word of God is that plumb-line.

For as long as I can remember, and especially the last few years, I have been reading the Word with new eyes. The Word redefines Christianity and how it is SUPPOSED to look. I read Acts 4 and I’m like “Okay, THAT is how you respond to persecution.”

I read the lives of the disciples and Jesus and say “Okay, that’s how you get rejected and keep going.”

I read Jesus in John 6 when many disciples left and Jesus, like the Boss He is, says to his 12….y’all wanna leave too? He was so secure in who He was and the message He was preaching that even the closest to Him could go and He wasn’t tossed to and fro.

I read of the holiness that we are called to. The consecrated life we signed up for.

I read what Lordship is and what it isn’t.

But if I just sat back and soaked up like a sponge all the toxic theology we have out there, I would be dead. The walking dead.

Sometimes, I wonder if people are awake or just illiterate to the Word of God to keep accepting all the deception that keeps happening. Or are they so in bed with the fear of man that they keep compromising day after day the convictions they once held so dearly?

I don’t know what’s happening but I do know the answer. I know the solution.

We need to let the Bible define our Christianity.

Jesus quoted the Old Testament in the New Testament many times. When the Word quotes the Word…then I can’t understand how we wouldn’t follow in His example.

The New Testament has over 800 references to the Old Testament in it. If the O.G. church subscribed to the Old Testament, catch me subscribing to the whole channel.

I’m getting such fresh revs as I read His word. He is redefining Christianity over and over again to me every day. It’s as if He is whispering to me “Teresa, THIS is what it’s supposed to look like” as I turn every page.