October
23, 2016
Acknowledging
of the Truth
Isaiah
44:
18 They have not known nor understood: for he
hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot
understand.
19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is
there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire;
yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and
eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall
down to the stock of a tree?
20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned
him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my
right hand?
II
Timothy 2:
24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive;
but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose
themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging
of the truth;
26 And that they may recover themselves out of
the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Our
God is a God of truth, and He must be worshipped in truth. He rejects any other
worship, no matter how sincere worshippers might be. This makes perfectly good
and very simple sense. Believe it, and embrace it.
Buy
the truth and sell it not (Pr 23:23)! Are you fully committed to truth for your
life? Lies are a rejection of reality and wisdom to embrace fantasy and folly.
The world loves lies.
God
revealed truth from the beginning, and He reveals His truth every day and night
to all men. But we through our first parents chose a lie in the beginning, and
we have been blinded ever since.
The
first passage above describes the idiotic blindness of idolaters – who worship
the leftovers of a tree after burning 2/3’s of it in a fire. It never crosses
their minds that they are religiously insane for falling down to worship the
leftovers of a tree that they burned to ashes.
They
do not know ... they do not understand ... they never consider ... so they end
up religiously worshipping what is no better than ashes. God blinded them, and
they are without hope unless He opens their eyes to see their folly and opens
their hearts to believe His true wisdom.
Deception
is a very horrible predicament – to believe something is the truth and take
confidence in it – though it is nothing more than a lie. It is to have a lie in
your right hand ... but without any ability to know that it is a lie ... and to
be without any ability to let go of the lie! Before God visits a man with
regeneration and the truth, He cannot deliver himself, just like this idolater
... and just like the woman of Samaria.
The
second passage above describes the absolute necessity for God to give
repentance to a man for him to reject Satan’s lies and accept God’s truth.
It
cannot and will not ever happen without God first giving the gift of repentance
through the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit on a man’s heart. Until then,
no matter if the minister is Timothy trained by Paul, he will not be able to
enlighten a man, even by perfect ministerial conduct on his part. Until God
changes a man, he will continue to oppose himself – contradicting himself by
human illogic denying the most obvious reality, truth, and wisdom.
But
once God does his work – Hallelujah! – we are able by the power of the Spirit
and a new man to reject lies and both love and obey God’s truth. --- JRC.
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Amen
and amen.
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Comments
Sing
F Lau
Brother
Mark,
You
are just SO SORE with me because I DIDN'T become a PB. Isn't that the truth?
Why would you want me to be a PB when I can't properly fit in the neat PB box
for me? I'm puzzled.
Reply6yEdited
Sing
F Lau
What
argument is there?
State
it exactly. How to enter into argument when I don't even know what the issue
for argument?
What's
a Spurgeon line?
Reply6yEdited
Sing
F Lau
Mark,
if you have problem with the commentaries of the 2 passages in the post above,
then you must say so, and then STATE your problem, then we can deal with your
problem.
Why
should I care about what you have stated? Isn't that a strange procedure? You
came here, left some sweet comments, and then harassed me to rebut them? That's
very untypical of PBs.
It
is like the imperialistic arrogant Uncle Sam picking a fight with China or
Russia! 😉
