If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking.
~Benjamin Franklin~
Which gate offered freedom? The right one of course. Entering in at the right gate and realizing that Jesus is the way is just the start or beginning.
John 14:6 (KJV) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
After Jesus says He is the way He goes on to say He is “the truth.” Webster says this about truth “Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been, or shall be.” John 17:17 (KJV) Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
David wrote something very similar..
Psalms 119:160 (KJV) Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
God's Word is true!
Psalms 119:50 (KJV) This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
Psalms 119:89 (KJV) For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
Psalms 119:140 (KJV) Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
God’s Word written for all to read and know is in the Bible we get to hold in our hands. Direct Words from a Holy God telling us the Truth. Truth never changes. The saying “what is right or truthful to me may not be to you.” Is wrong, for truth never changes. What we do can never be undone whether it’s words or actions, once done it’s done and cannot be retracted.
John 17:17 says “Sanctify them” Webster say this about “Sanctify” “to cleanse, purify or make holy.” Sanctify them how? “through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
Hebrews 4:12 (KJV) For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
if The Lord is a discerner of our thoughts and our intents then we best know what that means. Webster says that the word discerner means “One who sees, discovers or distinguishes; an observer.” Oh my, an observer. Let’s say you are running a bit late for an appointment. You decide that if you up your speed a little bit you will get there on time. The speed limit is 55 so you decide to drive at about 75. As you start to accelerate toward 75 mph you look in the rear view mirror and you see a state patrol vehicle behind you. What now? Continue on with your plan or obey the law? I’m sure your plans changed. Why because the job of that State Patrolman is to observer. The more we know about the true the better our relationship will be with our Heavenly Father. Just as the state patrol would not overlook your speeding neither will our Heavenly Father overlook our sin.
1 John 1:8 (KJV) If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1 John 1:10 (KJV) If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
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