Truth or Not?

I've been told I preach hard, a friend of mine likes to tell me I'll never have crowds following me to hear me preach. And to be honest that's okay with me, my concern isn't with whether people are going to like what I say, or if they will come back but with whether what I say is in line with scripture. I believe, truth is truth, and when we listen to someone preaching or teaching the question we have to ask ourselves is this, "does what they are saying line up with God's word?" and if it doesn't reject it, if it does then if we are truly His disciples the only choice we have is to listen and obey it, not because some preacher said so but because Gods word said so. I want to be, and I want everyone who ever listens to me to be like the Bereans who Scripture says "These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so." (Acts 17:11) way to often we go to church and listen to a sermon, maybe even say amen to it, but then leave church and forget all about it, sadly we even do this when reading Gods word. Even worse many people don't even open there bibles accept on rare occasions and at church (if there churches don't have PowerPoint, otherwise they don't even open them at church). Now most of us who call ourselves Christians would say we love Jesus but He says John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. (see also John 14:21, 1 John 2:4, 1John 5:3) yet many people don't even know what His commandment are or worse know them but don't think He meant them. Jesus said "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?" (Luke 6:46) I think Jesus would ask most of us the same question, I know it is a question He has been asking me a lot lately. And yes He does tell us to study scripture 2 Timothy 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." or Psalm 1:1-2 "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night." so today I want to challenge you, have you been spending time in God's word are you hiding God's word in your heart (Psalm 119:11) are you allowing God's word to be the light for your path (Psalm 119:35) when you hear someone talk about the things of God, do you ask "does scripture support this?" and if it does do you take it as if God said it, or do you shrug it off as something some preacher or fellow Christian said?