The Truth
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05-27-2018
Encouragement
Intro - This Sunday might be slightly different
you see I think it is good to have our toes stepped on from time to time, and it is good for us to be challenged from time to time
but I also think you and I need to find encouragement from the Word at times
So this morning, my prayer is that you are encouraged in your walk with Jesus
This all revolves around truth
See truth is not something we talk about rather it is a person we can know
Truth is Jesus Christ
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
The Bible is clear that you and I can know about Jesus
You and I no longer have to simple sit around and discuss truth, but we can know truth personally through a personal relationship with truth
See truth set us free from the sin you and I are all guilty of
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Because of truth you and I can be free and live in the truth
9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
This was all just the introduction, and now that you and I know for a fact that we can know the truth in a personal relationship we can live in truth
So maybe you are here today and you are a child of God
Just let that sink in a child of God, you understand that you are a child of God through adoption
15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”
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Since you are adopted you cannot be left out of God will, and His will says that you will spend eternal with Him in heaven, it also says some other amazing truths
So I want you to be encouraged today with truth
First is that God loves you
19 We love, because He first loved us.
you and I can only begin to love because God who is love, loved us first
God loves you this is the truth
God loves you and this is and should be encouragement to you today
but maybe you come here today and you say that there is no way that God can love me
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
This is actually one of my most favorite verses because, this verse shows that why you and I were slaves to sin, why you and I were on the losing team and enemies against God, He still loved us enough to send His son to the cross
That is the truth
That is encouraging because maybe you are here today and you are stuck in sin
hear me God will not accept that but God loves you, and is waiting for you to repent
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
Wow
God loves everyone and the whosever
the who so ever are the children adopted by God
Second is God is with you
10 ‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ 11 “Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored; Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish. 12 “You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them, Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent. 13 “For I am the Lord your God, who upholds your right hand, Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’
to the nation of Israel I will be your God and you will be my people
Because of the new covenant, to the world, I will be your God and you will be my people,
if you will obedient to my command
Children of God, He is with us, He goes with us, He strengthens us, and He lifts us up
Maybe you are here today and you are tired, you are struggling with the world, or whatever is going on in your life, I am here to tell you the truth
That God goes with you
That God is holding you up
See I believe a lot of us spend time in church and Bible study and struggle with the things of the world because we sometime forget that the God of the universe goes with us
So Tuesday when you go to work, remember that the God of the universe goes with you and holds you us
28 “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
The truth is the God who goes with you and I and walks with us though the good and bad, that holds us up through all the good times and all the bad times is the same God that offers our souls rest from the struggles of the world
That is the truth, and frankly maybe you are here today and you simply need to hear this truth today
This is encouraging for the believer because it shows our God cares about us
Third is that God is good
18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
God is good and no one else
Remember so far that God loves you no matter what, and that He is with you and I through the thick and through the thin, in the valley and on the mountain top
God is good for sure
The truth of the matter is that God did not create you and leave you to fend for yourself
you may feel like that but your feelings do not dictate truth, if you will recall truth is a person we can know in a personal relationship
The truth is that God is a good God who loves you and I and cares for us
Forth is God has good in store for you
Because God is good loving and caring God
He has good in store for you and I
remember you may not feel like that but your feelings and my feelings do not dictate truth
Since Jesus is the truth He dictates truth
6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
Paul is telling the church that He is sure that God who started the good work in Him will continue the good work
because He doesn't just leave us to do this thing called life
11 ‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.
God has a good plan for you and I and the truth is sometimes we don't believe it or listen to him or are obedient to him to see his plan
Fifth is that you have the power of the Holy Spirit living in you
finally church
The truth is plain and simple that God sen the Holy Spirit to dwell within us as believers
9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. 10 If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
The truth is the power that raise Jesus from the grave lives in you and I
I want you to be encouraged today, because maybe you have showed up today
tired or burnt out or simply struggling with life and you need to hear some truth today
God Loves you
God is with you and I
God is a good God
God has good in store for you and I
Finally The power of the Holy Spirit dwells within you and I
Closing
The altar is open