Who do you trust?

Who Do You Trust?

In whom or what do you put your trust?  First thing is to establish what and who is to be your standard by which you gauge all of your decisions. That source must be impeccable found to be accurate, reliable, unchanging, proven and true. Thus you must trust no one or nothing unless it passes the test of your standard. Could one chose to trust in someone you admire greatly? Or perhaps in something you have read? The answer again is, “Does that individual agree with the standard you have chosen for comparison or does the article or the source meet the standard?”  So where does one begin? Begin with yourself. Use the gift that God has given you…the ability to reason and think things through. Choose your standard with care. Check it out. Do diligent research and investigation as to how impeccable, accurate, reliable, unchanging, proven and true it is. Take no ones word until you have checked it out from your own reasoning. Do not be duped into just being open to excepting everything nor closed minded into excepting nothing.

Let’s begin with selecting our standard. Seems like I am suggesting the impossible because no one is perfect, nothing found without error by which we can use as a standard. Oh! But there is! There was one found perfect that can be used as a standard by which we can examine all others. There is written a source which is without error which will be a source of everything we which to examine. That standard is JESUS CHRIST and the HOLY BIBLE which is the roadmap for all men. Please don’t take my word for it! Check it out for yourself. Jesus was without sin, without fault and is the only standard which can be used for examining all others regardless of what ever you or I may think about them. The Bible is “inspired” and has never been found with errors. No other book can state that and have never nor will ever stand up under the same scrutiny and close examination as has the Bible. It is the only source which can be used as a standard to examine others by. Check it out yourself. Never take anyone’s word with your doing your own research and soul searching. Do so with an open mind and use reason and you will come to the same conclusion. Challenge yourself and pray that God will allow you to see the truth.

Now that one has established a standard by which to gauge all issues and individuals it is time to really begin to evaluate what one believes and why. Do I believe a particular thing because that’s what my parents wanted me to believe? Is it because of what I was taught in school? Is it because that is what my friends believe? Is it because I am just to plain lazy to think for my self? Has someone I look up to believed it that way? Is it because what I have read? If so, who wrote it and does it agree with my standard or is it in contradiction? Or is what I believe because it has passed the test of my standard? I hope we all will begin to look at everything and everyone and what they say and represent based on passing it through your standard. If it is in agreement…then I can embrace it…if not I must reject it a false. If the individual is in agreement with JESUS and his teaching then I can trust that individual…if not then I must not be found contributing to that individual’s teachings or actions. One can be known by the company he keeps. Love the individual and pray that they will turn from error but never accept their ways. Remember this is not judging but simply trying to keep yourself from evil and the appearance of evil. To stand for what God has declared to be right and to appose what He has deemed evil and wrong is not always easy, but it is right. We need to be careful not to lend ourselves to that which is wrong or even appears to be wrong. Standing for what is right is all that matters. Today it is just easier to go along in order to get along. Times are hard. Times are harder today than ever in our country’s history. They are going to get harder I believe because man has strayed so far from God! Doing what is right is to be found in the minority. Will you pass the test? What and in whom do you trust? When it really gets tough with whom will you stand? Who will you trust? Boo Hoo! I got it soooo hard. What about those whom endured not only physical but also mental torture throughout the early Christian era? It’s not how bad it is or how bad it will get, but it is how will I react? What will I find as to my correct response as found in my standard? Do I feel all alone…or do I feel that between myself and God “all things are possible.”

Now, how do I begin using my new knowledge? When I must decide where I stand on issues who or what do I trust? When issues of abortion, homosexuality, drugs, death, money issues, divorce, drunkenness, lewdness, premarital sex, witchcraft, racism, discrimination, health, language, protesting, charity, government controls, gun control, capital punishment, discipline, love, anger, health, marriage, lying, cheating, stealing or any other issue…Where do I stand?...What do I believe?...How do I defend my beliefs?

Remember, TRUST NO ONE, TRUST NOTHING that does not pass the litmus test based on your choice of standards. Do not lend yourself or your name to anything or anyone that failed your standards test. In the end I hope that you will trust God, His Word and Jesus Christ. As for my and my household…”We will serve the Lord.” I hope this brief article will cause you to think, to reason, to pray that you will trust only that which can be proven to be accurate and will pass the test of your standard. Do your own research. Don’t take my word for it! Find the truth for yourself. I am confident that when you search your heart you will conclude the same thing I have concluded. May God bless you even as you read this article?   Bro. Eaton