(John 16:12) I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
Paul wrote in 2 Thessalonians 2:10 people are deceived because they did not receive the love of the truth. "And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved."
Have we thought about receiving the love of the truth? This is not something we are born with. We are born with the sinful adamic nature (self will) which is an enemy of God. Since our old nature or flesh must die, the natural thing for it to do is fight the truth.
Unless God gives us a real love for the truth, we will be deceived. Our flesh will make a lot of sense to us; it will twist the Word of God to fit our comfort zones.
Since Jesus preached that few would find it and Paul warned of great deception in the last days, this is something we shouldn’t assume we have. Just because we have always been taught a certain way to believe in our religious organizations and denominations we have grown up with, doesn’t make it true. If we trust these things we will be deceived!
Only God can keep us from deception not our religious leaders. Only He can give us the love of the truth. This is part of our daily cross that we must pick up. We must be willing to lay down our own reasoning, wants and desires and ask the Holy Spirit to lead us into His truth.
(John 16:12-13) I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Our flesh cannot handle the truth. The truth is, no flesh will see God and live. Since our flesh does not want to die it will easily believe the lie.
Paul pleaded with us…(Romans 12:1-2) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Being conformed to this world is to think the way the world thinks, our minds need to be renewed. Our natural mind will naturally think the way the world thinks. There are many “good” moral people in the world, their ways may seem right to our natural minds, but they are far from God.
The only thing for us to do is present ourselves to God giving ourselves totally to him. All our own wants and desires placed at his feet, allow him to do as He pleases, this is our reasonable service. “For we have been bought with a price, we are not our own”. Be willing for him to lead us into truth no matter what it cost us.
Knock and it shall be opened, seek and ye shall find. If you ask for bread he will not give you a stone. All things are possible with God, but we must be willing! Have this same mind that was in Christ Jesus that said, “Not my will, but thy will be done”.
Amen!!!
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