Get's me going...

So what is it that gets people hot under the collar, pushing people's buttons, and getting them all riled up to speak out and up about what they really care about?

I don't know what any of you have to say about it, but in my opinion, it has to be the topic of religion. Jesus Christ. Faith. God. Christianity. People always tend to have their own opinion, would love to force it upon somebody else, and most of all, need to have the last word.

Is it that difficult to simply walk away and say, "They're right. I don't need to say anything else."? Maybe. But in this walk of ministry that I currently am on, one of the most important things for me to learn is to hold my tongue, stay quiet, and most importantly of all, be in prayer. Because who can do more convincing: me and my loud boisterous, I-can-talk-more-and-louder-than you monologue or the Holy Spirit as He convicts us?

Bring up religion anywhere and you're sure to get people all driven to speak their mind. Bring up Christ and for sure there will be somebody else with a different perspective trying to prove to you that your opinion is only slightly correct and that they have a better more accurate view of our Savior.

Don't tell me what you know. Tell me what the Bible says. If you can tell me that, I'll listen.

The Bible tells me that Christ is Lord. Christ is God. (John 1:1) He is fully God and fully Man. He died on the cross for my sins. Salvation can only be had by faith in Him alone. No man can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.

Don't tell me what some scholar, scientist, priest, or religious leader said to someone, who wrote it down, which then was read and re-interpreted, and now you hear about it second,third, fourth, fifth hand. Don't tell me that you read it off the internet cause some late night blogger had some sort of epiphany about who Christ is and how God works.

Read the Bible yourself and tell me what it says.

Then I'll tell you what it says to me.

Jesus loves me... this I know.