Truth…The Basis of Belief

 

“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.”

Albert Einstein

John 8:43-47

     “Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word.  “You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. “But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me. “Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me? “He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”

(NASB95)

In John  Chapter 14: vs 16-17 Jesus promised us a “Helper” ( The Holy Spirit) whose nature was described for us by Jesus as, “The Spirit of Truth.” The Spirit of Truth abides in each of us, and with each of us. He is an internal assurance and an outward witness of God’s truth in each of us.

Today’s world cannot receive the Holy Spirit of Truth. Christ told us that they could not see Him or know Him.  That means that truth only abides within the hearts of those that walk with The Holy Spirit and as Jesus said in John 16:13, it is because “The Spirit guides us into “ALL” truth.

The Holy Spirit will give us guidance for today and will give us knowledge of what is yet to come. That is why “Truth” is tied so tightly to “Hope.” We have confidence because the Holy Spirit is God’s lifeline for us while we are here. Do you “Love” the Truth? John 4:24 says it all, “God is Spirit and all who worship Him must worship Him in “Spirit and in “Truth…God Bless

Pastor William