Know the Truth
(Jn8:31-32; Php3:8)
God is the God is knowledge (1Sa2:3).
He is the beginning of knowledge and,
To those who know the great surpassing knowledge, the truth,
He gives the freedom of eternal life (Ecc7:12; Jn8:32).
Faith is knowing the truth and
The life of this faith is teaching the truth and being accountable for the time before the creation and
the end of times.
Knowledge is power, a competitive edge for those who possess it.
While information and technology flood societies with all kinds of knowledge,
Parents continue to put effort on sending their children to top universities.
Consequently, universities now excel in producing individuals with knowledge
But they have neglected their responsibility in producing human beings.
The Bible is the book that the man of God must learn from (2Ti3:16-17) for
He will be destroyed for lacking the knowledge of God (Hos4:1, 6).
The Israelites are the people with the greatest knowledge in the world for
God taught them the Law to obey it (Dt4:5-6),
While gentile nations remain ignorant for
Like beasts, they do not know their end (Dt32:28-29).
After taking the throne, Solomon asked God for wisdom (2Ch1:10-12) and
He was able to govern the kingdom with great wisdom and knowledge and
Build the Temple of Jerusalem which
Reminded them for generations that they had the greatest knowledge in the world.
Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days (Jn2:19), because
Through death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would reveal the truth, the mystery hidden in Him (Col2:2-3) for
He is the truth itself (Jn1:14, 14:6), who came according to the prophecy
Filled with the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of knowledge
To fill the earth with the knowledge of knowing God (Is1:1-5, 9).
As such, He said to learn from Him (Mt11:29), and
By healing the sick and raising the dead revealed that
The truth is the freedom from oppression (Jn8:31-32).
He was, however, bound and led away to death.
Yet as He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Gave His life according to the Father's knowledge (Jn10:17-18);
2) Condemned the devil, the father of lies (Ge2:17, 3:4-6); and
3) By paying the price of sin, set men free from sin, death, the devil, the Law and the law of nature.
His resurrection confirmed that, Jesus Himself and His words are the truth (Jn14:6, 24), and
By sitting on the heavenly throne, He became the eternally free.
The Holy Spirit whom He sent is the Spirit of truth (Jn16:13) who
Comes to believers and leads them to the truth (1Co2:12).
A man of the Spirit is he who
Knows the great surpassing knowledge of knowing Jesus, the truth (Php3:8).
Therefore, he considers as rubbish
Hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depend on
Human traditions and the basic principles of the world (Col2:8), and
Only speaks the truth as his own (Jn8:44) for
He is accountable for God who is from before the creation and for souls in the last day.
O Lord,
I possess the surpassing greatness of knowing the truth!
Our church is the surpassing great educational institution!
We do not change the sinner to the civilized; rather, we change the civilized to the sinner.
We do not change the uneducated to the educated; rather, we change the educated to uneducated.
Let us lead them only to the truth! Amen.