Get “Religious Speak” out of your vocabulary!
We’ve all heard it said, “God said he would meet your needs, not your wants.”
This phrase is a prime example of “religious speak” and has nothing to do with the truth of God’s Word. Sure, it “sounds” good – just like, “I’m just an old sinner, saved by grace.” But when you examine these much used and worn out phrases in light of God’s Word, they are all reduced to nothing more than religious jargon. They are used to give the impression that the person speaking is being “humble”. But both phrases, along with many others that have been handed down to us over the years, are in direct opposition to the Word of God. “I’m just an old sinner, saved by grace” is a slap in the face of Jesus, who paid a huge price for your redemption. Through the precious Blood of Jesus, we are made righteous. Not of our own righteous, but the righteousness that He provided for us on the cross of Calvary.
(2 Cor 5:21, NKJV)
For He [God] made Him [Jesus] who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him [Jesus].
The root of the problem is that most Christians do not spend time in the Word of God for themselves. Most brush the dust off the cover once a week as they rush out the door to church and don’t touch it again until the following Sunday. The only “Word” they hear comes by following along with the Scripture on the Pastor’s overhead projector, or repeat “what they think” the Word says – and never attempt an in-depth Bible study for themselves.
Hosea 4:6 says, “My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge.”
In this study, we will first investigate and totally discredit the phrase, “God will meet your needs, not your wants” by using Scripture and keeping our comments to a minimum.
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