God and His Word Are Truth - 19 April 2007

19 April 07

Rhema Inspiration

Is God truth? Is His Word truth? The Bible gives us visible evidence that God and His Word are truth. If the Bible is correct in this area, then both God and His Word are truth. If the Bible is not correct in this area, then who and what is truth? If one believes that the Bible is only partial truth, then which part is truth? It seems that if someone decides that the Bible is only partial truth, then they become the one to decide what truth is and what truth is not. This seems to put man in charge, and that is what secular humanism is all about anyway. Man ultimately becomes a god. Everything becomes relative, and there are no absolutes. It does not matter whether it is the people of the world doing this or the people of the Church, the outcome is the same. There is no absolute truth, and everyone becomes a decider of what is and what is not truth. Truth becomes subjective and not objective.

Some Christians still seem to be concerned about what is going on in the world. True disciples should first be concerned about what is going on in the Church. After all, we are the ones to be salt and light. We are the ones to lift up Jesus and minister His gospel of the kingdom into the entire world as a witness (Matthew 24:14). When I look around, it is the Church that has divided up the Word of God. The lost don’t believe anyway; that is why they are lost. When they do believe for salvation, they then have to choose which part of the Church they are going to be a part of. With their choice come the doctrines of the Bible that their part of the Church has decided to keep and not keep. That is why we are so weak in making a real difference in the world. Oh, we like to dress like the world and act like the world on Sunday morning and pat ourselves on the back because people start coming. They can have their second cup of coffee and a donut while listening to the preacher. That is deception from the same one who sent the serpent into the garden.

Any newly born-again person who becomes part of a local church, whether it is part of a denomination or not, should be taught the basics of the Word found in Hebrews 6:1 and 2 and then go on to maturity in the Word by being taught the meat of the Word. We all should have the same curriculum. How much more simple can it be? When we finally get to this place, we will also be at the place pictured in Ephesians 4. We will be a Church in the unity of faith, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against us. I wish every believer had the determination and the courage to find out what the Bible really teaches. When they do, we will have the beginnings of restoration, revival, and awakening. It may have to start from the congregation because it does not seem to be happening from the pulpit. The pulpit is largely responsible for making things the way they are. We need real mature and true apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. We need disciples who will settle for nothing less. Will you be one?

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BIBLICAL APPLICATION:

Sanctify them [purify, consecrate, separate them for Yourself, make them holy] by the Truth; Your Word is Truth. Just as You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. And so for their sake and on their behalf I sanctify (dedicate, consecrate) Myself, that they also may be sanctified (dedicated, consecrated, made holy) in the Truth. John 17:17-19 AMP

Pastor Wayne Wilson

New Covenant Church of Jesus Christ

3147 Klondike Road, SW, Conyers, GA 30094 USA

770-760-1101

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