A young girl asks, as I am telling her about a Christ-centered book on healing, if it uses the King James version of the Bible.
An adult in our community tells me Jesus was a Baptist.
No, He wasn't. And it doesn't matter what translation an author uses if it is one of today's many credible options.
Where did we jump off the rails into a box of idol worship? I say "box" because this worship puts walls all around us and all around our message of the freedom and the light of Christ.
Here might be a measure of whom you worship as an idol: What or who changes your behavior?
Reading only one translation of the Bible changes your behavior in that you will look down on every other translation. Believing Jesus is better represented in one denomination--or any denomination--changes your view of those who don't use your denominational lens to view Jesus.
Does alcohol change your behavior? Does food addiction change your behavior? Does worship of your children, your spouse, your whomever change your behavior? Does television change your behavior?
If God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit are the center of your worship, They will change your behavior for sure. But the change will be toward freedom, light, kindness, service, love, joy.
It is our responsibility to recognize the boxes of our idol worship and ask God to help us disassemble them.
Your spiritual freedom is on the line.
