What people believe can cause a lot of controversy.  We all believe in something.  When we meet others who have the opposite belief or at least a different belief, it can spark  an argument.

     There is sometimes a vast difference in what we believe and the truth.  We can believe we will win the lottery, but of all those who believe, only one or two will actually win.  We can believe we will grow up and marry a handsome prince, but how many times is that the truth?  Some believe the moon is made of green cheese or that anyone can run a marathon if they really want to.  We believe our children are perfect.  We believe that some day we will be rich.  We believe that everyone will go to Heaven.

     Just because we believe in it doesn’t make it truth.  And we may choose not to believe in things that are proven facts.  It doesn’t really matter if you believe the sun will come up every morning or not, it will.  I may think I can jump from a third story window and not get hurt, but that isn’t true (unless God sends an angel to catch me).  I may not think there is electricity in the wire that runs to my house, but if I grab hold of it, I will soon know the truth.

     We cannot change the Law of Gravity, no matter what we believe. (Unless you are a space traveler)  We cannot prevent time from passing, it just does.  We cannot make snow hot or the sun cold just by what we choose to  believe.

     The same is true of God’s word.  We cannot make a portion of scripture go away just because we want to.  We don’t have to believe that Jesus is God’s son, but He is.  He don’t have to believe that the Bible is God’s written word, but it is.  Not everyone believes that Jesus is the only way to Heaven, but He is.  The truth is the truth whether you believe it or not.