If It’s True, It Ain’t New; If It’s New, It Ain’t True

I don’t know if you have seen the Samsung Galaxy S-V adverts. You can pour water on it, immerse it in water, and do all sorts of things that really show it’s a really smart phone. It is supposed to be the envy of all who have stupid-phones (I’m thinking if one’s phone is not a smart-phone, then it must be ...). Even thought our stupid-phones may be doing all that we bought them to do, we still fell like dinosaurs in an video-game arcade just because we don’t have a smart-phone (half of whose features we won’t even use, by the way).

Many of us have imported this attitude to our faith. We think the latest is the greatest. So the most “powerful” ministry where unusual miracles are happening must be the place where the Spirit is “moving.” For some, it’s the latest innovative doctrine; for others, it’s the latest worship music style. 

But all these scenarios are not necessarily true. Here’s what the Book says:

“Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.” 1 John 2:7-8

May you not be carried away by the greatest and latest teaching you hear or watch today! May you be solidly grounded in the Truth as found in the God’s infallible word, the 66 books of the Bible! May you have confidence in God’s word and its ability to change your life than in a visiting “man of God”! May you have the discernment to compare what us preachers teach with what God actually say! More word-power to you!