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Sincerity is Not Enough
Devotion and Sincerity are admirable. But when it comes to questions of reality, we know this is not enough.
In our “follow your heart,” “You do you” and personalize everything to my own preferences world–this can be confusing.
Every day through Spotify, Netflix, and YouTube–People are discipled by our culture to think that right and wrong, gender, sexuality, and spirituality are determined by what I—as an individual–choose to believe. That’s the height of freedom right? Wrong.
Why? Because we all know that we’ve been sincerely wrong. Remember all those tests you took that your teacher had the audacity to count certain answers incorrect? Remember how sincere you were on the SAT and ACT? They didn’t care.
Or think of it this way. I am not a fan of heights. Why would you jump out of a perfectly good airplane?
But if I did, I would assure you that I would have all the sincerity in the world when I pulled the ripcord on that parachute.
But if that chute was improperly packed, I am going to have a very bad day.
Sincerity doesn’t change reality.
If we live in God’s Universe—and I think the evidence for that is very strong by the way—then God sets the rules and defines reality. And we either cooperate with it or slam into it when our beliefs are wrong.
And the best way to navigate reality is to read the designer’s manual—the Bible. It teaches us what is true and how to live.