The One Year Bible - Day 89

Most of us probably think that the 'proof' of Jesus being the Way is in the things we see happen, such as healing and deliverance and which we claim do not exist in other religions. If we think this, we are wrong. The soul and the devil are both very powerful and enable someone who does not follow God to produce what appear to be miracles. Where does that leave us? Do we believe them? God reminds the Israelites in Deuteronomy 13 that these things can and do happen but that when these things happen, rather than simply trying to dismiss them out of hand, we refuse to take any part in them since they are pulling us away from what we know to be true. This is obviously hard, especially if we don't see God working that much in our lives, we might question our whole belief. We don't want to be the person who has it totally wrong but insists on "keeping the faith" even in the face of evidence that we are wrong but we also can't be seduced by people who can produce great party tricks but do not follow God. These people might even call themselves Christians and perhaps to an extent they are but if they do not glorify God in what they do, they are false prophets.