“I never kick a ball that is not in front of my feet.”

I don’t know if that were his exact words, but  I remember that that was the advice of an old missionary who was a highly respected leader.

Yesterday I read something in a Christian magazine I really appreciate about the Bible and the Lord Jesus Christ that really disturbed me greatly.

This morning I opened the book called MORNING AND EVENING, Daily Readings,  by C. H. Spurgeon and there it says, “Whenever a man is  about to stab religion, he usually professes very great reference for it. Let me beware  of the sleek-faced hypocrisy which is armor bearer to heresy and infidelity.”

And yes, I have known for a long time what it says about the Bereans in the Book of Acts (Acts17:11). It says there that the Thessalonians  were of noble character, but it says that the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians. It says also of the Bereans that they received the message with great eagerness. And it says also that they “examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.”

I want to follow the advice and kick only the ball that is in front of my feet.

And when the BIBLE is concerned I think the ball is in front of my feet.