The bank teller looked up, “Where did you get this?” he asked the man standing before him.

“I sold my lawnmower,” he said. “Why do you ask?”

“Because this $100 bill is a counterfeit!”

“Really?!! How do you  know that?”

“Well I  have seen so many legitimate $100 bills  that I can  instantly spot a fake. See here, this line is too thin. Look at this regular bill, see the difference?”

“Yes, I do,” the customer reluctantly admitted. “So what do we do now?”

“I’m afraid I’ll have to confiscate this and you are out $100. If I didn’t know you, you could be arrested, but I’ll let you go.”

How about us? When we are presented with a teaching, a perspective, a spiritual idea,  are we able to quickly spot an error?

To be able to do that, we must immerse ourselves in Scripture, to know it so well that we can quickly discern an aberration,

and there many out there.

Many people listen to pod casts, read things on line, follow a certain preache–but don’t get into the Word  themselves,

they are at the mercy of whatever they come across, like health and wealth, or Jehovah Witness doctrine, or liberal ideas.

But if you know the Word for yourself, your will spot the lies quickly, protecting yourself and others.

How are you doing with this? Reading in the Word every day? Reading in an orderly fashion, going through books, a chapter at a time?

And then memorizing striking passages, like Psalm 23? And learning to pray Scripture, like Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 4?

“The decrees of the LORD are firm, and all of them are righteous.  They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold;

they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb. By them your servant is warned; in keeping them there is great reward.” Psalm 19:9-11

Picture: taking God’s Word very seriously