John 8:32 "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
Truth -- that which is real -- is under incredible assault today. Our postmodern culture and even many within the professing church do not believe absolute truth is knowable or even that it exists. Yet Scripture is clear on this matter. Not only can we discern the truth, but it is something that GOD expects us to understand. Our eternal destiny depends upon the ability to know with certainty what the Scriptures declare.
Biblical Truth is "That which is sure, reliable, firm, stable, lasting, perpetual, faithful; probity, uprightness, and integrity"; additionally, it is "dependability, upright in thought and deed." In other words, it is whatever conforms to GOD's nature, person, and WORD. Authentic Christianity, taught by JESUS HIMSELF, is fact (John 16:12-15; Ephesians 4:21).
Truth is reality -- as opposed to merely being a deceptive appearance of reality. When we share the message about the person and work of JESUS CHRIST, we must not hide it behind "flattering words" or a "cloak" (1st.Thessalonians 2:5). As we witness to the lost, we must take care not to deceive people or attempt to impress them with pseudo-intellectual insights. We have important, consequential truths to clearly and boldly declare: ALL are sinners (Romans 3:23) who will one day die and subsequently face the Righteous JUDGE (Romans 6:23; Hebrews 9:27); after death, man has no second chance to be saved from sin's price. Only one way of deliverance exists from the penalty, power, and ultimately the very presence of sin: Man must put his complete faith in JESUS CHRIST -- HIS substitutionary death on the cross and HIS resurrection from the grave -- for the forgiveness of sin. No other way to GOD is possible, and that is "the truth" (John 14:6 pictured above). GDF
Your servant in CHRIST,
Julie
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