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Tell Me The Truth!

Tell Me The Truth!. Tell Me The Truth!. Many don’t want to be told the truth because the majority are in conflict with the truth. Ahab & Micaiah 1 Kings 22. 1-6, Four hundred of Ahab’s prophets say go and you will be victorious

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Tell Me The Truth!

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  1. Tell Me The Truth!

  2. Tell Me The Truth! Many don’t want to be told the truth because the majority are in conflict with the truth

  3. Ahab & Micaiah1 Kings 22 • 1-6, Four hundred of Ahab’s prophets say go and you will be victorious • 7-8,Jehoshaphat: Is there any other prophet that we may ask? Ahab: Micaiah, but I hate him • 9-12, Zedekiah the sensationalist, many choose emotionalism over truth • 13-15, Peer pressure • 16, Tell me nothing but the truth (NKJV) • 18, Didn’t want the truth…wanted lies!

  4. Many Reject Truth Because... • Truth represents reality; truth is what exists • Fadism represents vanity, fantasy • God is the personification of truth (Rom. 1:25) • Jesus: “I am the way, the truth” (Jn. 14:6), “Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice” (Jn. 18:37,38)

  5. Truth in the GospelNot “isms” • John 1:17, “...grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” • John 16:13, “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into alltruth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak…” • Eph. 1:13, “…you heard the wordoftruth…” • Jas. 1:18, “…forth by the word of truth” • 1 Pet. 1:22, “…in obeying the truth…”

  6. The Nature of Truth • It is narrow (Mt. 7:13-14) • It is firm (John 3:20-21) • It is consistent (2 Cor. 1:18-20) • It is objective & consists of the whole counsel of God (John 17:17) EFFECTS: • Makes us Free! (John 8:32-36) • From lies, superstition, ignorance, philosophy

  7. Our Reception of Truth • Buy it and sell it not (Prov. 23:23) • Obey it, at any cost (Lk. 14:26) • Receive it as it is (1 Thess. 2:13) • Love it (2 Thess. 2:10,12,13) • Change your life not the truth (Rom. 12:2) • For all men (1 Tim. 2:4)

  8. Our Practice of Truth • Suffer its consequences (1 Kgs. 22:27) • Worship by it (Jn. 4:23-24) • Defend it (Gal. 2:5) • Do not be hindered (Gal. 5:7) • Speak it in love (Eph. 4:15) • Always wear it (Eph. 6:14) • Support it (1 Tim. 3:15; 3 Jn. 8)

  9. Our Practice of Truth • Always preach it, don’t make excuses for it (2 Tim. 4:2-4) • Don’t willfully reject it (Heb. 10:26) • Don’t stray from it (Jas. 5:19) • Be established in it (2 Pet. 1:12) • Don’t speak evil of it (2 Pet. 2:2) • Walk in it (live it) (3 John 1:4)

  10. Why Many Do Not Speak Truth • Do not want to confront, or make enemies (Jn. 8:40; Gal. 2:14; 4:16) • Corrupt minds (1 Tim. 6:5) • Do not handle God’s word accurately (2 Cor. 4:2; 2 Tim. 2:15,18,25) • Resisting truth (2 Tim. 3:7-8) • Turn away from it (2 Tim. 4:4; Tit. 1:14)

  11. Judgment Based On Truth! • “But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things” (Rom. 2:2,8) When? • “In the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel” (Rom. 2:16)

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