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so as you are sitting in your pews at church today you will probably hear a message and nod along in agreement. because of the passion from the pastor and the agreeing nods of your friends, you too will believe in that message. you may even think you hear God speaking to you about it.

next wednesday while you are in your small group, youth group, college group, singles group... whatever, you will hear an opposing message. and then your mind will suddenly change. you will hear the passion in the speaker's voice and see your friends noding in agreement. you will believe in that message. you probably will hear God speaking to you about it even though it directly opposes what you just heard on Sunday.

ok. so your pastor says, let's question this. let's really take a look at where we are and what we are doing. however, speaker guy on wednesday says, no no. don't you judge that. it is not for you to judge.

so who is right? aren't they both leaders in the church? should you just be spoon fed a belief and go with it? and you believed the first one right? but now you believe the second opposing view? you, whoever you might be, confuse me.

i believe that God enables certain people to speak His truth. i also believe, that even in today's churches, there are some people that are not speaking the truth. they speak the truth according to them. they read a verse and interpret it differently than the way Jesus intended it to be taken. i do believe people are fooled in most churches. they take no time to really question what they are being taught. they take what the speaker is saying as the truth. it is so easy to be spoon fed ideas. it is so easy NOT to think for yourself. but as children of God we need to live, walk and breath the truth. otherwise we are just being empty vessels, playing church and playing the role of "Christian".

how do we expect the world to change if we never question anything? it is that different thought that changes the world.