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http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/13/hitchens-brothers-square-off-in-debate-over-god-in-civilization/?hpt=Mid

I was reading this article. And if you have time, you should too. And something that one of the debaters said was essentially this -- because there are people in this world who pick and choose aspects of their religion, they were proving that there is not a need for God for the survival of a civilization.. and perhaps his greater point was that there is not a God. I think that to be too significant to read without evaluating it to some extent. As Christians do we pick and choose what we like and what we don't like from the Bible. Do we down play the holiness and righteousness of God so that we can be entertained and have the pleasures of this world? You see, when we "pick and choose" from God's word, when we start defining what is good and bad, holy and unholy we are discrediting the divine authorship of the Bible. By doing so, we are advocating that the God that we worship, the Jesus we love, is not God. Let that never be!! 2 Timothy 3:16 "All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right."

I read that today and thought that it provides us with such a motivation to live our life whole-heartedly for God. You might not realize this, but the world is watching you and I. So live life with a purpose that is directed toward God. We are the hands and feet of God. We are the only Christ that some will see in this world. Let that observation of your life be significant to that person.

Let it be our humble prayer today that we listen and adhere to the word of God. That we live our lives with passion and purpose for God. To obey and abide. So that when the curtain closes, our lives would have pointed only and always to Jesus Christ. "For me to live, is Christ.."

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