To everyone who is in Christ:

Be like the Bereans. They listened to the preacher (Paul). But then they STUDIED THE WORD FOR THEMSELVES to make sure that what he said was actually true.

"Now these people were more noble and open-minded than those in Thessalonica, so they received the message [of salvation through faith in the Christ] with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so."
(Acts 17:11, Amplified)

In our generation and our culture, people tend to believe things without even questioning it because their Pastor says so. Or, even worse, because some guy in a big church on TV says so.

The Bereans were being preached to by PAUL THE APOSTLE. Did they automatically believe everything he said? No. The Word says that they were "examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so."

And in this verse these people who didn't believe whatever they were told were described as "noble."

It's not good to believe whatever people tell you because it "came from the preacher" or because somebody in a mega-ministry said so and they must be right with God because, after all, they're on TV.

It's a good thing to search the Scriptures ... daily. And check for yourself.