There are many people
who are easily excitable and motivated. They are quick to jump on board and quick
to fall off. They jump in with great gusto and are driven along by their
emotions. Zeal is a good and needed thing in the cause of Christ, but zeal
without knowledge is a bad thing.
We need to know with
our heads and hearts what we are standing for and promoting. We need to be
grounded deeply in Truth before we promote it. Knowledge helps us to keep from
error. There are many things that have been said and are being said in the name
of the Lord that simply are not backed up by Scripture. Many people have been
led astray by false teachings and are leading others away simply because they
have not taken the time to get grounded in the Word.
We must be students of
God’s Word before we become proclaimers of it. We must not let our emotions
drive us, but instead let the Spirit drive us through the Word. It is easy to
get off track. We must strive to be certain that when we profess to be speaking
for the Lord that we really are. More harm than good has been done by wrongly
motivated zeal than about anything else in the church.
I am not saying we
shouldn’t be zealous about Christ and His Word. We absolutely should be. But,
we must be sure that we know what we are talking about when we speak. False
teaching causes many people to never know Christ as Savior and Lord. It easily
causes people to put their trust and hope for salvation elsewhere.
Study the Word, pray
that the Spirit gives you proper understanding of it, and then get all excited
and go and tell everybody that Jesus Christ is Lord.
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