AND NOW YOU GENTILES HAVE ALSO HEARD THE TRUTH, THE GOOD NEWS THAT GOD SAVES YOU. AND WHEN YOU BELIEVED IN CHRIST, HE IDENTIFIED YOU AS HIS OWN BY GIVING YOU THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM HE PROMISED LONG AGO...EPHESIANS 2:13.
TRUTH is something that is extremely vague. It's something that is very valuable if it's seen in the right ways. TRUTH is TRUTH, what more can you say about it?? More than a lot of people think. Truth is not something that's very easy to put a precise definition to. Dictionary.com states that truth is: a verified or indisputable fact, it's actuality or absolute existence!
Have you ever been thinking about something for a while and all of a sudden this mess of thoughts starts to make a lot more sense now?? There was this underlying thing that is hidden by lies, gossip, or thoughts called TRUTH that no one hardly knows about anymore. TRUTH is what makes us exist to this day. It should be what we stand on. It should be a common ground that we can all come to in times that are hard, on the days that we feel like we're surrounded by complete lies every step we make, every turn we take. That's where TRUTH comes in.
Listen, people don't like TRUTH at all. Most people will be very offended if you tell them the truth. Like if you tell a friend that she has food in her teeth or her hair is frizzy today they might get a little flustered because you told them TRUTH. Furthermore, if you get down to the deep deep honest stuff like if you call someone out on something, they can get really upset with you. Now that's not the most ideal situation for either person. It can be very frustrating depending on who is being called out. Is that person going to really freak out or are they going to choose to grow from it?
Now with all of that being said let's think about the opposite of TRUTH. Lies and deceit surround us every day, every waking moment. Satan uses these tactics very well to his advantage. He may very well even use them through us without us even seeing it. Let's say that you're a christian, and you're trying to help a friend, but you have this thought that God is telling you to steer this person down a path, so you lead them down this path and it just turns out a train wreck...that could have very well been Satan in his evil ways. A sixteen year old girl is asked out by the senior starting quarterback on the football team. The girl has deep church roots, but in a way wants to break away and have that sense of freedom to do what she wants. The girl says yes, and the quarterback invites her to a party. They attend this hoppin party together, and the girl has her doubts in the back of her mind and in her stomach, but she pushes them away. It turns out to be one of the worst mistakes that she had made, she got too drunk to remember anything, she was raped by a group of guys from the football team including the quarterback that asked her out.
The key thing about this girls' troubles was the fact that when this young girl was doubting going to a party and going out with the boy, the boy simply told her, "it will be ok, it will be fun!" That's how it all starts. With one simple black and white lie. A lie that caused this young girl emotional and physical trauma for many years of her life. She was unable to think about going out with a boy for most of her life. She had emotional trauma from that night all of her life, and was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Once again, it all started from that little glaring pest, the lie that she was fed.
Lies are something that can entangle our entire life if we allow it to. Satan will drive deceitful thoughts and lies into our hearts and minds every day of ones's life if they don't stand on the truth. Let me tell you a little about TRUTH.
TRUTH was talked about throughout the bible, and it was spread like wildfire. Psalm 25:5 David calls out "Lead me by your TRUTH and teach me; for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you." TRUTH was hung on a cross to be put to death, but it flies high and mighty still today. TRUTH is found everywhere. It's focal point is God's holy and truthful word.
Let me ask you this....would you rather be that girl that was traumatised for the rest of her life, or the quarterback that repented for putting that girl in that situation on that night. He turned away from his sin, and stood on the truth. God promises one thing. That He will give you a final resting place along side Jesus Christ, the one who did it all for you, He gave you life, He took away your sin, He gave you a path, and now He's wanting to give you a home. Stand on His TRUTH, TRUTH that can only set you free. TRUTH that you can believe in for eternity.
1 Timothy 3: 14-16: "I am writing these things to you now, even though I hope to be with you soon so that If I am delayed, you will know how people must conduct themselves in the household of God. This is the church of the living God, which is the pillar and foundation of the TRUTH. Without question, this is the great mystery of our faith: Christ was revealed in a human body and vindicated by the Spirit. He was seen by angels and announced to the nations. He was believed in throughout the world and taken into heaven in glory."
If there's one thing that I hope you get out of this, is the fact that I will always stand on God's TRUTH, and if there is anything wrong with this world, it's that they do the exact opposite and feed off of Lucifer's lies. And there's only one path to take when you eat from the tree of lies, and that path takes you straight to hell. That's not my opinion. Romans 2:8-10 "But God will pour out His anger and wrath on those who live for themselves, who refuse to obey the TRUTH and instead live lives of wickedness. There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on doing evil. But there will be glory, honor, and peace from God for all who do good."
That's the TRUTH. Be free from that fire in hell. Stand on TRUTH.
Until He returns...
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