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a) How do I know that I have truth?Jesus said as recorded in JOHN 8:32 "and you shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make you free. " If we are not becoming free
spiritually by the things that we believe then either it is not true or we are
not responding accurately to the truth. If we are just giving assent to some
idea, it is not evidence of truth. We cannot just accept ideas and think that
we have truth. Truth comes when we live and breath the ideas. When we would
rather suffer than not live in accordance b) What if I have an unbelieving mind that is not coming to real truth?The first question to ask is, am I saved and in possession of the Holy Spirit? If not, go to Salvation and follow it to the end. Then we need to ask
ourselves, "Do I really want to know the truth, and am I willing to do whatever is
required of me?" God requires us to die to our own desires, so that He may replace
them with His desires for us. God=s
desires are always better than our desires for ourselves. God also has a tendency
to give us our desires as we follow His desires. I would say If we have a true commitment to God, are we being obedient to the truth we have? Are we committing acts that we know are wrong? Are there things that we know we should be doing but are failing to do them? It is not in the scope of this section to deal with the sin problem except to ask, are we willingly and freely sinning? If so, then we need to address this problem. One last big hindrance to coming to truth is to limit God and divide the scriptures into then and now? If God is not a liar and if He is not a respecter of persons then God will do for us what He does for others. The key to the workings of God is that we first need to believe that He does miracles, speaks to His people, anoints with the Holy Spirit and saves souls. We need to know through the scripture, the spiritual laws that cause God to move by His power. I believe that just as the physical world operates by physical laws so does the spiritual world operate by spiritual laws. When we understand the laws of aerodynamics we can make planes fly. When we are in agreement with the laws of God's divine power we will see people healed, delivered and raised from the dead.
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with what we know to be true. Truth is
not fully known until we begin to live it. When we see the power of God working
because of a revelation we have attained, then we will understand the way to
truth. Truth is never static; it is always active, powerful and working. As we
acquire truth (real truth, experiential truth) we will begin to understand more
ways that the truth relates to other truths. MAT 25:29 "For to everyone
who has shall {more} be given, and he shall have an abundance; but from the one
who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away.@
There will be someone who is not walking with God and thinks they are, who will
justify themselves because of what I have written. These people will be evident
to others for they will prophesy and it will not come to pass. They will be
overly combatant. They will also try and manipulate others by warning that they
need to listen to them because they are AProphets
of God@. Real prophets never have to
manipulate because if they are hearing correctly it will come to pass. There
will also be some who think that because they went to bible college or may be a
leader in some church that they are automatically in right standing with God and
have a line on truth. These are evident because they will be proud and pompous.
They want the spotlight to shine on them. Remember truth is active, powerful,
and works. A person does not have to be
important (having a place of authority in life) to have working, active and
powerful truth. Position in life does not
guarantee that we have position in God, this also applies to those who have
positions in the church.
that not having a
true commitment to God is what keeps the majority of people bound by satan. Even
as a marriage commitment means time spent with our spouse, so a commitment with
God means time spent with Him. If we want to know a person, we need to spend
time with them. It is the same with God.