Be a Berean

Acts 17:11 (KJV) These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

We often find people that serve as good role models.  One is the church in Berea.  This verse describes them and what made them so noble.

They had the apostle Paul come and teach them.  Talk about having an authority, this is it.  They listened.  It says they received the word and their minds were ready, but that’s not all.  Notice that next step that they took that we like to overlook, they searched the scriptures themselves.  In our modern lingo, we might say that they fact checked the Apostle Paul.

Might I suggest that this should be our daily habit.  I don’t care how much you trust your source, how much confidence you have in your guru, how accurate your brother-in-law has been in the past, check them.  Get out your Bible and do your own research.  Let your understanding of the word be based on your presuppositions and your opinions not those of someone else.

So?  When you stand before the judgment seat, it won’t be enough to say that your uncle Bob told you.  God gave you a Bible for a reason.  Use it.