ARE YOU ON THE SIDE OF TRUTH?
Part 3

“I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word”
(Psalm 119:16).

More truth points to meditate upon and and talk about with your children.

1. TRUTH CONTINUERS

Jesus spoke to those who believed in Him in John 8:31, 32: “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.”

It’s not enough to accept and believe the truth of the glorious Gospel. We must continue in it. The word continue is meno and means “to stay, abide, dwell, remain.” We don’t deviate from God’s Word. We live in it, dwell in it, and remain in it. To do that we need to read it continually. We are only His disciples as we continue in the truth.

John 15:5, 7: “If ye abide (meno) in me, and my words abide (meno) in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” Do God’s words live in you? Are they part of the essence of your being?

Galatians 5:2: “That the truth of the gospel might continue with you.”

2. TRUTH DECLARERS

We are to show forth God’s truth in our conduct and speech.

1.  We are to declare God’s truth in the congregation of God’s people: Psalm 40:9, 10: “I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart: I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.” Read also Psalm 22:22, 25 and 66:16.
2. We are to declare God’s truth to the heathen and to those who don’t know Him. Psalm 86:3: “Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.” Read also 1 Chronicles 16:24.
3. We are to declare His truth in the gates of the city where the laws and decisions are made. Psalm 9:14: “That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion.”
4. We are to declare God’s truth to the following generation. Psalm 48:13 tells us to: “Tell it to the generation following.” Dear parents, your table is your pulpit. Read also Exodus 10:2; Psalm 44:1; 79:13; 78:4-7; and Joel 1:3.
   
   

        3. TRUTH DELIGHTERS

Do you delight in God’s truth? Ten times in Psalm 119 the psalmist declares that He delights in God’s truth. Read these Scriptures and constantly declare that you delight in His truth: Psalm 119:16, 24, 35, 47, 48, 70, 77, 92, 143, and 174.

4. TRUTH DELIVERERS

Proverbs 14:25: “A true witness delivereth souls.” Don’t be afraid to tell the truth to a needy soul. Your witness could deliver them from destruction.

When someone you know is being judged unfairly, and you know the truth, don’t be afraid to stand up and speak the truth. Once again, you could deliver your friend.

5. TRUTH DISCERNERS

Do you constantly pray for discernment? I do. I don’t want to be deceived. I want to discern between what is really truth and what looks like truth. They can look very similar. The only way we can truly discern truth is to become totally familiar with the Book of Truth, God’s living Word. People who deal in exposing counterfeit money are not trained to know the counterfeit. They are trained to become so familiar with the original that it enables them to discern and feel the counterfeit. 

It is the same with us. The more we are entrenched in God’s Word, the more we discern what is deception. It may look like and sound like truth, but we will have that check from the Holy Spirit that there is something off key.

Malachi 3:18: “Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth hi not.” Do you notice that it is when we return to God and His Word that we’ll know discernment? Read also Jeremiah 15:19; Ezekiel 22:26; and 44:23.

6. TRUTH DISPLAYERS

Psalm 60:4: “Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.” Our lives are banners displaying God’s truth.

7. TRUTH DOERS

James 1:22: “Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” Read also Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 6:46; James 1:22-25; and 1 John 3:7, 18.

8. TRUTH EMBRACERS

Don’t resist the truth (Acts 7:51) but embrace it with all your heart.

 

PRAYER:

“Oh God of Truth, I thank You for Your living Word. It is the delight of my heart. I thank You for teaching me Your truths each new day. Amen.”

AFFIRMATION:

I choose the truth. I will contend for it. I will continue in it. And I will declare it.”

 

FURTHER STUDY:

No. 11. TRUTH DECLARERS

Read also 1 Chronicles 16:24; Psalm 9:1; 26:7; 22:22; 48:13; 71:15; 73:28; 79:13; 96:3; 107:22; 118:17; 119:13; 73:28; 145:6; Isaiah 43:21; and Jeremiah 51:10.

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