The UnSafe Bible

Talking the talk doesn't mean much without walking the walk. You can claim to be whatever you want, but if your actions don't back it up, it's meaningless. This is especially dangerous when it comes to Christianity. It's not just your reputation with others that you need to be aware of, it's your reputation with Jesus himself. As Pastor Ken shows us today, if you only talk the talk, Jesus will spit you out of his mouth. He will say that he never knew you, just like the seventh church in Revelation, the church at Laodicea.

Have you ever done something good, but you did it with the wrong intentions? Maybe you helped a widow, but it was really just to get a pat on the back. Or have you ever been nice to someone because you had something to gain from them? With Jesus, it's not enough to just do good things. He will also judge you based on why you did those things. As Pastor Ken teaches us today, it's not enough to put on a good show. All the achievements you can gain won't mean anything if they weren't done for Jesus.

Have you ever put together a piece of furniture without looking at the instructions? Sometimes the assembly is intuitive enough that you can get away with it, but often it leads to frustration. You get to assemble the furniture twice: once the hard way, and once the easy way. The same is true in life. Although we've been given an instruction manual on how to live, many choose to try it their own way first. Pastor Ken warns us though, that you don't get to do life twice. You only have one chance. Will you look at the instructions?

Today Pastor Ken points out that when science trumps creation, we no longer are an image bearer of the Lord. Replacing creation with evolution means you evolved from an amoeba. So you are an animal, no better than a skunk. But when you hold true to the fact the world and everything in it was created, you can find purpose and meaning. Jesus accepted everything written in the Lord's book as good and true. If you put your trust in Jesus, also trust His version of God, the creator.

The church at Laodicea is like a lot of people today. They forgot who God truly was. Today Pastor Ken shares in his message today, God is who He says He is in His word. You can't pick and choose what characteristics listed in the Bible are true. True Christianity isn't describing your ideal situations and only accepting those truths as you believe.

Having a finite brain is like trying to understand another culture without experiencing its customs or traditions. You cannot comprehend how this culture operates with the information you have available. Likewise, as Pastor Ken explains in today's study, it's hard to understand the Trinity, the character of Christ, or why bad things happen to good people with the limited knowledge we have in our current state. But when we arrive in Heaven, it will all become clear. Come quickly, Lord!

What if you could go through life without ever taking a test? No spelling test in elementary school, skip driver's ED test, never being tested on the date your mom was born. There is one test you'll never be asked to take if you believe in Christ. Today Pastor Ken shares how heaven dwellers, also known as believers in Christ, will be spared the test of deliverance. The great tribulation will only be for the earth dwellers who are not taken up at Christ's return. Check that test off your to-do list!

God has given everyone free will. The option to decide for themselves what they believe. The choice to obey or sin. To follow His path for their life, or pick fleshly desires. Perhaps the most important decision, to bow down and worship Christ as Savior, can be made now, or after all, hell breaks loose. In today's message with Pastor Ken, you'll see that everyone, even the demons, will eventually kneel to Christ. Making this decision now guarantees eternity in Heaven. Make this choice later, and join Satan.

The world doesn’t need the Church to accommodate them in their sin. It’d be like a surgeon telling a cancer patient that the mass is just part of them and that it’s not their place to remove it. All men and women are born with spiritual cancer. We’re born with sin and selfishness in our hearts, and they will destroy and separate us from God. As Pastor Ken will remind us in today’s message, in Christ, we can be healed and set free from the oppression and eternal consequences of that sin.

Believing Jesus is the only way to Heaven is very narrow-minded and exclusive. But, as His Creation, who are we to argue? He didn’t have to make anyway to be made right with God. God could have simply wiped us out for our prideful rebellion against Him, but He loves us too much to end it that way. As Pastor Ken will explain in today’s message, despite the enemy’s attempt to paint us as an unloving group of people, the truth is, that we’ve found the truest love and we’re called to share it with the world.