Doesn't Everyone Have The Right To Have Their Own Religious Opinions?
Introduction:
Opinions are not the same as truth! The Creator of the Universe is all knowing and all powerful. He knows everything! So what He shares with us is true beyond our thoughts and opinions. What He has created is real and true. What He determines is good, is good. What He says is evil is evil. Your or my opinion cannot change facts. If your opinion states that New York City is in the middle of south Florida, you will not change reality. New York will not magically appear in south Florida. You will be just plain wrong!
I know it sounds negative to you in this day of tolerance thinking, but God warns us to judge a person by his words, you know, his beliefs; not by his looks, style, or miraculous power. With religion, there is no room for personal interpretation or opinion! God also tells us to not go to listen to preachers or people with so-called religious ideas, even if his worship service is wonderful or her ideas make you feel so good and uplifted. In fact, most Americans would probably have been bored with Paul, the greatest apostle. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2:3-5, “I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.”
Notice the physical truth stated here was that he was nervous and “weak” as a speaker, but God’s power changed lives in spite of his human weaknesses. He did not have a dynamic approach nor was he a great speaker, in spite of not having the “preacher voice and charismatic personality,” Paul enjoyed God’s saving power and saw converts. Now some will disagree here, saying it says “demonstration of the Spirit and power” which must mean a visible show of unusual miracles. Look again, the contrast is clear, his visible weak self was what they saw, but invisibly God worked and changed people’s lives. Remember, Jesus said in John 3:8, "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
Opinions are not the same as truth! The Creator of the Universe is all knowing and all powerful. He knows everything! So what He shares with us is true beyond our thoughts and opinions. What He has created is real and true. What He determines is good, is good. What He says is evil is evil. Your or my opinion cannot change facts. If your opinion states that New York City is in the middle of south Florida, you will not change reality. New York will not magically appear in south Florida. You will be just plain wrong!
I know it sounds negative to you in this day of tolerance thinking, but God warns us to judge a person by his words, you know, his beliefs; not by his looks, style, or miraculous power. With religion, there is no room for personal interpretation or opinion! God also tells us to not go to listen to preachers or people with so-called religious ideas, even if his worship service is wonderful or her ideas make you feel so good and uplifted. In fact, most Americans would probably have been bored with Paul, the greatest apostle. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2:3-5, “I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.”
Notice the physical truth stated here was that he was nervous and “weak” as a speaker, but God’s power changed lives in spite of his human weaknesses. He did not have a dynamic approach nor was he a great speaker, in spite of not having the “preacher voice and charismatic personality,” Paul enjoyed God’s saving power and saw converts. Now some will disagree here, saying it says “demonstration of the Spirit and power” which must mean a visible show of unusual miracles. Look again, the contrast is clear, his visible weak self was what they saw, but invisibly God worked and changed people’s lives. Remember, Jesus said in John 3:8, "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
