Ephesians 6:10-20
Truth
Truth is the foundation for the rest of the armor. It is what holds the armor together sealing our armor so no darts can pass through it. We need to know what truth is so we can identify what it is that we need to envelope ourselves in. A man of truth will be a man who has the fear of God. (Exodus 18:21)
Truth is the nature of God; it is an absolute fact or idea. Without God and if we could still exist, we would have no truth and we would be left with a changing untrustworthy world. The fact that the world is changing and is untrustworthy in its present state does not indicate that God does not exist; but rather that the world has gone its own way. The farther humanity gets from God, the more erratic it gets. (Romans 1)
Nature itself receives its commands from God, with the exception of humanity, and follows God's commands so we are able to determine the patterns in which it moves. Humanity, on the other hand, has been given the right to choose his own actions, even though the destiny for those actions are pre-determined.
The reason for being created with a choice is, when we choose to follow God, the amount of Glory He gets from us is more than if we are forced to follow Him. Sadly, however, many are not fulfilling their created purpose.
John 1:1
Psalm 119:1-16
3 John 4
The joy that God gives us when we follow His commands is unmatched by any other, and it will only come from doing His will. We can just obey His commands or we can obey them from the deepest part of our heart. Our obedience should be out of gratitude for the escape that God has provided.
The truth of God is absolute and cannot be changed, so are we going to go along with it , or are we going to ignore it?
- Seek the Truth Jeremiah 5:1
- Walk in Truth 1 Kings 2:4
- Speak the Truth Psalm 15:2, Acts 26:25
- Work in Truth Psalm 33:4, John 3:21
- Worship in Truth John 4:24
- Keep the Truth Isaiah 26:2
- Teach The Truth Matthew 22:6
- Rejoice in Truth 1 Corinthians 13:6
- Continue in Truth 2 Thessalonians 2:1
- Believe the Truth 2 Thessalonians 2:13
- Know the Truth John 8:32
- Obey the Truth 1 Peter 1:22
When Jesus was on trial before Pilate, He was asked "what is truth"? Truth is what Jesus came to bear witness of, for truth is what He is.
Jesus told His disciples "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life". John 14:6 By declaring "I am the Truth" Jesus was saying "I am full of truth, and without me truth does not exist".
Denying the truth in our life will result in believing a lie, and then you will become a dying individual with death on your breath, and then you will succumb to it in its entirety. Jesus told the Pharisee leaders that they were of their father the devil because of their belief in a lie. John 8:44 We cannot claim God as our Father and believe a lie.
Jesus Christ (the Truth) needs to be folded or wrapped around our lives. When we make truth a part of our lives, we will begin to live. Spiritual death will never follow truth! Mortal wounds come from not being covered or not having truth wrapped around you properly
John 8:32
Sin has kept each one of our hearts in bondage from birth which magnifies over time. The longer we remain in bondage to sin, we will find a stronger chain that needs broken.
Proverbs 23:23
Truth, like a precious jewel, is to be sought after and never to be sold! We have a tendency to sell truth cheap by selling it for a little bit of "fun" disregarding it and our "fun's" consequences.
Too many times we compromise the truth because it doesn't fit into our agenda. When we do this, we are living/walking in a lie, and God cannot bless our spiritual life.
Esau, Jacob's brother sold truth for a bowl of soup. The birthright belonged to Esau as the oldest son, but because he allowed his flesh to get in the way, he lost everything that could have been precious to him. The Bible says that he sought repentance with tears.
Once we sell the truth, we have become a sinner and need a Savior to redeem us from our life of destruction.
Psalm 103:4
The fruits of a person caught up in a lie are in line with Romans 1 and Galatians 5:19-21 and are a stench in the nostrils of God and His people.
Romans 1 says that darkness will begin to follow those who do not follow truth. Once we start down the path of rejecting truth we become disillusioned by the apparitions and the shadows will encompass us to the point of totally losing our way.
If we have followed any thing other than truth, we have followed a lie and need to repent of it for it is sin.
We must apply truth to our life if we expect to live a victorious life. It is through truth that we are redeemed. It is through truth that we are kept from evil. It is through truth that we have the strength to live in truth. If we live in truth, we will die in truth and our souls will then live forever with truth, and in truth.
Our agenda needs to be yielded to the Lordship of Jesus Christ!
