Seek Truth…

I saw something today that made me mad. Before I start this post I want to put out a disclaimer. While this post may seem political in nature, it is not. The object is about the deceit used by some to sway the beliefs of another.  The bible talks about being a Berean. Who are the Bereans? In the book of Acts the Bereans are a sect of Jews that listened to what the Apostles said, but then took what they heard and tested it to make sure it was truth before deciding to believe it. Therefore, Paul in the scriptures urged all followers of God to be like the Bereans. What’s my point? Today I signed into Facebook, I started to read the news feed and noticed a link posted by one of my friends, that shows a video of President Obama saying this: “Ordinary people are too small minded to govern their own affairs. They need to surrender their rights to an all powerful sovereign.” Now I never talk politics, because at the end of the day I believe that God is in charge of it all and in the end He’ll win (if I know how it ends why worry about what’s happening in the middle? I’d much rather spend my time trying to make a difference rather than worrying). Again I am not politically minded, but I am pretty certain that if the President of The FREE World said this to anyone, the news would be all over that…like white on rice. So I Googled the ENTIRE speech, and guess what? The President did make those statements, however, they were made at two separates points in his speech and convey a completely different message. This is where my anger comes in, I know this speech is fake because I searched until I found it. I needed to make sure it was true before I decided to malign the character of another. But what about the people who don’t check? Who aren’t Bereans? We can be easily swayed, with advancements in technology and our human nature to believe what we see without checking the facts for ourselves. We can believe a lie as truth and build a doctrine for life around something that wasn’t ever REAL truth.  Today just a warning don’t believe just because… Believe because it is TRUE. Know what you believe and know why? Be a Berean.

“Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true” (Acts 17:11).

So what’s my plan? Be a Berean.