1 John 5:8

As I was working through one of the commentaries I have been referencing while teaching through 1 John, I came across this nugget from Dr. J. Vernon McGee.

Enjoy!

“I’ll be very candid with you that there are certain news commentators whom I won’t listen to any longer. I know that they are doing nothing in the world but giving out propaganda. They are not giving facts. Everything they give is biased and distorted and twisted for a liberal position. Apparently, they are willing even to misinform you, and they have been willing to withhold facts to gain their objective. I have come to the place where it does not matter who they are or what party they belong to, I have no confidence in politicians. Therefore, we are in a place today where it is difficult to believe the witness of men, but the interesting thing is that John Q. Public swallows it hook, line, and sinker. You can tell by the different polls which are taken that a man’s influence or his popularity is determined by what the news media say about him. The biggest frauds in the world can be built up by the media—Hollywood, of course, has done this for years. Most people do receive the witness of men; they are taken in by it. If it is said over television or if it is put into print, they will believe it. There are many people who believe whatever they read or hear, but they will not receive the witness of God—but the witness of God is greater, my friend.”

Bear in mind that this commentary was published in 1979, and it is every bit as true today (perhaps moreso!) as it was when he first penned those words.