Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Truth vs. Predictions

Matthew 24:35, Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.

I am constantly amazed at the attempts of satan to either discredit truth or in some cases he is even trying to annihilate truth. It is very important for Christians to refocus our attention on the Truth that is declared in the Word of God. These are the days in which we must be very careful as well as diligent to put our complete trust in God and not just our partial trust. We cannot afford to pick and choose the part of the Word of God that we want to believe. The modern world is treating the Bible as a "spiritual buffet"in which we pick and choose truth as someone would choose what entree or dessert they desired to eat. But take note of the declaration of Jesus revealed in today's scripture passage. It is important to realize and remember that many things will come and go and many things will change in our world but the Words of God "will by no means pass away."

I read an interesting quote from Beth Moore this morning that confirmed what I have been sensing in my heart during prayer. There is a struggle between Love and Truth in our day and time. There is the camp of believers who think that all we need to do is to love everyone and there is another camp of believers who desire to take the "hammer of truth" and drive people into the Kingdom of God. I personally believe that it will take the proper mixture/combination of Love and Truth to bring the correct results in the sight of God. Take a moment and focus on these words from Beth Moore.

“You will watch a generation of Christians – OF CHRISTIANS – set the Bible aside in an attempt to become more like Jesus. And stunningly it will sound completely plausible. This will be perhaps the cleverest of the devil’s schemes in your generation. Sacrificing TRUTH for LOVE’s sake. And you will rise or fall based upon whether you will sacrifice one for the other. Will you have the courage to live in the tension of both TRUTH & LOVE?” 

I am praying that God will fill me the proper "amount" of Love and Truth as I seek to please Him and lead others to Jesus Christ!!!

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