The Truth Revealed
True belief in Jesus requires a revelation from God himself. He calls you unto himself by his kindness. He gets your attention by a preaching or a teaching and prayer. He comes in when you surrender a place in your heart for him. He sets before you a divine plan of salvation from sin and death and a journey in freedom to be set apart from the entanglements of the old sinful character in your soul. The Holy Spirit brings understanding to the Word of Truth deep in your spirit. Understanding the Bible by intellect alone is religious knowledge. Knowing Jesus Christ because he has been revealed in your spirit by the Holy Spirit is worshiping in spirit and truth. This is a step that other belief systems try to produce by teaching that you have “divine” power of your own accord. They deny that a huge sacrifice was required to open the door that we might be restored to a relationship with the Divine.
Views of who Jesus Christ is:
Buddhism – Man, Wise and enlightened man who taught similar things to the Buddha.
Hinduism – Man/god, Incarnation of God akin to Krishna, or wise man.
Islam – Man, True prophet sent by God, but superseded by Muhammad.
Mormonism – Man, Son of God, Savior, originally one of the spirit beings that all humans used to be. Has a physical body.
Universalism – Man, Great teacher, faith-healer, "incarnation of God's love."
New Age, Free Masonry, Theosophy, Kabbalah – Man, Great teacher who understood earth energy like other great religious leaders.
Christianity – Fully man/fully God, Incarnation of God, second person of the Trinity, Son of God, Savior.
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood. 1 John 4:4-6
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. 1 John 2:20
Rather, let our lives lovingly express truth [in all things, speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly]. Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every way and in all things into Him Who is the Head, [even] Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). Eph 4:15 AMP
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The NEED FOR DISCERNMENT Series #7
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
THE NEED FOR DISCERNMENT Series #6
A Leap of Truth Through the Gospel of John
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 3:3
In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.
John 4:22-24
Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."
John 8:31-32
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "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 14:6
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 16:12-14
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you.
John 17:16-17
Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
John 18:37
Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me."
If anyone has trouble believing that Jesus Christ is the true Truth, they should ask in prayer for God to reveal this in their spirit and soul. If you genuinely want to know God you should seek him by asking for that revelation even if it takes more than once or over several days. Trust and wait. The Holy Spirit will meet you and make the truth known, and believing grows deeper and deeper.
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 3:3
In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.
John 4:22-24
Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."
John 8:31-32
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "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 14:6
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 16:12-14
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you.
John 17:16-17
Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
John 18:37
Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me."
If anyone has trouble believing that Jesus Christ is the true Truth, they should ask in prayer for God to reveal this in their spirit and soul. If you genuinely want to know God you should seek him by asking for that revelation even if it takes more than once or over several days. Trust and wait. The Holy Spirit will meet you and make the truth known, and believing grows deeper and deeper.
Monday, November 8, 2010
THE NEED FOR DISCERNMENT Series #5
Live By the Truth
But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." John 3:21
Let’s break down that verse because it has a great discernment message in it. We will work on the assumption that the true truth, the really, absolute true truth is Jesus Christ and a there is no other way to know the Almighty God-Creator of Heaven and Earth-who loves you with all of his massive heart.
If you “live by the truth” – This means that you know Jesus not just know about him. Even following the Bible’s commands religiously is not “knowing” Jesus, but knowing a lot about him. You get to know him by believing him; that what he says about himself is the true truth. Then you identify with him by making a commitment to form a trusting relationship with him. As you do that, by praying and asking him into your heart, he gives you the Holy Spirit to live and remain in your spirit.
“What he has done has been done through God” – Can you see that? God gives you part of Himself, the Holy Spirit, so that what you read in the Bible makes sense and then he empowers you to obey it and have your life changed by the truth from the inside out.
In other words, you don’t have what it takes in your own spirit and soul,or your own intellectual efforts to understand God or live by the truth until he, the Truth, lives within you.
“So that it may be seen plainly” – This is the value of discernment; that you see plainly or clearly. No confusion, no mixed messages, not serving two masters, and not being double-minded, just living by the truth.
The universal “truths” of Buddhism or New Age teachings would have you become one with the energy of the earth but they don’t take into consideration that you are becoming one with the Prince of the Power of the Air (Satan’s deceitfulness).
Jesus calls you to find your identity in him in order to become who God created you to be for His Kingdom purposes; eternal life with Him. You don't lose who you are but you become who you were meant to be by his powerful truth working in you.
"May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts..." Eph 3:17 AMP
But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." John 3:21
Let’s break down that verse because it has a great discernment message in it. We will work on the assumption that the true truth, the really, absolute true truth is Jesus Christ and a there is no other way to know the Almighty God-Creator of Heaven and Earth-who loves you with all of his massive heart.
If you “live by the truth” – This means that you know Jesus not just know about him. Even following the Bible’s commands religiously is not “knowing” Jesus, but knowing a lot about him. You get to know him by believing him; that what he says about himself is the true truth. Then you identify with him by making a commitment to form a trusting relationship with him. As you do that, by praying and asking him into your heart, he gives you the Holy Spirit to live and remain in your spirit.
“What he has done has been done through God” – Can you see that? God gives you part of Himself, the Holy Spirit, so that what you read in the Bible makes sense and then he empowers you to obey it and have your life changed by the truth from the inside out.
In other words, you don’t have what it takes in your own spirit and soul,or your own intellectual efforts to understand God or live by the truth until he, the Truth, lives within you.
“So that it may be seen plainly” – This is the value of discernment; that you see plainly or clearly. No confusion, no mixed messages, not serving two masters, and not being double-minded, just living by the truth.
The universal “truths” of Buddhism or New Age teachings would have you become one with the energy of the earth but they don’t take into consideration that you are becoming one with the Prince of the Power of the Air (Satan’s deceitfulness).
Jesus calls you to find your identity in him in order to become who God created you to be for His Kingdom purposes; eternal life with Him. You don't lose who you are but you become who you were meant to be by his powerful truth working in you.
"May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts..." Eph 3:17 AMP
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