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Only the Truth Can Set You Free
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Colossians 1:13-14 He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
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Download audio fileThere is such power in the truth and today, I want to share something incredibly important with you about truth. THE truth. You see, in this world people don’t often want to hear the truth. The truth often is incredibly inconvenient. It cuts across vested interests.
We all struggle with the truth. We all want to sweep things under the carpet. The problem is that that doesn’t solve anything. In fact often it just makes things worse.
When you think about it, Jesus was in the business of telling the truth. He told the religious leaders about their hypocrisy, in no uncertain terms. And to common, ordinary folk, He spoke about a truth that is all about setting us free. Sounds odd doesn’t it? Have a listen to the way that Jesus puts it:
John 8:33: Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.
The number of times Jesus makes the point, that He came to set us free. And the place where you find that freedom is in the truth, in hearing His Word, knowing His Word and taking it into our hearts as the truth.
Here’s the thing. You and I, we are masters of self-delusion. We’re all too ready to criticise others – come on, we are! But we want to cut ourselves plenty of slack. We want to make excuses for ourselves, when deep down, we know what we’re thinking or saying, or doing is wrong. And then we get into the guilt trap … and then all of a sudden, we find ourselves caught up in that whole cycle again of feeling unworthy, so we pedal harder to do better … and there you have it! There you have it, you’re living your life by trying to appease God to follow a bunch of rules.
Jesus died a gruesome death on a cross so that you and I wouldn’t have to do that. Jesus paid the price of all our sins and mistakes.
Colossians 1:13-14: He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
I receive so many emails from people around the world who watch or listen to the programs that we produce here at Christianityworks. And one of the most common things I hear, over and over again, is that people don’t feel that they are forgiven. They’re not experiencing God’s forgiveness and so they can’t forgive themselves for the things that they’ve done wrong.
What an incredible burden to carry around all your life. And it’s that burden that Jesus came to set you free from. That’s the truth.
And that’s God’s Word. Fresh … for you … today.
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