Face The Truth!

Sunday's Devotion (4-4-04)

"But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts." 1 Thessalonians 2:4 (KJV)

You know a lot of people don't want to hear God's truth, but they want to hear something else. They want to hear a lie, that comforts them. They want to hear something that makes them feel good about their wrongs. Many churches these days will teach whatever man wants to hear. Some will teach that we can just do whatever we want and not pay the price. They teach these lies, because they want to please man instead of God. They want the donations to keep coming in and for the church to get more people to come to donate more. We're not supposed to teach to please men, but we're supposed to teach to please God. When you come to this website, you can be assured that I'm not teaching to please you, but I'm teaching to please God! So, that means I'm not going to tell you what you want to hear, to make you feel better. I'm going to tell you the truth of God, to the best of my abilities. God, has put the Gospel or His Word in our hands and He has put us in trust of it. If we're in trust of it, we need to do the right thing with it. We need to teach and live it to please God and not men.

I know that some of you, aren't going to like this, but it is too bad. Not only do people teach others what they want to hear, but they also teach themselves what they want to hear. People will pick and choose their beliefs from several religions. They'll be like, "I don't like this belief in this one, but I like this one! That belief makes me feel good, I'll take that one!" Let me tell you something. If your beliefs aren't from the Bible and only the Bible, then you're mistaken. I believe everything and I mean everything that is written in the Bible. I don't pick and choose what I want to believe. The fact of the matter is, what I choose to believe isn't going to change what is the truth! If I pick the belief that I won't go to Hell, for not repenting, that won't change the fact that I will go to Hell for not repenting! We need to live up to the truth. The truth is written, do you want to hear it and be saved or listen to lies and lose your soul? Many people really can't handle the truth, but they certainly won't be able to handle the consequences for not listening to and obeying the truth.

The sad thing is that many people think the truth is bad. They think that it is scary and horrible, but the truth is really a beautiful thing. Jesus, came and paid for our sins, so that whosoever should believe on Him would be saved. People are scared to face the truth, because of their sin and shame, but that isn't a problem for us. We can be cleansed from our sin and we can put that behind us, but if we go through life living a lie and then we die, we will pay for it... eternally! Face the truth, for your own good! You aren't hurting anyone, except yourself.

Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this message and for all things. Please forgive us of all our sins and we forgive all those who've wronged us. Please bring us close to you and help us to accept the truth. Also help us to teach the truth and not to twist it in anyway. Please continue to bless this ministry and the ministry of many others who work for your truth. In Jesus, name. A-men!

God bless!

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