{"id":289,"date":"2012-12-18T13:44:59","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T20:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wholebible.com\/blog\/?p=289"},"modified":"2013-05-22T13:01:47","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T19:01:47","slug":"power-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wholebible.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/18\/power-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Whole Bible Christianity’ chapter 1, section on Power Failure<\/p>\n

No church machine that I know of encourages believers to avoid pork and shellfish (Leviticus 11<\/a>, Deuteronomy 14<\/a>) simply because God said. We can diet for any reason, as long as it isn\u2019t God\u2019s. The entr\u00e9e of choice for the pagan feasts we\u2019ve stolen is pig\u2019s flesh (Isaiah 65:4; 66:17<\/a>). Sabbath, the last day of the week blessed and given to us by God after He rested from creation (Genesis 2:3<\/a>), is no longer allowed to be a day of complete rest. What we are to set apart as holy has slipped and slid into \u201cceremonial\u201d or a \u201cshadow\u201d or \u201cthe same as every other day.\u201d<\/p>\n

I know what some of you are thinking now. Go on. You can say it out loud. You know you want to. \u201cThose are just small things. They\u2019re not important at all.\u201d But the Bible has an answer for that, too. He who is faithful in little is faithful in much. The church who isn\u2019t faithful in little won\u2019t be faithful in much (Luke 16:10<\/a>). Faith is not about size or quantity. It\u2019s about doing what God says in all things, whether we think they are big or little.<\/p>\n

I submit that we cannot, in fact, claim to be faithful in the big things while sitting in judgment on His Word for (alleged) small things. Jesus tells us not to ignore the lighter commands while placing proper emphasis on the weightier ones (Matthew 23:23<\/a>). The Bible makes no split between salvation issues and non-salvation issues. I can\u2019t find any biblical proof that some of the Law is not worthy of our attention. A loving relationship with God does not have room for judging what we are willing to do and what we are not. He gave us everything including the blood of His only begotten Son in boundless love and grace. Returning that gift with partial effort and picky sentiment doesn\u2019t reflect a new heart.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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