STANDING
ON TRUTH
BREAD
14 The
Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the
glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and
truth. John 1:14 (NIV)
6 Jesus
answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No
one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6 (NIV)
13 “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am
still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within
them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for
they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My
prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them
from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world,
even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth;
your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world,
I have sent them into the world. 19 For them I sanctify myself,
that they too may be truly sanctified.”
John 17:13-19 (NIV)
37 “You
are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You
are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for
this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of
truth listens to me.” John 18:37
(NIV)
2 Because
of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever: 3 Grace, mercy and peace from
God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father's Son, will be with us in
truth and love. 2 John 1:2-3 (NIV)
3 It
gave me great joy to have some brothers come and tell about your faithfulness
to the truth and how you continue to walk in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to
hear that my children are walking in the truth. 3 John 1:3-4 (NIV)
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according
to your word. 10 I seek you
with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. 11 I have
hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. 12 Praise be to
you, O Lord; teach me your
decrees. 13 With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your
mouth. 14 I rejoice in
following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. 15 I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. 16 I delight in
your decrees; I will not neglect your word. Psalms 119:9-16 (NIV)
105 Your
word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. Psalms 119:105 (NIV)
113 I hate
double-minded men, but I love your law. 114 You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in
your word. 115 Away
from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commands of my God! 116 Sustain me according to your
promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed. 117 Uphold me, and I will be
delivered; I will always have regard for your decrees. 118 You reject all who stray from
your decrees, for their deceitfulness is in vain. 119 All the wicked of the earth
you discard like dross; therefore I love your statutes. 120 My flesh trembles in fear of
you; I stand in awe of your laws. Psalms
119:113-120 (NIV)
BUTTER
“The
practice of truth is the most profitable reading of it.” Charles H. Spurgeon
“Nearness to
Christ, intimacy with Him, assimilation to His character – these are the
elements of a ministry of power.” Horatius Bonar
“Truth and love are
the characteristics which build up the church, especially in association with
each other. Yet this combination is rare in the contemporary church. Some
leaders are great champions of the truth and anxious to fight for it, but
display little love. Others are great advocates of love, but have no equal
commitment to truth...Truth
is hard if it is not softened by love and love is soft if it is not
strengthened by the truth.” John
Stott
“We are not only
to renounce evil, but to manifest the truth.”
Hudson Taylor
“We have the truth, and we need not be afraid
to say so.” John Charles Ryle
“Truth must enter into the
soul, penetrate and saturate it, or else it is of no value. Doctrines held as a matter of creed are like
bread in the hand, which ministers no nourishment to the frame, but doctrine
accepted by the heart, is as food digested, which, by assimilation, sustains
and builds up the body.” Charles
H. Spurgeon
“I would be a
coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.” John Calvin
“Just so you know,
the need for repentance, redemption, and forgiveness is universal. I don't care
if you are a liberal or a conservative, a religious fanatic or a militant
atheist, a ‘spiritual’/’religious’ person or someone who runs from all that. It
doesn’t matter to me if you listen to Billy Graham or follow Camus—you are in
need. No one in the human race is exempt.
It’s in our DNA…When we finally
acknowledge our need for forgiveness and come to God in repentance, we find
true power; for we now have nothing to hide or protect, we don't care what
people say or think about us, we are willing to speak truth gently, and we are
enabled to speak with tremendous, supernatural power.” Steve
Brown
“In
our walk with God we are told explicitly by Christ Himself that it would be His
Spirit who would be sent to guide us and to lead us into all truth (John
16:13). This same gracious Spirit takes
the truth of God, the Word of God, and makes it plain to our hearts and minds
and spiritual understanding. It is He
who gently, tenderly, but persistently says to us, ‘This is the way – walk in
it.’ And as we comply and cooperate with
His gentle promptings a sense of safety, comfort and well-being envelops us.” Phillip
Keller
“Once
let the truth of God obtain an entrance into the human heart and subdue the
whole man unto itself, no power human or infernal can dislodge it. We entertain it not as a guest but as the
master of the house – this is a Christian necessity, he is no Christian who
doth not thus believe…What a thousand mercies are wrapt up in the assurance
that the truth will be with us for ever; will be our living support, our dying comfort,
our rising song, our eternal glory; this is Christian privilege, without it our
faith were little worth…The truth that we are sinners is painfully with us to
humble and make us watchful; the more blessed truth that whosoever believeth on
the Lord Jesus shall be saved, abides with us as our hope and joy…Wherever this
abiding love of truth can be discovered, we are bound to exercise our love…Above
all let us love and spread the truth ourselves.” Charles H. Spurgeon
HEART
SAVOR
· I can stand on the Truth of God’s Word which eternally
stands firm in the heavens.
· God will never go against His Word.
· I should not be afraid to proclaim Truth in love.
