Without the truth we are liars
The truth is so important, life important. Everlasting life important and we have to know the truth, follow the truth, believe in the truth, the truth has to be in us, right?
Without the truth we are liars and I don't know about you but I don't want to be a liar.
Without the truth we don't walk in the light, we walk in darkness.
Read the following...
1 John
{1:5} This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
{1:6} If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth
{1:7} But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
{1:8} If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
{1:9} If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
{1:10} If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
God is light.
In Him is NO darkness at all.
If we say we fellowship with him and walk in darkness, we lie!
We can't walk in darkness, we can't choose evil over good as a way of life and revel in the darkness, the evil, the ways we know aren't of God, we just can't. Yes, we get caught up in sin, we do sin and just as the word says...
If we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
We aren't sinless we can't believe that we are, we know we're not sinless but even so we have to hope in Christ.
If we confess our sins HE is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness.
Jesus will save us, eternal life is ours and it's the hope we have. Some people say we're deceived that religion is a fallacy, that it deceives and makes people fools. Some say that it's a dangerous fairy tale to hope in Christ, to stop living for here and now and live for the promised life to come. Those people are the ones deceived and they're deceiving themselves and stealing a life of hope and living here and now in such a way it is so incredibly better than life any other way. Tell me what the difference is for one who thinks this life now is all we have and one who hopes in a better life? If this is all there is then it's a lousy hope isn't it? Pain, suffering, heartache, sickness, the one surety they say of life is death. Is that a good way to believe? Does it gives a sense of satisfaction some how? Can pride be taken in believing that you aren't being duped by religion? Is that pride and supposed superiority something that gives you hope? At best it gives a temporary good feeling that won't last long, even if it lasts your lifetime it's not long, not in the grand scheme of things. The hope we have as Christians, the hope we have believing in a life everlasting is so much better, than not hoping. You can live a life of love in Christ now and in the future. Being a Christian and living in hope isn't stupidity, it isn't deception it only enriches our lives now in this world and prepares us for everlasting life.
We need to walk in the light of Christ, confessing our sins, being cleansed from unrighteousness. We can't walk in darkness and claim Jesus.
May God help us to follow the truth and walk in the light. We don't want to be liars, we don't want to be deceived, we don't want to live in unrighteousness. May God help us all now and always and may the blood of Jesus Christ cleanse us all.
Amen.
12/02/09
Rev 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
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a·bom·i·na·tion (e-bòm´e-nâ¹shen) noun
1. Abhorrence; disgust.
2. A cause of abhorrence or disgust.
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ab·hor·rence (àb-hôr¹ens, -hòr¹-) noun
1. One that is disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
2. A feeling of repugnance or loathing.
Working something disgusting, something loathsome, repellent... repugnant. What's more loathsome than sin?
Sin...
Something regarded as being shameful, deplorable, or utterly wrong.
Working abomination, defiling -
1. To make filthy or dirty; pollute: defile a river with sewage.
2. To debase the pureness or excellence of; corrupt: a country landscape that was defiled by urban sprawl.
3. To profane or sully (a good name, for example).
4. To make unclean or unfit for ceremonial use; desecrate: defile a temple.
5. To violate the chastity of.
Lying-
1. A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood.
2. Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression.
ANYTHING that defiles, works abomination, or lies will not enter God's Holy City.
We tend to immediately shake our heads and say no way, we wouldn't defile anything, we wouldn't work any abominations, and we wouldn't lie. We're not among the evil. These are all good things, realizing that we're not those who will be kept out of God's glorious Holy City. There is one more prerequisite though, our name has to be written in the book of life.
Rev 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Rev 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Rev 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
We are told when we are born again we will see the kingdom of God.
Joh 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
When we are born again it's logical to assume we are written into the Lamb's Book of Life. No, this isn't advocating 'once saved always saved' because you can have your name taken out of the Book of Life.
Rev 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Our names can be blotted out.
Rev 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
By the grace and mercy of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ may we have our names written in the Book of Life and never blotted out. By His righteousness, by His love may we find life everlasting.
Amen.
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