I Love T he ruth You shall know

I Love T he ruth “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. ” Jn. 8: 32 “Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth” Jn. 17: 17

Psalm 119 v. 97 “Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day!” v. 113 “I hate the double-minded, But I love Your law. ” v. 127 “I love Your commandments More than gold, yes, than fine gold!” v. 163 “I hate and abhor lying, But I love Your law. ”

Law Commandments T he ruth “to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. ” Gal. 2: 5 “For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments” 1 Jn. 5: 3 “earnestly contend for the faith” Jude 3

I Love T he ruth Because I Can Know the Truth

Agnostic Says Ø We cannot know the truth Ø Not enough evidence to know the truth Ø Bible truths are “un-knowable”

Can We learn the Truth ? John 8: 32 “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. ” To Be Sure, Understand 1 Tim. 2: 4 “who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. ” I Jn. 5: 13 “These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God”

Agnosticism contradicts the Bible John 8: 32 “You shall know the truth” 2 Pet. 3: 18 “grow in knowledge” Deut. 29: 29 “The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law” 2 Pet. 3: 16 “some things hard to understand”

Agnosticism self contradictory Ø Claims that no one can know anything. Ø But this one thing he does know that is: Ø No one can know anything. How can he know that if he cannot know anything?

I Love T he ruth Because I Can Know the Truth

I Love T he ruth Because I Can tell the difference Between truth and error

Acts 17: 11 “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. ” Ø Searched daily Ø To be sure they have the truth I Thess. 5: 21 “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. ” Ø Prove by the Bible Ø If it is not true then do not accept Ø If it is true hold fast to it

Priscilla - Aquila - Apollos Acts 18: 26 -28 “So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. And when he desired to cross to Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him; and when he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace; for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ. ”

Priscilla - Aquila - Apollos Acts 18: 26 -28 v Apollos was teaching false doctrine v Priscilla and Aquila showed him his error v Still teaching the baptism of John v He learned the difference v Then he began to teach the truth

Saul - Paul Acts 8 -9 § Saul was persecuting the church § Felt that this was right - Acts 23: 1 Learned the difference between truth and error v Acts 9 - Ananias v Obeyed the Truth v Then began preaching the truth Gal. 1: 23 “He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy. ”

I Love T he ruth Because I Can tell the difference Between truth and error

I Love T he ruth Because It is absolute or unchangeable

PROGRESSIVE REVELATION Ø What was true in 1 st century might not be now Ø Since conditions change then truth will change Ø Different parts of the world might have different truths Ø Truth is relative to time and place.

T he ruth § Same for every person § Same as it has always been § Same in all places Does not Change § § Teaches same as before we were born Our reading of Bible has not changed it It is unchangeable - cannot be improved Truth does not contradict itself

T he ruth § Law of gravity § Same as for Adam and Eve § No person or country exempt Spiritual Laws Do Not Change – Jn. 17: 17 § § Just as real as in 1 st century Apply to all parts of the world No person is exempt Laws of God apply to all people all the time

Suppose I do Not love You will not obey it T he ruth Jn. 14: 15 “If you love Me keep my commandments. ” 2 Thess. 2: 10 “did not receive the love of the truth” 2 Thess. 2: 12 “that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. ”

Suppose I do Not love I am opposing God T 1 Sam. 8: 7 “they have rejected me” 1 Sam. 8: 19 “we will have a king over us” he ruth 1 Sam. 10: 19 “you have today rejected your God”

Suppose I do Not love I am opposing God T he ruth Jer. 6: 19 “Behold, I will certainly bring calamity on this people— The fruit of their thoughts, Because they have not heeded My words nor My law, but rejected it. ” Jer. 8: 9 “The wise men are ashamed, They are dismayed and taken. Behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD; So what wisdom do they have? ”

Suppose I do Not love I am opposing God Reject the truth of God about: v v Plan of Salvation Worship Marriage/Divorce/Remarriage Homosexuality T he ruth

Suppose I do Not love T he ruth Jer. 10: 23 “O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walks to direct his steps. ” Pro. 14: 12 “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. ”

T he ruth Prov. 23: 23 “Buy the truth, and sell it not. . . ” John 8: 32 “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. ” Free: Ø From Sin Ø From Guilt Ø From Worry and doubt

I Love T he ruth Because 1. I Can know the truth 2. I Can Tell the Difference between truth and error 3. It is absolute or unchangeable

Do you Love T he ruth Then obey it Become a Christian Be restored Hear Believe Repent Confess Baptized Faithful John 12: 48 John 8: 24 Luke 13: 3 Matt. 10: 32 -33 Mark 16: 16 Matt. 24: 13