I Choose
Matthew 11:14—“And if ye
will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.”
Jesus is explaining
about John the Baptist, and how he was the prophesied Elijah who was
to come before Christ. When I read this passage of Scripture, the
phrase “if ye will receive it” jumped out at me. We must choose
to believe the Bible.
This seems so simple, but I didn't get it until
I read this passage. It is not about how we feel, or what anyone
says. We have to receive it, or choose to believe it. John the
Baptist was the forerunner to Christ, but the Jews had to believe it before they could recognize Jesus as the Christ. If
we choose to believe God's Word, we must choose to believe all of it, and our
lives will show that we believe all of it. If we choose to not
believe it, we must walk away from all of it. There can be no
compromise.
Jesus almost drew a line in the sand here, and I am doing
the same thing. If you believe the Bible is true, you must always
believe, for the rest of your life, that all of it is true. If you
choose not to believe, you cannot believe any of it. God's Word is
either completely true, or completely false. So, I challenge you, do
you receive the Bible?
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