Without the Bible, We're Lost

A woman told me she quit believing the Bible because so many false teachers use it as their source.

I asked what she’d do if she went to a grocery store that sold rotten fruit. Would she give up fruit or change grocery stores? 

If we give up on something because it’s misused, we’ll need to give up on marriage, family, friendship … pretty much everything.

The Bible never misleads. The problem is people who distort Scripture to support non-Biblical agendas. 

Without the Bible, we have no standard, no authority, no basis for truth. We cannot truly know, love or serve God without studying Scripture.

In fact, the only way we can understand cults and false teachers is by reading the Bible. Without it, we will be fooled by anything and everything.

That’s why Colossians 2:8 warns us: Don't let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.
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These 1-minute devotions offer further advice about this subject:
7 Claims of False Teachers
Deceptive Evangelism
3 Ways to Discern Scriptural Truths 
5 Steps for Accurate Bible Study
3 Ways to Protect Yourself from False Philosophies
These 1-minute devotions talk about ways that Scripture is typically misused:
Pieces Parts  
Ask and Receive Anything? No!
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