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[Note: <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3<\/strong>\u00a0page.]<\/span><\/p>\n In God\u2019s inspired Word, the Bible, He has revealed everything anyone can know about His mind and will. Either He means what He says in His Word, or He doesn\u2019t. If He doesn\u2019t, the Bible is merely advice that we may ignore with impunity. However, if He means what He says, our eternal destiny depends upon giving His Word \u201cthe more earnest heed\u201d (Heb. 2:1).<\/span><\/p>\n While God is the God of grace and mercy (Tit. 2:11\u20133:7), He no less expects His creation to respect and obey His will, to which each one will be called to account (2 Cor. 5:10). Men have no right to presume upon God\u2019s grace by thinking He will \u201cunderstand\u201d our blatant failures to love others as ourselves (Mat. 22:39), treat others as we desire to be treated (7:12), help the helpless (Gal. 6: 10), and to fulfill other such duties toward our fellow men. While many seem to make this application in matters relating to social responsibilities, they often go no further. The attitude of most (including religious leaders) toward the Bible seems to be that we should honor its moral\/social precepts, but its \u201creligious\u201d doctrine is quite elastic.<\/span><\/p>\n In other words, although God has given doctrinal instructions and specified the things that please Him in Christian worship, He will excuse our ignoring these. Men thus dare to turn God\u2019s grace into a pretext to fulfill their own wills and desires. With these premises before us, what are some of the things in religion God does not\/will not at all \u201cunderstand\u201d (i.e., \u201cexcuse\u201d)?<\/span><\/p>\n God\u2019s saving grace is for those who obey Him, not for those who suppose He will \u201cunderstand\u201d (John 12:48; Heb. 5:9).<\/span><\/p>\n [Note:<\/strong> I wrote this article for and it was published in the Denton Record-Chronicle, <\/em>Denton, TX, June 12, 2015.]<\/span><\/p>\n Attribution: <\/strong>Printed from TheScripturecache.com<\/em>, owned and administered by Dub McClish.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 0[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3\u00a0page.] In God\u2019s inspired Word, the Bible, He has revealed everything anyone can know about His mind and will. Either He means what He says in His Word, or He doesn\u2019t. If…<\/p>\n\n