 Hi, my name is David Rosales. I'm the pastor of Calvary Chapel of the Chino Valley, California. Jesus said that a house divided against itself cannot stand. That sounds simple enough, doesn't it? With that said, it never ceases to surprise me how easily the house of God can be divided, which it is right now. We're living in an age of immediate information. Knowledge is at our fingertips and is instantly available. All we have to do is ask Google a question and an answer appears. No longer do we have to spend hours, weeks, months, and even years gaining experience, thinking, studying, debating, and working to attain information about a subject. All we need to do is type in a question and instantly we're an expert on any subject we desire. Do you want to be an expert on the coronavirus? Ask or type your question into WebMD and immediately you know what it took medical professionals years to learn. Do you want to be an expert on education or politics, family, even theology? Type your question in. When you find the answer and you agree with it, you publish it and bang, you're an instant expert. It doesn't matter if it's accurate. It doesn't matter if it's true. It doesn't matter if you understand what's being said. The only thing that matters in this entire universe is that you agree with it and it feels true to you. Like the old song says, it can't be wrong when it feels so right. This kind of thinking isn't new. It's very old and it is this quest for knowledge without an attitude of humility that has led itself to the present divisions that we see not only in this nation but also in the church. Something I have noted that has discouraged and even grieved me is the obvious lack of spiritual discernment amongst many who routinely post on social media. I expect non-Christians to write the things they do because after all, as Paul said in Romans chapter 1, professing to be wise, they became fools. They're filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness. He went on to say that they were haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful. I expect the world to gravitate towards those who are most like them. Our closest friends are the ones we agree with the most and because of this, we're prone to champion people's views that are most similar to our own. What is concerning to me is that professing Christians are gravitating towards those who have no knowledge of God or respect for believers. Perhaps you haven't read your Bible lately and forget that Paul in Ephesians chapter 2 spoke of Gentile non-believers as strangers from the covenants of God, having no hope and without God in the world. He earlier had told them that at one time they walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience. How is it that Christians are not only agreeing with the spirit of this age, but are also evangelizing others to do the same? How is it that Christians are not only defending the viewpoints of anti-Christ pundits and politicians, but are also making excuses for the hypocrisy and in doing so, sowing seeds of discord? I learned a long time ago that what someone does is the best way to know what they believe. This agrees with Proverbs chapter 20, verse 11, which reads, even a child is known by his deeds, whether what he does is pure and right. After 49 years of walking with the Lord, 47 years of teaching his word and 41 years since my ordination, I have come to believe that the problem many Christians have today is that they are not reading their Bibles, and if they do, they're not understanding it. If they go to church at all, they're attending churches that are pastored by those who do not teach the Word of God plain and simple. If they're being taught and they're reading the scriptures themselves, the chances are that they will spiritually mature and gain discernment, something that is lacking today in many Christians. If they're not reading and if they're not being taught, they will walk according to the spirit of this age because it's the natural thing for them to do. To you believers, I strongly and lovingly encourage you, stay in the Word of God. Do your best to remain in fellowship with like-minded believers. If you're able to attend church services, make every effort to do so. If you can't, make an effort to join with other believers online so that you can remain being taught. Finally, determine to do what the scripture teaches because this is how your life changes and because this will inform you concerning what you should be looking for when you choose whom you will allow to influence you. This is David Rosales, pastor of Calvary Chapel of the Chino Valley, California.