Pastor Bell's Words To Live By

As believers, one of the major failing in our lives is lack of knowledge. Ignorance is no excuse for the believer. We are commended to hide the word of the Lord in our hearts (minds) so that we will not sin against God (Psalm 119:105). Here he Psalmist is thinking about the propensity for the individual to rebel against what God says.  However, if you are ignorant of what God has said, you will act according to your own perceptions or feelings. That is, you will be acting from and be guided by your senses.

Ignorance is no excuse

It is for this reason that we are encouraged to get a daily diet of the word, chew it up and regurgitate it so that it gets deep down into your psyche. Before you can hide something you need to have it. And we are so fortunate that during the Middle Ages people gave their lives so that we can have our own personal copy of the Bible, and today we can even choose what version we read it in.

To grow and develop we need food. Although the preparation and presentation of the food is important, the content of the meal is the most important thing. As we have seen in our society, fast food has many disadvantages but food that is marinated and left to soak before being cooked presents the best taste. We need to feed our faith on the food that has been prepared by many cooks over which incorporates the whole of human history as we know it.

Read 1Peter 2