How important is the truth to you?

[Reinitin]

pretty important

9 The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders,10 and with every unrighteous deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth in order to be saved. 11 For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe what is false, 12 so that all will be condemned—those who did not believe the truth but enjoyed unrighteousness.

John 8:44 [Full Chapter]

You are of your father the Devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of liars.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.

[simplejeff]

17 minutes ago, Reinitin said:

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.

.....  Like King David, seek always for a TRUE WITNESS;  honest person who will not lie.

 

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Psalm 101:7 (CJB) No deceitful person can live in my house; no liar can be my ... Psalm 101:7 (GNT) No liar will live in my palace; no hypocrite will remain in my ......  

A Psalm of David.

101 

I will sing of [steadfast] lovingkindness and justice;
To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.

2 

I will behave wisely and follow the way of integrity.
When will You come to me?
I will walk in my house in integrity and with a blameless heart.

3 

 

A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will not tolerate evil.

 

My eyes will be on the faithful (honorable) of the land, that they may dwell with me;
He who walks blamelessly is the one who will minister to and serve me.
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He who practices deceit will not dwell in my house;
He who tells lies and half-truths will not continue [to remain] in my presence.
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Morning after morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land,
That I may cut off from the city of the Lord all those who do evil.

Amplified Bible (AMP)

Do Not Be Anxious About Your Life excerpt from SEPTEMBER 2, 1984..John piper on Matthew 6:24-34

There are some kings who find it very effective to keep their subjects in constant anxiety. If the people are anxious about their life, and worry about where their next meal is coming from, then perhaps they will be more willing to do the king's bidding in order to get the food they need from the king's storehouse. Anxiety keeps them in their place. Fear makes the monarchy firm.

God's Kingship and the Anxiety of His People

But one of the greatest things about Jesus is that he does not want his people to be anxious. The main point of today's text is that God does not secure his kingship by cultivating anxiety. On the contrary, the aim of God's kingship is to free us from anxiety. God doesn't need to keep us anxious in order to establish his power and superiority. Instead he exalts his power and superiority by working to take away our anxiety.

If you are born again; if you have turned away from sin and are following Jesus as Lord in the obedience of faith, his will for you this morning is that you not be anxious about anything, but that you enjoy deep serenity and peace and security. Jesus spoke these words inMatthew 6:24–34 precisely for you—to help you overcome whatever is making you anxious this morning.

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“Bible with Cross Shadow,” David Campbell, Flickr C.C.

I wanted to ask an honest question. It’s partly a loaded question, but partly a recognition that my experience isn’t universal. If you’re a Christian who likes to talk about “submitting to the Bible’s authority” and “obeying what the Bible teaches,” what is the last time that you made a life decision based directly on something you read in the Bible? I’m not talking about the decision to put something on your facebook status or share a meme that sounds “biblical,” but an actual life decision that altered your behavior.

On January 3, 2016 at 4:01 PM, completedbeliever1 said:

 Except for that no matter what, truth will always be truth, and taste will always be an opinion.  There is really no room for our opinion, because opinions always cloud the truth. 

 

[Omegaman 3.0]

On 1/8/2016 at 0:29 PM, other one said:

"When Jesus was talking after his resurrection and asked Peter if he loved him three times......    Why did it bother Peter so much at the third question?   Why did he answer so differently?

Perhaps, because the third question Jesus asked was slightly different, and Peter, was sort of answering a different question, than was asked of his the first 2 times. Seek to peek at the Greek!

Peter, do you love agapas  me?

Lord, you know I love philō  you!

Peter, do you love agapas  me?

Lord, you know I love philō  you!

Peter, do you love phileis  me?

Lord, you know all things, you know I philō  you!

I'll leave it to you, to decide if that is significant.

 

[other one]

4 hours ago, Omegaman 3.0 said:

Perhaps, because the third question Jesus asked was slightly different, and Peter, was sort of answering a different question, than was asked of his the first 2 times. Seek to peek at the Greek!

Peter, do you love agapas  me?

Lord, you know I love philō  you!

Peter, do you love agapas  me?

Lord, you know I love philō  you!

Peter, do you love phileis  me?

Lord, you know all things, you know I philō  you!

I'll leave it to you, to decide if that is significant.

 

Not exactly salvation changing and can be petty actually, but is a very good example of translation problems.....  It really does give a different impression as to what bothered peter...    Is it significant.....   perhaps only if you believe every single word of an English translation is accurate.

[Omegaman 3.0]

On 3/30/2016 at 3:30 AM, other one said:

Is it significant.....   perhaps only if you believe every single word of an English translation is accurate.

