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Discovery of the inspired WORD of God and how it permeates our lives, serving as a guide and manual for living.
"I am the
way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through
me"
(John 14:6).
In this verse we
confirm Jesus' identity as the Truth. He is the only way to the Father, and His
truth is the foundation of our relationship with God.
We must have heard the statement: “Jesus
is not simply the embodiment of truth; He is the Truth. Sure, that is a statement of fact about
Truth, because, Truth is not a perception, idea, concept or a word construct. The
Bible tells us it is a Person” The statement emphasizes that Jesus is not just
a depiction or embodiment of truth, but He is the very essence and
personification of Truth itself. This means that Truth is not just a
philosophical concept, a moral code, or a set of principles, but a living,
breathing Person.
JESUS is the light of
the world (John 8:12) that illuminates our minds to see clearly the Truth as
against the lies and falsehood of Satan and his deceptive antics. C.S Lewis
once stated “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not
only because I see it but because by it I see everything else.” - “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”,
p.229, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
It is in Jesus, the
Truth and the Light, that we are able to apply the right judgement, the right
reasoning pattern, and the power of discerning what the truth is, from the
false. We gain the knowledge to interpret the situations, circumstances, events
and happenings that evolves around our world, placing them on the actuality of
truth.
Jesus is the Truth,
when we abide in Jesus (John 15:4) and He in us we gain the WORD by the Spirit
of truth aligning us to the right perspective and right reasoning as it is
applicable to the world around us. It is in the seeking of our Lord Jesus
Christ that we become a people of truth, then, as we remain intentional and
consistent in faithfulness to God through our devotional life, it becomes
difficult to fall for falsehood or become an advocate of misconstrued truth,
lies and deceptive antics of the enemy.
We ought to be aware
that our world today is polarized, people with their knowledge and philosophies
have broken up into divergent factions and groups, opposing the absoluteness of
Truth, making their standpoint and predicates that truth is subjective- whereas
truth is absolute because Truth is Jesus Christ.
Dictionary
meaning of truth: (Merriam Webster Dictionary)
I.
Truth is actuality of things, events and
fact.
II.
Truth is the state of being the case.
III.
Truth is a judgement, proposition or
Idea that is true or accepted as true.
IV.
Truth is sincerity in action, character
and utterance.
V.
Truth is being in accordance with fact.
The
Convergence – Truth and truth
However, in the context
of this piece, these can be perceived as fragments and reflections of the transcendence
of ultimate spiritual reality of the moral verity, revealed of Jesus in the
Scriptures. In essence, to be positioned in the frame of mind that believes
unwaveringly and accepts ‘truth as the sincerity in action, character and
utterance’ amidst the falsehood, lies, aberrance or deviance that our world is
utterly saturated, that mind must have been revealed of the absolute Truth from
the scriptures.
As Jesus Himself, said:
- "Sanctify them by the Truth; Your Word is Truth" (John 17:17).
Here, Jesus prayed that
His followers would be sanctified (set apart) by the truth of God's Word. We
should bear Truth as part of our character traits, upholding God's Word as the
ultimate standard of truth.
In summary:
"The Word became
flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the
one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth" (John
1:14).
Here, our attention is
called to the fact that Jesus is the Word of God; He is the personification of Truth.
He came from the Father, full of grace and truth, and His presence among us
reveals the glory of God.
Finally, the statement
"Jesus is not simply the embodiment of truth; He is the Truth"
reflects the biblical understanding that Jesus is the personification of truth,
the ultimate standard of truth, and the only way to the Father.
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Adam was given
instructions on the tree to eat from (Genesis 2:16-17) and his wife Eve, who
was equally and fully aware of these instructions (Genesis 3:2-3), disobeyed
and lured Adam to the sin of disobedience. Theirs was more devastating than
Abraham's, because they lost the glory of God and eviction from the beloved
Garden of Eden, their cherished home.
While waiting on
God we must know that the devil will/can always break in through our minds and
other willing avenues, for the married, the easiest and most accessible means
being their spouses, with the sole aim of making us do what God will not
approve of, so as to distant us from Him by the way of sin, and this will keep
us far from God's favour in our lives.
In the case of
Spouse, husbands are the head of the family and should guide the spirituality
of their wives tenaciously so that they can both be uninterruptedly faithful to
God otherwise, our enemy- the devil, will penetrate through the spiritually weak
one. Apart from spirituality, you should
watch her lifestyle too, because Eve wandered away far from Adam and met the
serpent- the devil and succumbed to his bidding, if she was at a close range, at
least Adam would have heard her voice and asked, "Dear, who are you talking
with"? Sometimes, we get blinded by love or the ideology of “Oh’ my wife
is my better half”, and then we lose guard on watching or taking charge of
certain areas of their lives. This journey of waiting on the LORD is the
hardest I can see in the journey of Christianity.
My point is that
you may be wondering why there seems to be delay to your prayers and why God is
silent on you? Whereas your lifestyle or that of your spouse is the reason God
is holding back, giving you an opportunity to return to him in repentance. Sometimes,
despite our seemly perfect and sinless Christian life of continuous obedience
to God in a consistent devotional life, unwavering faith and intentional flee
from all appearance of evil; answers to our prayers can unknowingly be delayed
by spiritual forces. Such forces and unique issues can be likened to
"Prince of Persia" (the special forces of evil- See Daniel 10:13). These are words that connote the presence of demonic
forces withholding in the spiritual realms our breakthrough and answers to our
prayers. Daniel prayed and called on God, unknown to him that forces were at
work, as revealed by angel Gabriel. (Daniel 10:13).
Now, this may be
your case, your prince of Persia could be unforgiveness, adultery, malice, anger,
hatred, hostility, wife-battery, husband-battery, divination (consulting mediums),
spiritual harlotry (visiting different religious houses), spiritual apathy
(lackadaisical attitude towards worship) etc. Living above this, calls for special
spiritual reinforcement and an intentional Christian lifestyle, both individual
and collectively as a household. We have Special Forces of demonic agents on special
assignments (Ephesians 6:12) to pull down families and individuals who are born
to do exploit for God. This is an undeniable reality, and if you choose to
deny, think again. Don't see yourself as every other church member who testifies
of how God delivered them from nightmares. NO! Yours could be an age long
spiritual attacks, needing a different course of action, to pray and live,
breaking walls of demonic, barriers, and obstacles in our lives and in the life
of our families. This comes with a concerted effort of intentional life of
righteousness and connectedness with Jesus Christ, with total obedience and
trust to the source of power (Jesus) above all forces of evil. Ephesians 6:10-13 “Finally, be strong in
the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you
can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle
is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the
authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual
forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you
may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.”
It is my prayer
that God, in His infinite Mercy, Power and Grace, will surely win our battles
and take all the glory. Amen.
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