Word of the Week - Truth

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Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.  John 14:6

Last week’s “Word of the Week” was about the power of our Thoughts and how important it is to feed our minds a daily diet of divine food, so we can experience the fullness of God.  I also shared Philippians 4:8, where Paul is instructing us on how to think and proactively manage our thought life “Finally, brothers and sisters, 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 thing”.  The first thing he mentions in his list of things to think about is Truth – he says to think about “What is True”.  So what is Truth?Webster defines Truth - as most often being in accord with fact or reality, or fidelity to an original or standard.  As Christians our faith is founded on biblical Truth, the original standard, that Jesus is the way, the truth and the light and all Truth comes from Him and through the Bible – the Living Word of God.  The truth of the matter is that we have to fully accept God at His Word to know Truth in order to receive the full benefits of our faith.  We cannot believe some of what God says, we have to believe and receive all of Him and His Word and Truth.  As human beings this can be very hard for us because much of the Truth does not make sense or resonate with us, we simply don’t understand.   If you step back for a second and realize that God is God, the Creator of heaven and earth and we are simply people, His creatures that He made in His image for His purpose; it does not take long to realize that we may not understand many things of God because His ways are not our ways and His ways are higher and not fully comprehensible to us.If you believe that God’s Word is absolute Truth then you will know and experience the power and freedom in seeking, discovering and knowing the Truth.  We also understand from God’s Word that we live in a fallen world and have any enemy of our souls who is literally out to destroy us through perverting the Truth through lies.  The Devil is the father of lies and deception – anti-Truth.  “You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires.  He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him.  When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies”  John 8:44  Our enemy desires to destroy us by keeping us in the dark and away from the Truth.  God came to bring Truth and light so we can overcome our adversary and be set free to live in the fullness of Christ and do what God has called us to do.  “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:31-32So as believers what how do we walk in the freedom of the Truth?  We seek God and His Truth with all of our heart.  We have an offensive and defensive game plan for each day that God gave us in Ephesians 6.  Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.  John 8:31-32  We also trust and believe God and His promises and put these into memory and practice within our minds.  Here are a just a few that are powerful.

Have a great week walking in Truth….-Duane

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