Wright Track Ministries

6675 Moondance Drive

Olive Branch, MS 38654

(662) 890-6398

WTVU Bible Lesson 4

Section 2a

The real story......

It was a dark and stormy night at the First Unorthodox Saints Baptist Church of the Proudly and  Humbly Reformed. It was cold, dreary and John was getting ready to lock up after the most successful yard sales in the church's history. It was money that was badly needed by the orphanage and by John for some projects was wanting to do. John sent all he volunteers home and locked up and went home too.

The next day the head of the finance committee ran into the church office and announced that the money from the sale was missing! The secretary said that John was the last one to be seen near the money. Calls were being made to try to find out where John was. He was not at home. This did not look good.

Suddenly the door opened and in walked Pastor Noel. The finance chairman said, "Pastor, the money from the sale is missing....John was..." Before he could finish the pastor said "Yes I know, it was John." The secretary exclaimed, "So we were right, John stole the money!" The pastor said, "I did not say John stole the money." The pastor went on to explain. "As John was locking up last night, I was driving by the church and noticed that the window to the back door had been broken. I let John know about this. We decided that instead of leaving the money in the lockup box in the church that it would be better to make a night deposit at the bank." Everyone was relieved to know that the money was safe and that John did not steal the money.

Delegate # 2 was right. However, everyone of these interpretations could be right depending on the context in which it was spoken. It takes finding out the context to get to the true meaning of a statement. The same thing is true about the Bible.

The Bible can be made to say almost anything. All you need to do is take a few parts and pieces and put them together and make up some meanings for some of the key words and there you have it! A 100% genuine heresy! Can you imagine what would happen if a mechanic followed a service manual like some people follow the Bible? How many cars would there be sitting along the highway never to run again?

Some Christians seem to treat the Bible like they are Christian Wizards and the Bible is their Spell Book. The Bible is not a book of spells.  It is not a way to control God like he is a genie in a lamp. The Bible means what it says and says what it means. It is up to us to obey God and to seek the truth of His Word.

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