WHO DO YOU LISTEN TO? (3 OF 3)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-4
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Who Do You Listen To? (3 of 3)
Series: Hearing God
Jeff Strite
Hebrews 1:1-4
OPEN: (I put a copy of the covers of the ''National Enquirer'' and the ''Globe'' on screen side by side)
How many of you ever seen these magazines at the supermarket? These are what are known as ''tabloid magazines.'' As you can tell from the headlines, these are not reliable news sources. In fact, they are the original fake news outlets. Now, would you expect me to go out buy these magazines?
Of course not. Most if not all the material inside their pages are sensationalist stories which are entirely made up. I can't trust them, and so I don't want to build my thinking around what they tell me. I don't want them influencing how I think.
In fact, there are many resources that I've got to be careful about. I once read that Abraham Lincoln had warned ''Don't believe everything you read on the internet.'' (pause)
Over my lifetime I've found I can't trust everything a politician tells me, and I can't always trust everything a salesman tells me. And, oddly enough, over the years I've learned to even question things that experts tell me: Theologians, Ph.Ds., and even some scientists. It's not that I believe these people are necessarily lying to me, but I've noticed that even these people can have biases they don't realize they have. Or they may have built their thinking around false information that they believed they could trust.
But if that's true - that I can't always trust even the experts - who can I trust?
Who should I listen to?
Well Hebrews tells us I can trust Jesus. I should listen to Him!
''In these last days (God) has spoken to us by his Son...'' Hebrews 1:2
In the Gospels we're told of the time Jesus took Peter, James and John up on a mountain where ''he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus, ...
Series: Hearing God
Jeff Strite
Hebrews 1:1-4
OPEN: (I put a copy of the covers of the ''National Enquirer'' and the ''Globe'' on screen side by side)
How many of you ever seen these magazines at the supermarket? These are what are known as ''tabloid magazines.'' As you can tell from the headlines, these are not reliable news sources. In fact, they are the original fake news outlets. Now, would you expect me to go out buy these magazines?
Of course not. Most if not all the material inside their pages are sensationalist stories which are entirely made up. I can't trust them, and so I don't want to build my thinking around what they tell me. I don't want them influencing how I think.
In fact, there are many resources that I've got to be careful about. I once read that Abraham Lincoln had warned ''Don't believe everything you read on the internet.'' (pause)
Over my lifetime I've found I can't trust everything a politician tells me, and I can't always trust everything a salesman tells me. And, oddly enough, over the years I've learned to even question things that experts tell me: Theologians, Ph.Ds., and even some scientists. It's not that I believe these people are necessarily lying to me, but I've noticed that even these people can have biases they don't realize they have. Or they may have built their thinking around false information that they believed they could trust.
But if that's true - that I can't always trust even the experts - who can I trust?
Who should I listen to?
Well Hebrews tells us I can trust Jesus. I should listen to Him!
''In these last days (God) has spoken to us by his Son...'' Hebrews 1:2
In the Gospels we're told of the time Jesus took Peter, James and John up on a mountain where ''he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus, ...
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