BUT
Here are two statements:
1. It is written, and the LORD has said (something).
2. This is what I see.
If these two statements disagree, (which happens sometimes), which one comes before the word BUT, and which one comes after the word BUT?
Is it:
It is written, and the LORD has said (something), BUT this is what I see.
Or is it:
This is what I see, BUT it is written, and the LORD has said (something else).
OK, understand this: what comes after the BUT is more true to the speaker/writer than what comes before the BUT.
Well, what would it be if Helen had said something and circumstances disagreed? I would choose to believe my wife of nearly 53 years, because I know her, and she will never lie to me.
Therefore, it is: This is what I see, BUT Helen has said something else. I choose to believe Helen.
The same is true for Father God, the LORD. He will never lie to me. So therefore, for me:
This is what I see, BUT It is written, and the LORD has said something else.
I choose to believe Father God. BTW, this is how Jesus handled temptation in Matthew chapter 4.
So we all get to choose what to believe as really true, and what to dismiss as less true.
Larry Carroll
