Nobility with the Truth

Nobility with the Truth
[My Offline Bible] Acts 17
10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 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. 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

Apostles Paul and Silas got to Berea and went straight to preach at the Jewish synagogue. They noticed that these people were different from those at Thesalonia, these paid attention and listened to what they had to say. They won't argue or dispute what was being said. But if the preachers took that as being naive and gullible they were to be shocked. They took all in but not to swallow rather to go check if they were true. The result was clear, they got more believers among them and they were commended for their process of dealing with the word.
They were compared with those in Thessalonica and found to be more noble than the Thessalonians.
When your read the epistles to the Thessalonians, you'll notice the kind of Christians that were produced under such a culture. Paul had to explain again and again to them about the second coming of Christ in order not to go haywire. At Thessalonica Paul had to engage in secular businesses to sustain as an example to them to be diligent and productive, they were known to be busybodies and carefree. Flaky Christians who would need to be spoonfed often.
I see this same traits in many of today's Christians. Many would need others read and study their bibles for them, many would need others pray for them and hear from God for them. And such just as the Thessalonians are open to heresies and un-christian doctrines and practices. Whatever anybody says or does from the pulpit is accepted as christian afterall they know no better. They can't check by themselves from the Bible to know if what is been done or preached is within the corpus of the doctrines of Christ.
To many the allegiance is to the person and not to the word of God or to God. The Bereans never saw things that way. The very Apostles Paul and Silas preached and you still have the temerity to doubt it? A great man of God such as Paul shouldn't speak and anybody would still have to go check if it's true! That's what we call loyalty today. But such is not recommended by scriptures and the result is that unstable and ignoble christians are being produced generation after generation and so makes the future more fearful.
This lack of nobility does not only affect the pews but also the pulpit. Preachers and ministers are 'freer' to say what they like and practice all sorts that suit them since no one will go back to search the scriptures if those things were true. Many won't bother cross-checking their thoughts, once it sounds good and acceptable, it doesn't matter anymore if it's really true.
Those in the congregation who care about what is being preached would rather keep quiet because is is now the norm that if you ask too many questions you become a question mark yourself. We have come round to a culture where heresies aren't any issues, every doctrine preached is seen as relatively true depending on how you view it particularly if it suits our religious pride on one side and our lusts on the other.
Here is the call! A call back to nobility. A call back to checking out for the veracity and the truth of whatever is being dished out from our pulpit. It is a call to being more committed to God's word and the truth therein. A call to preachers and teachers to become more meticulous in their doctrines and practices.
Meanwhile it is not a call to being judgmental or to become segregationists in religious pride. That wasn't the nobility that produced the believers in Berea. It's not noble to see and treat others who don't know what we know as if they know nothing. Knowledge puffs up but love edifies. Every puff will be deflated but edification builds lasting structures. Nobility is ever gentle with the ignorant and patient till faith is birthed in the unstable.
As we open up for all sorts of messages today both in church, on radio or t.v., let's have our minds on nobility ready to hear and also ready to check if the good sounds we hear are true. God confirms the word and not the preacher and nobility recognises the difference. Remain blessed. Good morning!