Back in the early seventies, mother managed a bookstore where she learned the ins and outs of handling money. Counterfeit bills were circulating and several consultants offered advice on identifying them. Some illegal tenure could be identified by pattern irregularities or color discrepancies, etc. Mother came up with her own method: learn to recognize the real thing.
She took this a step further into a spiritual application. It isn’t necessary to be able to recognized other religions or how they compare to Christianity. It is imperative, however, to become personally familiar with our Lord so as to recognize the imposters as counterfeit.
Which one is fake and which one is real?
Only a genuine $20 bill will buy something.
Only Jesus has bought you.
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6 NIV
No matter how you look at it, Jesus is the only way to heaven. He is The Truth and no falsehood can be found in him. And because of his blood atonement, we can stand blameless before the Father.
Satan is a “liar and the father of lies” (John 8:44). He wants to deceive us with all his counterfeit ways and lies. We must learn all about the real Lord and have a personal relationship with him in order to recognize all the other stuff as diversions.
LORD, you are our Savior. Help us to hunger and thirst for you and your ways so that we will not be distracted by falsehoods. Thank you for preparing the way for us.
Well said
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