Purpose Driven or Scripture Driven? - Way of Life Literature

“Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believethnot on me, but on him that sent me” (John 12:44).“And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall neverdie” (John 11:26a).Pastor Warren closes his heretical commentary with thefollowing:“It’s your choice. You can believe what others say aboutyou, or you can believe in yourself as does God, whosays you are truly acceptable, lovable, valuable andcapable.”Amid all these lies, Rick is right about one thing: IT'SYOUR CHOICE. And what a choice it is! You can believewhat God says about you in His Word or you can “believe inyourself” as Warren and every other self-help motivationalspeaker advises us to do. But ask yourself this: When didGod EVER say He believed in you and me? When did HeEVER say we were “acceptable, lovable, valuable andcapable?”Here’s what He REALLY said about you and me:“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory ofGod” (Romans 3:23).FIVE TIMES He said this:“…there is none that doeth good…” (Psalm 14:1, Psalm14:3, Psalm 53:1, Psalm 53:3, Romans 3:12).But about Jesus Christ, God the Father had THIS to say:“And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou artmy beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” (Mark1:11).This is the beloved Son whose precious name was NEVERONCE mentioned in Rick Warren’s article. THAT ALONEshould speak volumes about what he believes and in whomhe believes. Sure, he used the name “God” throughout the91