That is an interesting response, considering I was drawing particular attention to the differences in the Greek, not any English translation!

Also sort of interesting because unless I misunderstand what you were saying, you made the same point I did, in your post of Jan 9th, sorry that I did not see that first.

[Reinitin]

pretty important. 

[seeking the lost]

Truth and love of the truth are very important.  There is a warning in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 that tells us plainly that if we do not love the truth we will be caused to believe a lie in order that condemnation will be just.  It is God who will cause them to be deceived.

 ⁹ The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, ¹⁰ and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. ¹¹ And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, ¹² that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Just an observation, loving doctrine is not necessarily the same as loving truth.

[Guest Robert]

12 hours ago, Bluebird said:

Yes, He will, but not all at once. Removing unbelief is a process, because of the layers of hurt and lies that are at the heart of unbelief...

Good point, Bluebird: the Lord is the Great Physician, and like any good surgeon, He proceeds carefully lest He kill the patient with shock.

Edited July 21, 2016 by RobertS

[KPaulG]

That's a question we should all ask ourselves:

How important is the truth to me?

[Leonardo Von]

On 5/19/2015 at 9:19 PM, angels4u said:

Questions:

How important is the gospel truth to you?

Why will understanding the true gospel produce anger at the false gospels?

What other gospels do you find that are easy for you to believe and why?

What are some modern false  gospel dangers our church could easily fall for?

Read vs 10: When you live to please only God and not people ,how does that change everything?

 

Jesus +anything else =nothing.

Jesus and _______nothing (no rules or laws) =everything.

If we love Jesus we would want to do things +live for Jesus.

 

           Hi Angels4u,

           Graça and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

           In consideration to your questions, I wrote this post:

How important is the gospel truth to you?

 

The truth has a value compared with gold and silver:

 

• ·         “Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [ and ] liftest up thy voice for understanding; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [ for ] hid treasures; then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.” (Prov 2.3-5).
• “Happy [ is ] the man [ that ] findeth wisdom, and the man [ that ] getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it [ is ] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She [ is ] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.” (Prov 3.13-15).

 

So what so that we are instructed to obtain it at any cost:

 

• ·         “Wisdom [ is ] the principal thing; [ therefore ] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.” (Prov 4.7).
•  “Buy the truth, and sell [ it ] not; [ also ] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.” (Prov 23.23).

 

Nevertheless, as gave itself with the Galatians, many go to Christ thinking about pleasuring men and being well succeed in this world (1Cor 15.19).

 

·         “Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)” (Gal 1.1).

 

·         “Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:” (Gal 1.4).

 

esus gave Himself to deliver us from system that rule the world, so that we don’t need to sell the character and Word of Jesus (accepting the mark of the beast – Rev 13.16,17).

To this, the Eternal called us into the grace of Christ:

 

·         “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:” (Gal 1.6).

 

Unfortunately, the people insist in believing in the power of the law to maintain the decency and order in the Church (see 1Cor 14.40) and society, when the correct is, instead of trying to find the guilty, to embrace the Grace of Christ and, then, to show how the Love and Truth present in His glory is greater than all the sin of the humanity (Rom 5.16,17,20).

 

Why will understanding the true gospel produce anger at the false gospels?

• ·         And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.” (John 3.19-21).

 

What other gospels do you find that are easy for you to believe and why?

 

Whatever “gospel” that leads them to feel like gods is easier. It was so in Eden (Gn 3.5) and will be in this last days (Rev 13.3,4,8).

 

What are some modern false gospel dangers our church could easily fall for?

The true Church never ever will be confounded:

 

• ·         “For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.” (Rom 10.11).

 

The heresies and wickedness will serve to manifestation of Jesus’ glory in Her:

 

• ·         “[ What ] if God, willing to shew [ his ] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,” (Rom 9.22,23).
• ·         “For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.” (1Cor 11.18,19).

 

Read vs 10: When you live to please only God and not people, how does that change everything?

 With our identity defined: the wicked ones will hate us and the righteous will hear us and keep what we say.

 

• ·          “If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.” (John 15.19,20).
•   “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [ them ]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” (2Cor 6.14-16).

 

Our life really will make difference where we are. After all, it is sad to see the things to happen and can’t do nothing about it.

Finally:

• ·         Jesus + anything else =nothing.
• ·         Jesus and more nothing (no rules or laws) =everything.
• ·         If we love Jesus we will want to live for Jesus (1John 4.9) and to let Him to live His life in us (Gal 2.20).

Edited October 1, 2016 by Leonardo Von