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CAN WE TRUST THE BIBLE? 2 Timothy 3:16, 17:
The age of incredibility, skepticism, disbelief, and doubt is upon us
and the vibrations disclose man's inability to trust God. At a time when the
integrity of President Richard Nixon was in question amid Watergate's dramatic
events, when the veracity of the tapes was seriously under fire, when
conflicting statements were given in testimonies concerning the same event, the
American citizens were bewildered and burdened with distrust. Can't you
hear the young people saying, "Don't trust anybody over thirty. You can't trust
the establishment."
Science with its technological achievements
taught some to believe only in what can be seen, touched and felt. Philosophy
with its inquiring mind has influenced some people not to trust anything that
does not fit in man-made logical patterns of reasoning. Psychology looking at
man's psyche has confused so many people that sin is the in discreet mistakes of
man as he stumbles upward, and the tragic repercussion is that man is glassy
eyed, pill popping, tranquilizer dizzy, spaced out, and hooked trying in vain to
eradicate his sins. During a time when some black brothers who have been
victimized by white racism, in retaliation, they are saying, "The Bible
is a white man's book, written by white men and exalts white identity.
Christianity is the cause of slavery, and the Bible is Mr. Charlie's way of
controlling black people."
In times like these, the question
comes from 125th Street in Harlem Can We Trust The Bible? From Hough in
Cleveland, the question comes Can We Trust The Bible? From the Southside
in Chicago, Dallas West in Dallas and Watts in Los Angeles, the question is Can
We Trust The Bible? When so called reverends come with the Bible in one
hand and women and money in the other, misusing, misleading and abusing their
own people as self proclaimed prophets of God in times like these, the cry is
Can We Trust the Bible? With so many isms beckoning man's allegiance and
trust; Existentialism says, Trust in me. Black militantism says, Trust in
me. Radicalism, materialism, denominationalism, live as you please ism,
express yourself ism, atheism, racism are saying, Trust in me. All
of these man madeisms are not worthy of man's ultimate trust and allegiance. Let
me sound my trumpet, in times like these, man needs to trust the Bible.
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Dr. Eugene Lawton, Minister
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