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September 22
Wednesday


IS IT TRUE?

READ:
Galatians 1:1-9
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They received the Word
with all readiness, and
searched the Scriptures
daily to find out
whether these things
were so. __Acts 17:11
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Trust, but verify." My husband loves that quote from Ronald Reagan. During his time in office, the former US President wanted to believe everything he was told in his political dealings with others. But since the security of his country depended on the truth being told__he strived to verify everything.

Acts 17:11 tells us that the Bereans had a similar attitude about knowing the truth. "They received the Word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so." In other words, the Bereans didn't simply believe what someone else was telling them. They also verified it on their own--on a daily basis.

That's important for us to consider as well. Whether we receive our Bible teaching through church, Sunday school, radio, or TV--we need to test what we hear against God's inspired Word (2 Tim. 3:16-17). We are to "be diligent to present [ourselves] approved to God,...rightly dividing the Word of truth" (2:15). If we do this, we won't become prey to those who teach "a different gospel," and those who "want to pervert the gospel of Christ' (Gal. 1:6-7)--false teachers who come as wolves in sheep's clothing (Matt. 7:15).

Remember, trust-but verify! __Cindy Hess Kasper
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```````````````````Protection from false teaching comes````````````
``````````````````````The more we read God's Word;`````````````
``````````````````For once we know the Scripture's truth.```````````
``````````````````What's false will sound absurd. __Sper```````````
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Knowing what's true is the first step
in knowing what's false.

***************Today's Bible Reading __ Galatians 1:1-9***********

1 Paul, an apostle (not
from men nor through man,
but through Jesus Christ
and God the Father who
raised Him from the dead),

2 and all the brethren who
are with me, to the churches
of Galatia:

3 Grace to you and peace
from God the Father and
our Lord Jesus Christ,

4 who gave Himself for our
sins, that He might deliver
us from this present evil
age, according to the will of
our God and Father, 5 to
whom be glory forever and
ever. Amen.

6 I marvel that you are
turning away so soon from
Him who called you in the
grace of christ, to a
different gospel, 7 which is
not another; but there are
some who trouble you and
want to pervert the gospel
of Christ. 8 But even if we,
or an angel from heaven,
preach any other gospel to
you than what we have
preached to you, let him be
accursed. 9 As we have said
before, so now I say again,
if anyone preaches any
other gospel to you than
what you have received, let
him be accursed.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Because he was called to be an apostle by the risen Christ on the
Damascus Road after Christ's resurrection (Acts 9:1-18; 1 Cor. 9:1-
3), Paul considered his commission as "one born out of due time"
(1Cor. 15:8). Because he had persecuted the church prior to his
conversion, Paul did not consider himself worthy to be an apostle.
Yet his authority was clearly accepted by Peter (2 Peter 3:15-16).
__SIM KAY TEE