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The Spirit of Truth
(Jn16:13-15)

God is the God of truth (Ps31:5; Jer10:10).
The Word, the Son, and the Holy Spirit who come from Him are the truth (Jn14:6, 17:17; 1Jn5:6).
He reveals the truth and guides by the truth to finally bring into the heavenly tabernacle (Ps43:3).
 
The Bible, the book of all books, contains the truth.
Faith is knowing the truth and
The life of this faith is according to the teaching of the Spirit of the truth, speaking only the truth and
Guiding into all the truth (Pr22:21, 25:13; Jn16:13) for
Deceived by the cunning serpent, Adam sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-6; 2Co11:3) and
All men became hell-bound with the devil (Mt25:41).
 
The exodus of Israel testified that Jehovah is the God of truth as
The covenant that God made with Abraham was
Fulfilled in 430 years (Ge15:13; Ex12:41).
 
For the Law and the commandments that they received are truth (Ps119:142, 151),
The one who sinned was the one who died, for no one else could die for the sinner (Eze18:20).
This was reminded by the sanctuary where the name of Jehovah was.
 
However, the fall of Israel came because
No one called for justice (Is59:4), and no one sought the truth (Jer5:1-2).
It was also because of the false prophets who
Followed their own spirit and uttered lies (Eze13:3-4),
Killed those who should live and spared those who should not live, and
Because of the people who set up idols their hearts and consulted with the prophets (Eze13:1-19).
Both the false prophets and the people who consulted them were guilty (Job12:16; Eze14:10).
 
Yet the prophecy said that God would send the truth from heaven (Ps57:3) and
True instruction would be in His mouth and He would turn many from sin (Mal2:6).
 
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
Not by the Law and the Prophets (Mt17:5)
But He Himself would speak the truth for He is the truth (Jn14:6) and would
Send the Spirit of truth (Jn16:13).
Both the last prophet John (Mt3:11, 11:13; Jn5:33) and the Father God said
To only listen to the words of Yeshua (Mt17:5) since
All men belonged to the father of lies, the devil, thus are all liars (Jn8:44-45), and
The only one who speaks the truth that He heard from the Father is Yeshua (Jn8:28, 12:49-50).
 
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1)     Waiting for the answer of the truth of salvation from the Father, committed His soul to the Father (Ps69:13;
Lk23:46);
2)     Judged the devil, the father of lies (Ge3:4-6; 1Jn3:8); and
3)     For mercy and truth met together, one man carried the sin of all mankind (Ps85:10; Eze18:20; Rm5:19).
 
He resurrected and ascended to the heavenly holy hill (Ps43:3) and
Speaks the truth from the throne (Rev3:14, 21:5).
The Spirit of truth whom He sent
Speaks only what He hears and
Guides by the truth those born-again in the blood of Yeshua (Jn14:18, 16:13-15).
 
The man of the Spirit is he who
Hears the words of truth and is
Consumed with longing for the words of truth (Ps119:20),
Even if they are burdensome (Mk10:29-30; Lk9:23).
Therefore, he does not distort the word of God (2Co4:2)
But only speaks the truth (Jn6:55; He4:12-13) and
Carries out the truth even in the face of danger for
He absolutely pulls out the idol, the greed inside of him (1Ti4:1-2; 2Ti3:13; Jas1:14-15).
 
O Lord,
What is the idol that is hidden deep inside my heart?
Let me pull it out completely.
Spirit of truth, teach me the way of the truth, give me understanding!
O Lord, turn my eyes away from worthless things and
Turn my heart toward Your word of truth for
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path (Ps119:33-37, 105). Amen.