Truth

God is the God of truth while Satan is the father of lies, and we have been lied to our whole lives.

We think we must rely on big government for our protection and our needs, but that is a lie.

We think we must rely on big corporations for our jobs, but that is a lie.

We think that a job is the only way to make money and provide the income we need to pay our bills, buy our groceries and fuel our cars, but that is a lie.

We think that this is the only type of economy available for a free people, but that is a lie.

We think that the only cheap energy is nuclear power plants for our electricity and gasoline for our cars, but that is a lie.

We think that government is looking out for our needs and the needs of the average American, but that is a lie.

We think that in order to live the “good life,” to have a respectable and fulfilling life full of the amenities and clothes and lifestyle we have been told will make us happy, we must go to school, get good grades so we can get a good job, but that is a lie.

We think we must work our whole lives just so we can begin truly living the lifestyle we choose only after we retire, but that is a lie.

We think big banks and the rich and powerful are operating under the same rules we are and that they are not nor have they bent the rules nor manipulated the system to benefit only themselves, but that’s a lie.

We think that the avenues of fear we have today, perpetuated by the big media and our government are a natural state of our current human history, but that is a lie.

We think that those we trust to watch over us, the authorities, the rich and powerful and our government have only the needs and welfare of the average person at heart, but that is a lie.

None of these things are true. We have been tricked, lied to and manipulated into believing that reliance on the powers that be, big government, the Federal Reserve, Wall Street, the stock market, big corporations and big banks are the only ways to live, to assure our freedoms and liberties, to protect ourselves from the wolves in the night and from the terrorists and countless other evils of our modern era. We have been told that reliance on others for our food, our energy, our gasoline, our health and our survival is a necessity for us to preserve our way of life, but all that is a lie.

We have been taught that the complexity of our current civilization, the sin and evil, the sexual immorality, the drugs and gangs and endless wars are all just the way the world is today and yet, nothing could be further from the truth.

God wants us to rely solely on Him for our every need and He has promised to fulfill those needs if we only put Him first. And He will provide us with our needs, He will provide us with our safety, He will protect us from the evil and crime and drugs that threaten each of us and He will help us through our darkest hour of need regardless of how deep the darkness, how powerful the evil or how thoroughly we seem to be trapped because there is no power on Heaven or Earth or the entire universe that can compare to a God who can create it all with just a few words from His lips: “Let there be light.”

The Deceiver has taught us that truth is subjective, but truth is not subjective.

The Deceiver has taught us that each of us is inherently alone within our own lives, our own conditions and circumstances and within our own bodies but we are not alone because God knows every hair of our head and calls each of our tears by name. He is closer to us than we are. He knows us better than we do. He is more intimate with our bodies than any of us ever could be. We are not alone, we are a family of the most powerful being in existence and we have inherited the wealth, riches, happiness, joy and gladness of His kingdom – if we only believe that that is true. Yet, we have been tricked, we have been manipulated and we have been lied into believing that that is not true.

We are not alone, we are family; we are brothers and sisters in Christ. Jesus is our head and Lord and Master. We can overcome any struggle, resolve any problem, restore any lost hope and replenish any lost faith when we rebuild, reconnect and reintegrate ourselves to God through His Son, Jesus.

Truth is not subjective, it is objective and cannot be bent, swayed or manipulated to fit some situation, to smooth over a problem or to heal a nation where the truth is anything but.

Truth is not something we hear on the radio, watch on TV, see on Youtube, read about on Facebook or our local newspaper. Truth is not something our friends tell us nor is it the gossip we hear at work. Truth is what we know when we hear it from the voice of God speaking to us in our heart through the Holy Spirit and Jesus His son.

Truth is not something that can be sold, bought or manipulated to meet some hidden agenda, it can only be discerned by Christians relying on the voice of Jesus and the wisdom of God.

We cannot hide from the truth. We cannot bend the truth to suit our needs, we cannot use the truth to our own ends. Many will try and many will seem to succeed, temporarily, but when Jesus returns, when Jesus takes up residence in your heart, the truth will be made clear and you will know the truth.

Truth is not something we make up – truth is that which is and when we earnestly, honestly, sincerely and humbly go searching for the truth, God has promised us we will find it and what we find will be God.

Truth is that which is and that which is is God.

You now have a choice to make, right here and right now. I don’t know what path you have been on, that’s between you and God, but I do know that right now, in this room, at this moment, you are faced with a choice. Before you there stand two doors. One door is labeled “Truth” the other is labeled “Lies.” One door opens to darkness, one door opens to light. One door leads to love, the other door leads to fear. One door leads to hope, the other door leads to hopelessness. Behind one door are the dreams of a better tomorrow, behind the second door are the continued nightmares of today. What door will you choose? Your decision is now, today, at this moment; the Holy Spirit is calling you – right here and right now – to make a decision. What decision will you make? What door will you choose?

We all agree that this nation is on the wrong path, but there are many different opinions on what path this nation should be on. There are many candidates and politicians and people of every stripe and color who claim that the problems of this nation can only be resolved in light of the continued separation of church and state. But that is a lie, that is a myth perpetuated by our Great Adversary. The deep conflicts confronting this land cannot be solved through the minds of man or the works of his hands. They can only be resolved through the wisdom of God and the works of His people. God says “Return to me and I will restore your land.” That’s a promise. God keeps His promises. As a nation we have a choice. Either we continue our march away from God and move farther into darkness or we stop, we turn around and we begin the journey back to God, back into light.

I cannot make your decision for you, I cannot tell you what path to travel or what door to open, I cannot invoke this nation upon any particular path, I cannot lay claim to you or your house or the decision you make, but as for me and my house, I choose God!