THE WRONG SIDE OF AMEN

Most people don’t know this author writes a newspaper column called “The Other Side of Amen.” That title was chosen for a reason. Amen means, “I agree,” or “let it be so.” It is a response to truth. It is a way of saying, “What was just said is right, and I stand with it.”

But there is something that does not get talked about. It is possible to live on the wrong side of amen.

Many people say the word freely, often at just the right moment. Some louder than others. It sounds right. It feels right. But what if the life that follows does not match the words that were just spoken? What if a person says “amen” to truth, then walks away and lives as though they never meant it?

Scripture shows us what “amen” was meant to be. 

In Deuteronomy 27, the people answered “Amen” after each declaration of the law. They were not just agreeing with their mouths. They were placing themselves under what was said. It was a binding agreement. “This is true, and I stand under it.”

That gives weight to the word.

If “amen” is agreement before God, then living against what you agreed with is not a small thing. It is not just weakness. It is contradiction.

And God does not treat that lightly.

Jesus said, “This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far away from Me.” (Matthew 15:8)

That is the wrong side of amen. Lips speaking agreement. A life that refuses it.

He also said, “Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?” (Luke 6:46)

That question exposes everything. Words are easy. Obedience is the proof.

And it is said plainly, “They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him.” (Titus 1:16)

A man can say “amen”
and still deny God with how he lives.

This is not about failing and getting back up. This is about a pattern. Hearing truth, agreeing with it, and continuing on unchanged. That is not agreement. That is resistance wearing the mask of religion.

There is another side of amen. It is not louder. It is not more emotional. It is simply real.

It is when a man agrees with God and then lives like it. The question is not whether you say “amen.” The question is which side of it you are living on.

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“What I write is not for everyone, but what I write is meant for someone.” – Dean Butler

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