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“But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you.” 2 Peter 2:1 NASBS Brothers and sisters in Christ, we live in a day of great technology; It is a day when we can search the entire world looking for answers to questions with a simple touch of our fingers. Because of this, we have a vast amount of information that we must process to consider what is true and what is false. Unfortunately, this is also true concerning the revelation the Lord has left us of Himself, that is only found in the Bible. Notice, I opened this devotion with brothers and sisters in Christ. This immediately directs the heart of every Christian to the Bible, which we hold to as the infallible word of God. So this devotion will not appeal to everyone, but only to those who have the Holy Spirit living inside of them. To everyone else, this seems foolish just as it is written, “For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” Also, “A natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. But he who is spiritual appraises all things.”

Every Sunday I gather with a group of about twenty or so women and I teach them the Bible. I know that there are better Bible teachers out there. I know that there are women and men with more knowledge, more spiritual discipline, more wisdom, more polish, a better prayer life, a more consistent study routine. I know there are times when I try to teach things that are out of my depth. I know that I don’t always communicate as clearly as I should, and there is an ever-present gnawing in my spirit that wonders whether my teaching is doing good or harm. Whether I have spoken out of turn about things that I don’t fully understand. Whether I have stated the absolute truth or unwittingly said something that isn’t consistent with the whole counsel of God’s word. And I often leave my class concerned about something I did or didn’t say. Something that I forgot to explain. Something that I wish I had brought up, or something that I wish I hadn’t delved into.

The City made its first payment on its $13.5 million revenue bonds for a new water treatment plant last month while waiting for the state’s environmental agency to approve plans, City officials said. The City made its first payment of $543,427.36 in interest and $215,000 in principal on the 2022 revenue bonds, City Secretary Tammy Hourigan said.