2 Thessalonians 2:15 –15 So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.
There’s a lot of stuff in the world.
Millions of different philosophies exist.
Can God be two total different people at once?
Can God be love and then in another religion not even have the characteristic of love?
Can God promise one people that they will live in a land and be ruled by the Messiah one thousand years, be the same God as another religion says he tells them to kill all of those same people and drive them out into the Red Sea?
Can God say I am God and there is no other, I am God and there is none like Me, do not worship idols, be compared to a religion that thinks they are all Gods and everything is God?
Impossible! God cannot be two opposite individuals at once. Most humans aren’t even that messed up and yet they want to believe God is everything that every human can think up and all those roads lead to Him.
Now it’s possible they can all be wrong, but it’s impossible that they can all be right. So what are we supposed to believe?
You are incredibly made. The universe is absolutely awesome and was created by the same God. You don’t think there is a true way that God has communicated to us? You bet He has. The Bible has stood up to the tests and is only ridiculed by those who won’t serve any God.
Hold fast to the teachings. It’s the Truth, the Word, the Living Word, and God’s Word to us all. That’s A-L-L. We choose to follow or we choose to reject.
How do we please God? By faith and obedience. Obedience to…..what? There has to be an absolute to be obedient to. Obedience to His Word.
Paul knew the importance of having people understand what they missed. He knew the Old Testament scriptures and how Jesus had fulfilled them. The Holy Spirit worked through Him and the other Disciples, because God wanted His living Word passed on for the children of the future.
Many have obeyed, died, and sought God, so we would have it today. Hold fast to the teachings.
If you insist on making God whatever it is you want to make Him you might be about the 5 billionth person to do so. God is more absolute than you and I will ever be.