Seek Counsel from God Alone

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. Proverbs 2:1-9

            It sounds simple enough, doesn’t it? This is, however, exactly what is not being done by today’s professing “body of Christ”; a church that is almost completely Laodicean in character (Rev. 3:14-19). Only God can judge each individual heart.

            The Bible is the Christian handbook for Godly life and service. This being said, it is unlike any earthly handbook/manual that you will encounter! The Word which God has preserved for us is perfect and complete, and its authority is absolute.

The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. Psalms 12:6,7

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. II Timothy 3:16,17

            We dare not trust in our feelings or good intentions, nor rely on the teachings of “respected” church leaders. Our generation has become worldly and self-indulgent (As Christ forewarned; Luke 21:34), and simply will take no time to test the spirits, pray with perseverance, or research God’s Word more than superficially. We are self-satisfied, and complacent enough to be content in hiring others to do Christian service for us. And please remember that promoting your church is NOT the same as promoting Christ!

            What we have achieved is obtaining a form of godliness, which has denied the power (II Tim. 3:1-5). It is a way that “seems right” to us, but the end of which is death (Prov. 14:12). I, too, have walked in this way of deep spiritual darkness and deceit; awakened in time, mercifully, by the longsuffering love of my heavenly Father.

            Do you remember what the people were saying about Jesus, after His “sermon on the mount”? They said that He spoke as one having authority, and not as the scribes! This is what you get with God’s Word; true authority, and not opinion.

            Inspiration for this blog came as I read through Isaiah chapters 30 & 31, in the beginning of those chapters. We can see the theme well in the following;

Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! Isaiah 30:1,2

            What we so desperately need is to humble ourselves before God (I Peter 5:6), and to repent of the hypocrisy that we have been living; and then to “hunger and thirst” after righteousness (Matt. 5:6), seeking first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness (Matt. 6:33): after all, our own righteousnesses are but filthy rags to the Lord (Is. 64:6).

            Return to the standard of God’s Word which is found in the King James Bible. God promised to preserve His Word for us, and has declared that He will judge us by that Word! God’s Word is true: why would our just and loving God judge us according to His Word (John 12:48), except that He had preserved it perfectly for us to know? He has done just what He has promised in the KJV Bible. False Bibles, brought forward containing changes; deletions, subtractions, and additions, will only serve to weaken and destroy your faith in the long run.

            The hour on this Earth is very late, and we need to walk as purely with the Lord as possible. Take this Bible version matter before the Lord with much prayer. Believe me; God cares about His Word, and wants us to revere it (Psalm 138:2; Is. 66:2). At this time, compare your Bible version side by side with the KJV to observe the differences. The big concern in all this is the doctrinal changes that you will find.

            In the next blog(s) we will go over the unique testimony that the KJV has; which are the “good fruits” of evidence (Matt. 7:16-20) that it alone is God’s perfectly preserved Word. If you’d rather not wait, link here to the Word of God article at www.HeedtheWatchmen.com.

            Remember that we must always seek counsel from God alone, and that we may find or confirm what is of Him through His holy Word. If you do not have a KJV Bible, and cannot afford one, we will be glad to send one to you at no cost.