EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 4/12/2025 6:55 PM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-1 “Living in the Truth”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: 2 John 1-4
Message of the verses: “1 The elder to the
chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not only I, but also
all who know the truth, 2 for the sake of the truth which abides in us and will
be with us forever: 3 Grace, mercy and peace will be with us, from God
the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. 4 I
was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we
have received commandment to do from the Father.”
Let us begin this SD by looking at John 18:38, and
then makes some comments on it: “Pilate said
to Him, "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he went out again
to the Jews and said to them, "I find no guilt in Him.” Now in the previously verse (37) we read from
the lips of Jesus “Therefore Pilate said to Him, "So You are a king?"
Jesus answered, "You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and
for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone
who is of the truth hears My voice.’”
Now notice the highlighted portion of verse 37. So when Pilate asked cynically, “What is
Truth?” he reflected the view of many today.
It is called postmodernism and that views the concept of truth with
skepticism. There are many today that
believe that there is no such thing as absolute truth, or if there is, that it
cannot be known. They are wrong in both
ways, there is a truth as Jesus stated “I am the way, the truth, and the life,
no one comes to the Father but through me. (John 14:6). You can know the truth as this verse tells us
and that is done my coming to the Father through His Son Jesus Christ. These skeptics argue, there is no religious
truth; religion is merely a personal preference, like one’s taste in art,
music, or literature.
MacArthur
writes: “But truth—absolute, divine
truth—does exist, and it is the most
important reality in the universe. When
Martha complained that her sister was not helping her with the serving, Jesus
replied, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things;
but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall
not be taken away for her’ (Luke 10:41-42). There was no higher priority than
for Mary to be ‘seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word’ of truth (v.
39). Truth is a precious commodity, more
valuable than any earthly riches (cf. Pss. 19:7-10; 119:72, 127); once found, it
is to be held on to at all costs. Thus
Proverbs 23:23a exhorts, ‘Buy truth, and do not sell it.’
“The Bible, the Word of truth (Ps. 119:160; John
17:17; 2 Cor. 6:7; 2 Tim. 2:15; James 1:18), majors on the themes of
truth. God is the ‘God of truth’ (Ps.
31:5; Isa. 65:16), who abounds in truth (Ex. 34:6) and always speaks the truth
(2 Sam. 7:28; cf. Num. 23:19; Titus 1:2); Christ is the truth (John 14:6; Eph.
4:21), is full of truth (John 1:14), revealed the truth (John1:17), spoke the
truth (John 8:45-46), and testified to the truth (John 5:6). God’s truth is eternal (Ps. 117:2), infinite
(Pss. 57:10; 86:15; 108:4), and saving (Ps. 69:13). Salvation comes from faith in the truth (2
Thess. 2:13 cf.1 Tim. 2:4; 2 Tim. 2:25); believers are sanctified by the truth
(John 17:17), worship in the truth (John 4:23-24), rejoice in the truth (1 Cor.
13:6), speak the truth (Eph. 4:15, 25), meditate on the truth (Phil. 4:8),
manifest the truth (2 Cor. 4:2), obey the truth (1 Peter 1:22), are guided by
the truth (Pss. 25:5; 43:3) and most comprehensively, walk in the truth (1
Kings 2:4; 3:6; 2 Kings 20:3; Pss. 26:3; 86:11).”
I
know that there are many verses in that last paragraph, but verses that speak
of the all important TRUTH.
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