Do You Yearn for More than God's Word ?!?

 

In her first edition of Jesus Calling, Sarah Young explained, “I knew that God communicated with me through the Bible, but I yearned for more.”(1)

The amazing popularity of Young's books confirms that many professing Christians also yearn for more. They'd rather be mentored by Young's words disguised in Christ's voice than by Christ's actual words in Scripture.

Sitting in a restaurant, I heard a man loudly excusing his sinful behavior saying, “After all, Jesus’ disciples were adulterers and bad people when Christ chose them.” 

He obviously yearned for more than God's Word in dealing with his sins because he was excusing them based on fictional aspects of The Chosen. Millions are shaping their faith from The Chosen's mixture of truth, fiction, and error.

For years, professing Christians have yearned for “Boundaries” instead of biblical reconciliation, trusting an author who says, “I have tried the ‘standard’ Christian answers for others, and myself and have come to Job’s conclusion: they are worthless medicine” (source).  

 

A little bit of error mixed with truth is the most effective method of deception.

When the Pharisees taught people to set “aside the commands of God” for man-made traditions, Jesus said, “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me” (see Mark 7). 

If you're yearning for more than the Scripture, please ask God to show you the beautiful life-changing power of His Word. Once you've experienced its perfection, wisdom, and guidance, you could never yearn for more, especially from sources that misrepresent it.

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 See God Wrote Us a Book...Incredible to learn my response to Scripture as a new believer. See also Dallas Jenkins Explains the Story Behind The Chosen and the collection of articles in Are Boundaries Biblical?

(1) This was removed from later copies of the book because it doesn't reflect a Christian attitude toward God's Word, but that doesn't change the fact that it's Young's testimony. The publisher also removed Young's explanation of the method that inspired her to write Jesus Calling because the method is New Age, not biblical. See Please Examine the Claim of the Jesus Calling Author. And I highly recommend this video by Doreen Virtue who used to be involved in the New Age before she became a Christian: Proof Jesus Calling Is New Age, not Christian.  

Proverbs 30:5-6: “Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.

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