The LORD has placed it upon my heart in 2021 to identify in Him as a man of the WAY, clothed in TRUTH. This is not to say I am perfect or without sin; the sin that creeps up inside me, chastising the flesh, is repulsive and repugnant. However, I am no longer a slave to sin! The POWER of Christ Jesus testifies against our accuser and advocates on our behalf before God. We have been set free by the precious blood of our Savior! The daily recognition of our need for Jesus requires a sacrifice of praise, a mindful proclamation of joy and the Savior, who makes all things new! In Jesus, our spirit is redeemed and our flesh patiently perseveres in hope for the promised resurrection and restoration to perfection in the GLORY of God, our Father!
As People of the WAY, clothed in TRUTH, our mission is to point people to LIFE in Jesus Christ. There is nothing wrong with being called a Christian or a Follower of Jesus or a Catholic, a Baptist, a Pentecostal, Non-Denominational or an Evangelical. However, as I have listened to the WORD of God and prayed in 2021, God has placed the words WAY, TRUTH and LIFE on my heart.
While we are to be people of “the” TRUTH, meaning “people belonging to Christ Jesus”, we are to, more appropriately, be people of the WAY to TRUTH; a people clothed in the righteousness of TRUTH, and in so doing, we point a lost and dying world to Jesus, who is the only WAY to the Father. He is our source of eternal LIFE.
As People of the WAY, we guide, direct, teach, demonstrate, act upon, live and breathe the hope, faith and love that Jesus offers. As People of TRUTH, we arm ourselves in TRUTH, walking in it daily, and speak against that which is of the Devil.
All things untrue are of Satan. Anyone who walks in the darkness and is friends with the world is an enemy of God. Anyone who speaks against the WORD of God is a liar, an Oracle of the Prince of Darkness; they are shackled and chained and they are doomed to the eternal fires of judgement. May repentance come, LORD, and may God have mercy on such people!
Many false teachers, prophets and people of great influence have risen up in these last days. The spirit if lawlessness has taken hold of the nations! The voices of half-truth, great and powerful deceit and many blasphemous falsehoods have drowned out the TRUTH of our message. Many who profess Christ have drifted away! I say, NO MORE!
Never has there been a more important and necessary time in history for the People of the WAY, clothed in TRUTH, to stop bending to cultural and social pressures of worldly wisdom and “so called” tolerance. It is time for us to rise up and walk in TRUTH, speak TRUTH in all things, and in the POWER of the Holy Spirit, proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ with conviction and authority!
Do not misunderstand: truth is love and love is truth - they cannot be separated. If you do not love, you do not walk in TRUTH. However, you cannot love if you do not also point people to TRUTH. Let those who have ears understand what the Holy Spirit says.
Both TRUTH and LOVE can be, and are, extremely controversial; these will lead to persecution, imprisonment, lost freedoms and for some, death. Many in the world will hate the People of the WAY, clothed in TRUTH. The darkness hates both TRUTH and LOVE.
But do not lose heart. The battle has been won and the war is finished! Hallelujah!
FACEBOOK POST - Originally Posted: January 5, 2021 at 12:58 PM
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