Why preachers are not salesman.

There is no higher moral standard than the truth that is found in God and His Holy Word. Every opinion that you and I hold will be judged according to His word. This single confession leaves us with a sincere, soul searching question. If we regard the word of God so highly and believe it to be the revelation of God and all things written are to be believed and obeyed, how obedient are we to the heavenly commands? How much do we fear God? How much do we love God? How much of this beloved Book do you really believe to be true?

Such a king would make his palace a place of pleasure rather than a place of governance, he would be fickle, changeable, passionate and self-willed, unskillful in government and will not be advised and if advised it would be by those who would use his foolishness for their advantage and indulge his childishness

The Ordinance of Baptism is a high and holy thing. It is a solemn external ritual that is clothed in prayer, dedication, sanctification, a holy emblem and is an identifying mark as a follower of Jesus. Do we think that calling out the trinity of Holy Beings is some kind of a magical formula? Have we never really considered what is being said or whose name is being called upon when we are Baptized?

If our Bible, what we call the Holy Scripture is not inspired of God or, if it was inspired at the time or its writing but not preserved, then we are a most unhappy people and have placed our faith in fallacies and fanciful ideology. If it cannot be believed as inspired and preserved, we have no sure word of prophecy and no certainty that anything we believe or hold dear to us is true.