Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 128
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Matthew Wests singing … Truth Be Told … poignantly and powerfully singing of how we Christians need to be seekers and sharers of God’s truth … but we’re seldom able to be that for others in our lives.
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Highlight Passage: … Luke 1:3-4 [NLT] …
3 Having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I also have decided to write an accurate account for you, most honorable Theophilus, 4 so you can be certain of the truth of everything you were taught.
… Luke writes to friend and fellow Greek readers about the truth of Jesus, as Messiah and Lord.
Highlight Passage (Context): … Luke 1:1-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Luke declares that He wrote hIs Gospel account so that any/all could have an accurate account of Christ so that Luke’s Greek friends could know the truth abut King Jesus as The Messiah. .
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Reference Passage: … John 8:31-32 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus teaches His followers and disciples that they (we) will know the truth when we know Jesus as our Lord.
Reference Passage: … John 14:6 [NLT] …
6 Jesus told (Thomas and the Disciples), “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
…Jesus teaches that He is the only way to know His truth as the way to find the Father.
Reference Passage: …Acts 17:11 [NLT] …
11 And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth.
… When Paul preached the Gospel in Berea,, the people, there, seeking after the truth, tested everything Paul and Silas preached there against the Old Testament teachings.
Reference Passage: … 1Thessalonians 5:20-21 [NLT] …
20 Do not scoff at prophecies, 21 but test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good.
… Paul teaches that we Christians should be truth seekers, testing all things against the truth of God’s word.
Reference Passage: … 2Timothy 3:14-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul teaches Timothy to have confidence in the truth of Scripture which shows shows all born-again believers the way to follow Him with the truth of God’s word.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Sheridan Voysey … AT THIS LINK … hows how damaging conspiracy theories and untruth can be to damage the integrity and strength of those who’re seeking after the truth as taught in God’s word.
Where do you find THE TRUTH these days, my fellow Christian seeker? Because I, personally think that what Matthew West sings in the linked song is all too true. All too often we hear and are tempted to follow untruth and become victims to our own selfish lies. So, I’m stopping to pray right now that all my readers are committed to be like God’s word teaches (in the Scriptures above) … that we can only seek and follow the truth when we know our Lord’s way by knowing His word and seeking to obey it.
That’s why you’ll find me here, … every day, … seeking to know my Lord more intimately and follow His ways thru His word. And I invite you, my readers, to join me to seek out God’s truth by following me into God’s word ,,, here … each day.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your truth, Lord, to follow You each day.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to seek Your way, Lord, by obeying Your word. … Amen .
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1 comment:
Amen!
Kjetil
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