Do You Know The Truth

Yesterday at church we had a lesson about the truth. You might say 'what truth'? The truth that sets you free. We know the scripture where Jesus tells us, I am the way, the truth and the life.

John 14 v 6....Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.".........

Earlier in John 8, Jesus told His disciples, "before Abraham was, I AM." And then before that, was the story of the woman being caught in the act of adultery, and Jesus told the people, he who is without sin cast the first stone. Everyone dropped their stones, He asked the woman where are your accusers, and she answered, I have none, and He told her, neither do I condemn you, go and sin no more. You see the truth had set her free. He is the truth.

John 8 31-32.....Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
We read in 2 Timothy where Paul tells us to always preach the word, the truth in season and out of season. In other words, whether it is the right timing or not, do not compromise the word. Do not try to make the word fit your needs or the needs of others. Preach the truth.

2 Tim. 4 v 1-4...I charge you therefore before God and the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the TRUTH, and be turned aside to fables.....

In other words, people will hear what they want to hear. They will take the word and try to make what they are doing ok. You will see more and more self started religions, like the teaching you see on Oprah, that what ever makes you feel good is ok. That is false doctrine. Some will get mad at you when you speak the truth over what they want to hear. But I will not compromise the word of God just to make someone feel good. If you are in sin, then you are in sin, I can only tell you out of love for you what the word says about it. I will do you no favors by trying to make the word mean what you need it to mean. The word is love, and it is the light for those who are lost. Don't be blind sighted by false doctrines. You tell me, who is your true friend, the one who says do whatever makes you feel good, and you will live a good life, but then when it is over it is over, or the one who tells you, live your life like God's word says to live, and you will have eternal life with Him one day, a life where there are no more tears, but only JOY and happiness. Yes, you may have to endure some suffering here on earth. But no one ever said life was going to be a bowl of cherries all of the time. But the LORD says to endure, and in the end you will have the Victory.

John 1 v 1-4.....In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men......
The Word being the Truth, the Truth being the LORD, the LORD being GOD Himself. And that my friends is the Truth.

RTB....Numbers 22-24....