Are You Toxic? by Steve Arterburn By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Matthew 7:16
Do you think it would be wise to store liquid drain cleaner or weed killer for your lawn in an empty soda can? Of course not! These are highly poisonous-potentially deadly-substances. They need to be labeled as such so no one mistakes them for something they're not. Don't you wish that some of the ideas falsely passed off as "Christian" came with a label that read: "Toxic, Keep Away!" Unfortunately they don't. Consequently, many well-intentioned Christians are having their faith laced with spiritual strychnine. If these toxins go undetected for long, they'll inevitably result in spiritual sickness, and the symptoms will include doubt, discouragement, despair, cynicism, and in some cases even loss of faith in God. Are you, or perhaps someone you love, playing with spiritual poison? We all crave the truth, but when the truth is dispensed in untruthful ways, it's highly toxic. Look for the fruit of God's spirit-love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control-as a first check on whether your faith and your church is toxic or not. "Faith . . . tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them."- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) O. Addison Gethers e-mail address [email protected] [email protected] twitter URL http//:twitter.com/OAddisonGethers Messenger contact window live/msn messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS rs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
