Tell Me The Truth!. Many don’t want to be told the truth because the majority are in conflict with...

Tell Me The Truth!

Many don’t want to be told the truth because the majority are in conflict

with the truth

Tell Me The Truth!

Ahab & Micaiah1 Kings 22

1-6, Four hundred of Ahab’s prophets say go and you will be victorious

7-8, Jehoshaphat: Is there any other prophet that we may ask? Ahab: Micaiah, but I hate him

9-12, Zedekiah the sensationalist, many choose emotionalism over truth

13-15, Peer pressure 16, Tell me nothing but the truth (NKJV) 18, Didn’t want the truth…wanted lies!

Truth represents reality; truth is what exists

Fadism represents vanity, fantasy God is the personification of truth

(Rom. 1:25) Jesus: “I am the way, the truth” (Jn. 14:6),

“Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice” (Jn. 18:37,38)

Many Reject Truth Because...

Truth in the GospelNot “isms”

John 1:17, “...grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”

John 16:13, “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak…”

Eph. 1:13, “…you heard the word of truth…” Jas. 1:18, “…forth by the word of truth” 1 Pet. 1:22, “…in obeying the truth…”

The Nature of Truth

It is narrow (Mt. 7:13-14) It is firm (John 3:20-21) It is consistent (2 Cor. 1:18-20) It is objective & consists of the whole

counsel of God (John 17:17)

EFFECTS: Makes us Free! (John 8:32-36) From lies, superstition, ignorance, philosophy

Our Reception of Truth

Buy it and sell it not (Prov. 23:23) Obey it, at any cost (Lk. 14:26) Receive it as it is (1 Thess. 2:13) Love it (2 Thess. 2:10,12,13) Change your life not the truth (Rom.

12:2) For all men (1 Tim. 2:4)

Our Practice of Truth

Suffer its consequences (1 Kgs. 22:27)

Worship by it (Jn. 4:23-24) Defend it (Gal. 2:5) Do not be hindered (Gal. 5:7) Speak it in love (Eph. 4:15) Always wear it (Eph. 6:14) Support it (1 Tim. 3:15; 3 Jn. 8)

Our Practice of Truth

Always preach it, don’t make excuses for it (2 Tim. 4:2-4)

Don’t willfully reject it (Heb. 10:26) Don’t stray from it (Jas. 5:19) Be established in it (2 Pet. 1:12) Don’t speak evil of it (2 Pet. 2:2) Walk in it (live it) (3 John 1:4)

Why Many Do Not Speak Truth

Do not want to confront, or make enemies (Jn. 8:40; Gal. 2:14; 4:16)

Corrupt minds (1 Tim. 6:5) Do not handle God’s word accurately

(2 Cor. 4:2; 2 Tim. 2:15,18,25)

Resisting truth (2 Tim. 3:7-8) Turn away from it (2 Tim. 4:4; Tit. 1:14)

Judgment Based On Truth!

“But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things” (Rom. 2:2,8)

When? “In the day when God will judge the

secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel” (Rom. 2:16)