You
Shall Know the Truth!
Jesus
said to those who believed in 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" John 8:31,
32.
If you
abide in My word, you are My disciples and you will know the
truth!
Where
does truth come from? From God, and our Creator! "In
the beginning God created the heavens and the earth... and
everything in it… Then God said, 'Let Us make man in
Our image, according to Our likeness'… So God created
man in His own image; in the image of God He created him;
male and female He created them. Then God blessed them and
said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and
subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the
birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on
the earth'" Genesis 1:1, 26-28.
How do
we learn what is truth? From the Word of God shared with us
by His messengers. "All Scripture is given by inspiration
of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction,
for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may
be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work"
2 Timothy 3:16, 17. "Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God."
A quotation from Jesus in Matthew 4:4, and from Moses in Deuteronomy
8:3.
Who specifically
is our Creator? "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…
"He
was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and
the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own
did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them
He gave the right to become children of God, to those who
believe in His name; who were born, not of blood, nor of the
will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
"And
the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have beheld
His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,
full of grace and truth.
"John
bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, 'This was He of
whom I said, "He who comes after me is preferred before
me, for He was before me." ' And of His fullness we have
all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through
Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ"
John 1:1-4, 10-15.
The Truth
comes to us from God the Father through Jesus Christ. "If
anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will
love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
He who does not love me does not keep My words; and the word
which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me"
John 14:23, 24.
Jesus
reinforces the messages of truth that come through Him from
the Father when He said, "I am the way, the truth, and
the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me"
John 14:6.
Summary:
We receive the truth about God and our Creator through reading
and studying the Word of God in the Scriptures. "If you
abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall
know the truth!"
Who do
we receive the truth from? From God through a study of the
Scriptures and from His Helper, the Holy Spirit that He has
promised to those who love and obey Him. John 14:15-24.
What
does the truth shared with us by God and Jesus Christ do for
us? Stay tuned, "The Truth Shall Make You Free!"
Plus a whole lot more…
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