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What is truth? How one lives and dies, what and who one values, and what one believes is dependent upon how one answers this question. It is the most essential and necessary task of our human existence. Truth is what reconciles with God, it is not based on what you believe. If you cannot affirm Jesus Christ, you cannot know truth. Truth is not what always works, and truth is not always understandable. Truth is not just what makes people feel good. And truth is not just what the majority says it is. Truth is not defined by what is intended. Truth is not how we know, truth is to be what we know. Truth corresponds to reality.
Foremost is this question...do you know the truth of your condition? Do you understand that Jesus is the embodiment and fulfillment of the word of God? Do you know that the truth is visible? I challenge you to offer up yourself to honest inquiry to hear what is seen. This was the sacrifice of Jesus. This is what makes truth visible. Truth strengthens the frail heart. Few understand that genuine questions are a door to truth. And faithful answers are a path to wisdom. Together, they make for holy conversation. Questions and answers are incredible gifts that allow for the willingness to show the light of Christ in you. Truth defers to no one and is not partial to any.
Freedom cannot arrive without the spiritual power of learning which is proceeded by the phrase “and ye shall know the truth”. Eyes are opened to a greater understanding of the freedoms found in the truth. Freedom from the guilt of sin. Freedom from the fear of the judgment of God. Freedom from the burden of tradition. Freedom from our spiritual enemies, freedom in the service of God, freedom to the privileges of sons, and freedom to be of the Jerusalem which is from above. The knowing, and believing, of this truth is freedom. Freedom from prejudices, mistakes, and false notions, than which nothing more enslaves and entangles the soul, freedom from the dominion of lust and passion; and restores the soul to the government of itself under the spirit, by reducing it into obedience to its Creator. The mind, by admitting the truth of Christ in the light and power, is vastly enlarged, and has scope and compass given it, is greatly elevated and raised above things of sense, and never acts with so true a liberty as when it acts under a divine command of liberty. True freedom is the reasonings that are guided by faith, and those free minds whose thoughts are captivated and brought into obedience to Christ.
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