{"id":219,"date":"2024-07-30T01:34:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T01:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/source.wpopal.com\/thegreen\/the-walk-behind-lawnmower-for-trimming\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T08:46:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T08:46:35","slug":"c12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nissipublishing.net\/thereasonwhy\/c12\/","title":{"rendered":"12 : Sincerity Is Not Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"219\" class=\"elementor elementor-219\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f81ff40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1f81ff40\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c7f31fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c7f31fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>        <div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nissipublishing.net\/thereasonwhy\/c11\/\">Previous<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/nissipublishing.net\/thereasonwhy\/autoplay\/\">Continuous Play<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/nissipublishing.net\/thereasonwhy\/c13\/\">Next<\/a><\/p><p><em><span class=\"top_description\">We are not saved by sincerity, but we may be lost without it<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><span class=\"main_content\">I do not ask you to accept Him as yours, for you may have an objection: although it is plausible that the Bible is true, are not alternative views also plausible? Why not be reasonable and submit them to a fair test as well?<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"main_content\"><br \/>On telling my conviction to a friend, he replied, \u201cYou are all right, but so am I, although I don\u2019t see things as you do. It seems to me that it doesn\u2019t matter so much what a man believes, so long as he is sincere in his belief.\u201d<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"main_content\"><br \/>Let us test that statement. One fine Sunday morning a neighbour of mine said to his wife and family, \u201cLet us take the car and go for a picnic.\u201d Travelling north, he came to a railway crossing and, sincerely believing that there would be no trains on a Sunday morning, attempted to drive across. He was killed on the spot, one son had an arm broken and his little daughter was in a cast for months. Did his sincere belief save him?<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"main_content\"><br \/>No, it did not. I know a nurse who, on night duty, sincerely believed she held the right medicine in her hand, but she was wrong, and in 20 minutes her patient was dead in spite of frantic efforts to save him.<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"main_content\"><br \/>Of course we need sincerity, but we must sincerely believe truth, not error. In fact, having sincere belief in error can be the very means of deceiving and finally destroying us.<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"main_content\"><br \/>The words of the wise king have a pertinent message for us: \u201cThere is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.\u201d (Proverbs 14:12) His conviction, though sincere, nevertheless led to his downfall.<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"main_content\"><br \/><i>Thought: \u201cJesus says, and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free\u2026 I am the way, the truth, and the life\u201d (John 8:32; 14:6)<br \/>Prayer: Open my eyes that I may see Your truth, O God.<\/i><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thereasonwhy.net\/?p=129\">Previous<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thereasonwhy.net\/?page_id=27\">Continuous Play<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thereasonwhy.net\/?p=135\">Next<\/a><\/p><hr \/><p><audio controls=\"controls\"> <source src=\"https:\/\/www.thereasonwhy.net\/download\/cd\/013_Chpt 012.ogg\" type=\"audio\/ogg\" \/> <source src=\"https:\/\/www.thereasonwhy.net\/download\/cd\/013_Chpt 012.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/> <strong>Your browser doesn&#8217;t support this player. 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