Romans 10: 2-3 4/2/2019*

"For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.  Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own…”

Just because you are sincere doesn’t mean you’re not sincerely wrong. Being zealous for a god that you have created in your own mind can put you in danger.

This passage points out that the Jews, in their ignorance of God’s truth, made up their own rules, much like we have done today.

The problem with that is that human “truth” changes.  Academic books from just 50 years ago will be very different from today’s versions. Revisions must constantly be made as facts reveal inaccuracies.

But God’s truth stands unmovable…His Holy Word has been unchanged for centuries…not revised by facts, but confirmed by them. Your zeal must find its foundation in that book alone.

If your belief system requires adjusting the bible, if you feel the need to add to its teachings or minimize things you don’t agree with… then like the Jews, your zealousness is not based on knowledge. And it will fail you.

Likewise, if you claim the bible as your infallible guide but don’t know what it says you will be vulnerable to deception.

God has preserved His Word for us, and we have a choice to make. Learn His truth or make up our own. If we choose the latter, we will bear the consequences.

Be zealous men of action. But make sure your zeal is based on knowledge.  Study the truth, talk to your creator, and memorize His Word in order to set your course for the day.

Zeal based on truth will make you a fruitful man of God. Zeal based on your own rules will make you wrong but never in doubt, and that will lead to some very expensive mistakes. Choose wisely.

“A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.”
– Charles Spurgeon