Stay Berean

 One of the devil’s most propagated lies about the Bible is that Genesis = myth and Revelation = mystery.

Heard the above in a sermon, and it comes to mind every time a new propaganda about the Bible goes mainstream. It’s a quote about 2 of 66 books but it extends further than them. It fuels the general bible-phobia -  fear of reading the Bible - plaguing believers in today’s world. 

The Bible was authored in simple language. And complex translations or versions have not stripped it of its simplicity. Most people can read it. And everyone can understand its central message.

Those of us that lived in this “Era of Knowledge” will find it difficult to blame bad decisions on false doctrine on Judgement Day. “My pastor taught me wrongly” or “my Christian peers led me astray” may not fly. Here’s why I think so:

Fact 1: The average person spends 2 hours 24 minutes daily on social media. Scrolling through text, images, video - but largely text. 

Fact 2: The average reader can read 200 words per minute. 

Fact 3: The KJV Bible has 783,137 words

Putting all 3 facts together, and barring for differences in pace, environmental distractions, pauses for clarifications and other constraints to be considered when undertaking a study of textual material, it stands to reason that:

WE ALL HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR NOT STUDYING THE BIBLE

From the stats above, at baseline a person can readily pull back the time spent on social media daily and go through the Bible in under a month. If they wanted to.

I’m sharing this because the rate of “loud and wrong” doctrine disseminations has taken a scary turn. POVs that can easily be dispelled by opening a page in the Bible have become acceptable. We are in an age of literacy, an age of knowledge. ChatGPT can even give you a precise Bible reference - book, chapter and verse - if you feel too lazy to open a book. So we have no excuse! 

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. False doctrines have consequences. Stay Berean.