Yesterday was a remarkable day. I met with a gentleman who was new to Celebrate Recovery last Thursday. He wanted to meet and “talk through” some things on his mind. As I had met with him and two others last Thursday in the 101 class, we take a moment to tell anyone in the class a brief testimony of what brought us to CR. In so doing, he said yesterday as we met that he had some similar past experiences. The greater part of the time we met (2.5 hrs) was talking about his beliefs from being brought up in a different religion that I’d call a false religion.

As this gentleman began to expound on his beliefs I challenged him to put them along side what scripture tells us. I am not one to enter into a debate for I don’t like doing this at all. In this case, all I did was tell him what he was taught as a child is a lie. Satan’s deceptions of who he is and who Jesus Christ is can be easily misled when we are taught as children that what the lessons teach is all truth. In my younger years I’d heard what he was telling me from others. In those days I would only say that my beliefs were different from theirs. I must say that Celebrate Recovery and biblical counseling have brought me to the point where I no longer quietly walk away from these false teachings.

Jesus is our One and only Savior and Lord. He is the One and only Son of God Almighty–The Great I AM. Upholding this truth is not debatable. Amen.