The Bible holds supreme authority by virtue of its Author, who is the King of creation and thus Ruler over all the earth. The Bible’s authority is inherent in its every word. Scripture is God’s revelation in history. Just as there is no higher authority in an earthly kingdom than a king – there is no higher authority you and I can appeal to than the Word of God in God’s kingdom.
If you don’t know how to function in “heavenly places”, you are going to face challenges in your earthly places. Many believers are trying to “live heavenly” without living in the heavenly places.
One plus one equals two whether you are a theist or a humanist. But when you start accumulating data and sifting it through your worldview, it affects what you do with the answer. In other words, your worldview determines how you use the information you have collected.
We are all familiar with the adage: The mind is a terrible thing to waste. Unique to God’s creation is the gift of cognitive capacity – the ability to think, reason and gather information in order to retain it, repeat it and replicate in the mind. Working with the gift that the brain affords us as human beings grants us a unique and special ability to comprehend.
When a farmer plants his rows of crops, he expects them to grow. He expects to receive a reward for his labor. Similarly, God wants you to expect to be blessed. If you will function according to the financial principles that He gives you, He wants you to expect to receive a reward both now and in eternity. There is nothing wrong with expecting God to keep His Word to you when you do what He says. It’s what I like to call holding God hostage to His Word. Proverbs tells us, “The generous man will be prosperous and he who waters ...