Love of the
Truth
Now
Think On This
Steve
Martin
“For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.
The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” (2 Thessalonians 2:7-10 (NKJV)
In a classic quote many of you have
heard spoken on the big screen, from over 20 years ago in the movie, A Few Good Men (1992), Col. Nathan R. Jessep
(Jack Nicholson) responded to the fierce questioning of military lawyer Lt.
Daniel Kaffee's (Tom Cruise) with
this outburst, “You can’t handle the truth!”
Seems
like it was a prophetic word recorded back then, as in today’s world truth is
what many would consider is whatever you want it to be. Because the one
foundational, solid, eternal Word of God has been rejected and replaced with man’s
contemporary knowledge, whatever you say, whenever you say it, is now taken as
the “gospel truth”, whether it is or not. Many times it is simply a lie.
As the
Gospel has been watered down in many assemblies on each Sunday morning, lack of
knowing the truth has left a void for anything solid on which to stand on.
Therefore, as the tide rolls in and rolls out, as public opinion goes, so does
the beach sand on which it flows over.
In Matthew 7:24-27 there are two
foundations which Jesus describes, as He graphically reveals what will result,
when each building choice is challenged. Did we build on the solid rock or sand?
“Therefore everyone
who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise
man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods
came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it
did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.
Everyone who hears these
words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who
built his house on the sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and
the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its
fall.”
Jesus clearly states
that rejection of truth, found only in His word, will result in a great fall,
when the times of testing come for each person. Either from lack of knowledge
or from an earlier specific choice that was made, what happens in each trial experienced
will prove the existence of faith in the Son or not.
Our Lord says that each foundation
will be tested. Our “house”, that which consists of our spirit, soul and body, will
either stand or fall apart, based on decisions we made in the building process,
to do our own thing, go the way of the world, or choose the solid truth of the
Almighty God’s written Word, as found in the Bible.
Those
who had chosen to love the truth will have the ability to withstand the wearing
down that comes in trials. Their bedrock faith will be revealed, while even
growing more, through those testing times.
Love
of the truth will protect us from unrighteous deception, lying wonders, and
acts of Satan. We will be able to see through the fog that others have allowed
to cover them. We will be able to know what is counterfeit, and what is true.
Our discernment will be sharp.
I
encourage you to go deeper in your pursuit in getting to know Him Who is Faithful
and Ture. Hearing Yeshua’s voice, reading His Word, receiving sound teaching, and
walking in obedience will keep your heart, mind and spirit prepared to
challenge the lies of the enemy that come daily.
We
will especially need to know God’s biblical truth in order to resist falsehood
and stand strong in these end times.
Now
think on this,
Steve Martin
P.S. I would be
most grateful if you'd share this encouraging word with your family and
friends. They might need it. You can easily use the social media icons below.
Thanks! Steve
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Now Think On This - In the year of our Lord 12.05.15 - #216,
“Love of the Truth ” – Saturday at 6:30
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encouraging word with your family and friends. You can easily use the social
media icons below. Thanks! Steve
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