One of the oldest statements in the history of modern language. Also one of the most true. So why is it that we tend to believe in the things that we hear more than the things that we see? Almost as if "Hearing is believing" is our human mantra. In a society so disinterested in being right versus being the first, we rush to speak a word that may not even be true.
..OK! Magazine said Paris Hilton was meeting with a personal spiritual leader so it must be true, right?
..Our local pastor said that Joel Osteen doesn't even believe in Christ, and all he wants to do is get rich, so that must be true, right?
..Joel Osteen said that God wants us all to be rich so that must be true, right?
..Colin Cowheard said that Tennessee was going to beat UCLA Monday night so it must be true, right?
WRONG. On all accounts.
Think about a typical Sunday in church. We will sit and listen to our pastors opinion on a certain issue, and we take it to be gospel instead of studying for the true facts ourselves.
Barack Obama tell us that he will Change America...but do we really know what he is going to change or does it just sound good to tell people that we need a Change for America.
Have you actually seen the POW paper work for John McCain or do you just believe it because that is what you have been told?
Think that hearing is not really believing for most of America? Think that nothing that bad can happen from believing what we hear?
One form of hearing and believing is bullying.
Just turns out that some kids do believe what they hear from that bully, instead of believing in the person they see in the mirror every morning.
You do it too. You believe without seeing. That girl you're friend introduced you to last week...you think that she is stuck up just because your jealous friend Erica said so.
And Kevin, the athlete that can do anything, in your mind he's a tool...just because your best friend David got beat by 1 point at a pick-up game last week....or so he says.
Too bad all things don't have a smell. Myabe then we would start believing everything that we smelled. I mean after all...our sense of smell is fairly strong...
I guess being able to see a small flame in a small candle from 30 miles away on a clear dark night doesn't make our sense of sight strong enough for us to believe in...
People are hearing every day.
Unfortunately, people are believing everyday just based on what they hear.
Their mom said it about you so it must be true.
Their dad said it about you so it must be true.
Their cousin, uncle, friend, sister, and brother all said it about you, so it must be true.
Too bad they never took the time to look themselves.
Remember: hearing is not always believing. But PLEASE don't take my word for it.
After all, there is nothing to SEE here...
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Preach on Mac! Good Stuff
Mac, i love yah big guy. I am so pumped for the wisdom that God is bringing you man. I especially loved the ending, dang that is top notch. In all of this though it just leaves to question faith. I mean is America really that faithless when they trust what they can hear but not what they can or can not see?
It's not that they trust what they CAN hear...its that they trust what they DO hear, and for non-believers, chances are that they are not HEARing God. But, if they believed what they saw...and they really meant it, then they really would have faith, because they would truly see the Lord all around them....
i would partly agree, i think people can hear from God and even believe in him but not really have faith in him. I also believe that people that truly believe in God and mean it can miss the beauty that is him all around them. I still way agree that people trust without testing what they hear though. They take you me, shannon, scott kindig, patrick thompson, bono, and even Jesus without checking what we are saying against the scriptures. Not that we shouldn't trust Jesus, but if you doubted, it is backed up with the faith you need in God's word.
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