WHAT WILL YOU BELIEVE II

"It hurts more to have a belief pulled than to have a tooth pulled, and no intellectual Novocain is available." - Elmer Davis

The International Christian Digest records: In 1963...65 percent of Americans said they believed in the absolute truth of all words in the Bible. Within 15 years, by 1978, the proportion of the population holding this belief had declined to 38 percent. The current figure of 32 percent represents a new low in literal belief in the Bible" (PRRC Emerging Trends (January 1992):1). The same thing has happened in England. The proportion of people who believe in a personal God has declined from 36 percent in 1981 to 31 percent today. Those who believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God has fallen from 52 percent in 1981 to 48 percent today.

The content of belief is important: Jonathan Whitfield was preaching to coal miners in England. He asked one man, "What do you believe?" "Well, I believe the same as
the church." "And what does the church believe?" "Well, they believe the same as me." Seeing he was getting nowhere, Whitfield said, "And what is it that you both believe?" "Well, I suppose the same thing."

Our belief in, or lack of it in the truth doesn't change the truth. We're in a dispensation where 'faith in God' is dwindling so fast, as such we cannot afford to dabble, or mingle in uncertainty. Attending church services, isn't the same as being a child of God. Anything less than an active, efficient relationship with your creator is disaster. Know what you, as well as your church believes - don't be in the dark