Culture vs. Scripture. The Difference is Significant.
/Culture cancels. Scripture counsels.
Culture condemns. Scripture convicts.
Culture corrupts. Scripture corrects.
Culture twists the truth. Scripture tells the truth.
The way of the world will always be just that — the world’s way, playing by the world’s rules, defined by the world’s truth. It is secular at its roots; therefore it will always produce Godless fruit.
Yes. God made the world. And it was good. And then sin, introduced by Satan, made it bad. But then forgiveness, offered by God through His son, gave it hope for good. His goodness exists whether we embrace it or not. His truth is true whether we agree with it or not.
To discern His truth and see His good, to believe His truth produces a good good enough to overcome all the bad is to surrender our way and submit to His way. He knows the way. He made a way. He is the way, and His way is so much better than the way of the world, because it is redemptive and restorative while the world’s way, well, it’s just not.
Culture, the way of the world, cancels, condemns, corrupts, all by twisting the truth. Scripture, the way of the Word, counsels, convicts, corrects, all by telling the truth.
He reveals His way in His Word. We will not know and discern wisdom and truth without it.
We will cave to and be consumed by culture if we do not crave and consume scripture.
We recognize the difference between culture and scripture when we realize the significance their difference has on our lives.
Good cannot grow from bad. Truth cannot be found in lies. Light cannot be manufactured by darkness. However, Good can overcome the bad. Truth can root out the lies. Light can overcome the darkness.
If we’re going to get this right and do things God’s way, we must know the truth for ourselves and not just be told the truth by someone else. Anyone can use a passage of scripture and insert their agenda. But only God can insert His very life and breath to make scripture come alive and be active in our lives. We must not simply use our Bibles to spin scripture and twist the truth. We must read and study scripture in order to tell the truth, unashamedly, even at the risk of being canceled and condemned by culture.
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. ~ 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (ESV)
I’ve always said that I never want to be too heavenly minded to be any earthly good. But recently, I’ve recognized the opposite to be true as well. I never want to be too earthly minded to be any heavenly good. We must live in the tension of the two if we want to be of any good for our culture and the kingdom. We are here on earth to do kingdom work. So, let’s not get mixed up in the process, and just remember...
Culture cancels. Scripture counsels.
Culture condemns. Scripture convicts.
Culture corrupts. Scripture corrects.
Culture twists the truth. Scripture tells the truth.
Culture vs. Scripture. The difference is significant.