Back to Basics

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Friday morning, the 12th of July, 2024 and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start off in that well-known scripture found in 2 Timothy 1:7:

"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind."

They say that the twilight time of the day is probably the most dangerous time to drive a vehicle. I looked up the Oxford dictionary to define the word, 'twilight". It means scarcely visible, it means half-light, it means gloom - the most dangerous time to drive a vehicle. It's not light and it's not dark. You cannot distinguish things.

Are you confused today? Confusion is uncertainty. It is when you are in a state of doubt or even bewilderment. Do you know where you are going? Do you know what you are doing? Do you know what you believe in?

My one son is a horse trainer. He trains horses on the farm and we breed them as well, and he often tells me," Dad, the problem is not the horse, the problem is the rider." Some of these people get on a horse and they want to ride a horse, but they are pulling on the reins and they're kicking the poor horse to go forward. It's like trying to drive a motorcar with the handbrake on and you're putting your foot on the accelerator. It is totally confusing. The animal doesn't know what to do.

I want to say to you today, there are some people who are confused about what they actually believe and we have got to back to basics. By faith, I said by faith, we need to take the Word of God, the Bible, and we need to believe it from cover to cover. As soon as you start pulling out parts of the Bible that you think are not accurate, you are in trouble. You are now becoming your own Saviour, your own god, because you are determining what you think the future holds. Don't do that - the Bible is accurate, I can tell you right now! I don't understand everything in the Bible, but by faith I choose to believe it and that gives me peace and calm in my spirit.

Jesus Christ is the son of God. That's it! Jesus is the only way to the Father - John 14:6:

"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."

That is a fact. If you don't believe that, you are not a Christian. The Bible tells us that if we confess our sins, He will forgive us (1 John 1:9). That is a fact. He says that there is another life after death; that is a fact. When you start to believe the word and you start to live it, then confusion goes out the window.

Today, let's get back to basics.
Jesus bless you and goodbye.