Life's Litmus Test

litmus test-

1. A chemical test using litmus paper that determines the amount of alkaline or acid in a mixture. 
2. A personal test using morals + values.

Remembering using litmus paper in chemistry?  You held the litmus paper strip in a beaker filled with a solution or mixture to find if it was an alkaline (base) or acid.  If the solution had equal parts, then it was said to be in pH balance.

But what about our own personal litmus test?  What do we use as a gage or as our litmus paper?

Hint:  Like the litmus test strip, it is made of paper.  In fact, it has many pieces of paper, bound together to make a book.

The answer:  Bible

God's holy word.

Psalm 119:105 says, "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path." (NIV)

How can the Bible be used as a litmus test?
How can we know if something is right vs. wrong?
Good vs. bad?
Healthy or harmful?

My favorite is found in Philippians 4:8-9.

"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable---if anything is excellent or praiseworthy---think about such things.  Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me---put it into practice.  And the God of peace will be with you."