Feelings are frequently false. When blindly followed, they can fake you out while filling you with arrogance. Our anger often confuses and deceives us, but kindness can guide us to truth.
Beware of people who deceive people with false prophesies and angry conspiracy conjectures. If you catch someone deceiving you once — discern. Don’t let him burn you again.
Jesus’ rebuke of Peter applies to many of His followers today: “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” To declare something without conclusive proof is hearsay and puts human concerns ahead of God’s great concern for truth and honesty.
The sign of Christianity isn’t church attendance, political views, or prideful slogans. It’s love. “The kingdom of God is within you,” so “the keys of the kingdom” enable you to lockdown or to unlock God’s character inside your heart.