My Thoughts on the Bible

This verse here carries a lot of weight.  It makes me ask myself if I am deceived.  How easy is it to be deceived!  If I am not concerned with the rights of the poor, I am wicked!  I would never consider myself wicked just because I'm not concerned or care to know the rights of the poor.  Yet the Bible says that I am wicked!

“Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things I say? Luke 6:46 HCSB Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for God’s wrath is coming on the disobedient because of these things. Ephesians 5:6 HCSB I find this is something that is easy to slip the mind.  The Lord is clearly asking why do we call Him Lord but don't do what He says.  It is true that the wrath of God is coming on the disobedient because of these things.  The more I read the Bible the more I come away with the need to be obedient and that it is very important!  Do we truly believe God's wrath is coming on the disobedient? Which of the commands given by the Lord do you think He is ok with us disobeying?   '“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord! ’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father in heaven. Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. So you’ll recognize them by their fruit. On that day many w...

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Then I said, “Oh, Lord God , they are saying of me, ‘Isn’t he just posing riddles? ’ ” Ezekiel 20:49 HCSB The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have come. Let Israel recognize it! The prophet is a fool, and the inspired man is insane, because of the magnitude of your guilt and hostility. Hosea 9:7 HCSB Whenever I am reading the bible it is easy to want to try to make sense of things that do not initially make sense to me.  I have to constantly remember that God's thoughts are not my thoughts, so it can be folly trying to use my own human logic to make sense of these things.  The only reliable thing we have is other Scripture to interpret Scripture. I also find that when a person decides to really dive into Scripture and it begins to take hold of his or her life, when they speak about the deep things of Scripture by merely quoting or paraphrasing it in conversation, they sound crazy.  Now I'm not talking about the people who take liberty with interpreta...