Saturday, September 22, 2012

The Book Of Truth

Is there a manual for winning in life?

I was recently given a new DVR / DVD Recorder with a built in digital tuner.   On the surface, it seemed to be similar in operation to my VCR with an analog tuner.  It did not take very long to realize that I could not just start using it like the last time I got a new VCR.  While some tasks were pretty straight forward and easy to figure out how to do them, other tasks were not obvious at all on how to do them.  For example, connecting the DVR to my antenna and television was pretty much the same as connecting my VCR had been.  However, my DVR remote was needed to do just about everything else and it was only similar in appearance to my VCR remote.  Some of the buttons that I was used to seeing were not on it.  Some of the buttons that I was used to were on it but they did not do the same thing.  There were other buttons that were not on my VCR remote and their labels did not really explain anything to me.  Not only that the box had features listed on it that my VCR never had, but of course there was no explanation of what those features did exactly or how to use them.  It looked like putting this gift to use was going to be a frustrating experience, instead of being the blessing that the giver intended.

However, in the bottom of the box was this wonderful book (about 130 pages long) called the manual.  By reading the manual I learned the purpose of all those buttons on the remote.  By reading the manual I learned how those mysterious features listed on the box worked and how they would benefit me. By reading the manual I learned that there were more benefits than I had imagined.  By reading the manual it became obvious that after I mastered using this new DVR that I would never want to go back to using a VCR again.  By reading the manual and doing what it told me to do, the DVR would be the blessing that the giver had intended.

The Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) gave you a tremendous gift - life.  Perhaps you have been trying to figure out on your own how to live life.  You probably have managed to get some of the easier things right and you may have managed to figure out some other things.  However, you know that you are not getting everything out of life that you should be getting.  You know that there must be something more than being born, growing up, working, retiring and then dying.  You may have heard of other people experiencing some really good things from the Father of Truth but they never happen to you.  You have found that putting the gift of life to use has been a frustrating experience, instead of the blessing that the giver intended.

Do you wish there was a manual for life?

There is a wonderful book that often sits unread at the bottom of some place like a desk drawer that is the manual for life called the Book of Truth (The Bible).  By reading the Book of Truth you will learn the purpose of everything that is in your life.  By reading the Book of Truth you will learn about all of these mysterious features that you have heard the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) talk about and how they will benefit you.  By reading the Book of Truth you will learn that there are more benefits than you ever imagined. By reading the Book of Truth it will become obvious that once you learn how to live a new life in the House of Truth that you will never want to return to living your old life in the House of Lies.  By reading the Book of Truth and doing what it tells you to do, your life will be the blessing that the giver had intended.

The Book of Truth contains that which was written about the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) before he came as a man (Luke 24:44).  The Book of Truth only contains truth because it came from the Father of Truth (John 17:17).  The Book of Truth was first sent to the Jews (Acts 10:36).  The Book of Truth can be received by Gentiles (Acts 11:1).  The Book of Truth was entrusted to the Jews by the Father of Truth (Romans 3:1-2). The Book of Truth did not come from men but from the Father of Truth (1 Thessalonians 2:13).  The Book of Truth contains the writings of the prophets and the writings of the apostles (Ephesians 2:20).  The Book of Truth is alive and powerful - not dead and useless (Hebrews 4:12).  The Book of Truth was given to men by the inspiration of the Father of Truth and every word of it is useful to help you win the fight (2 Timothy 3:16-17).  The Book of Truth was given to men by the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) (2 Peter 1:21).  The Book of Truth has been completely written (Revelation 22:18-19).  Nothing that is needed to live in the truth was left out and nothing that is not needed to live in the truth was added. The Book of Truth contains only the Word of Truth that is needed for living in the will of the Father of Truth.  The Book of Truth contains all of the Word of Truth that is needed for living in the will of the Father of Truth.  That is why I call the Bible "the Book of Truth".

The Book of Truth contains the Word of Truth.  The Man of Truth became the Word of Truth in the flesh to demonstrate how to live by the Word of Truth (John 1:14).  The Children of Truth that taught others about the Man of Truth demonstrated how to live by the Word of Truth (2 Corinthians 6:7).  The Word of Truth allows us to put our trust in the Man of Truth (Ephesians 1:13).  The Word of Truth allows us to have a hope of receiving a reward in Heaven from the Father of Truth after we die (Colossians 1:5).  The Word of Truth must be studied to be correctly understood (2 Timothy 2:15).  The Word of Truth is how the Father of Truth begins the process of us being born again as the Children of Truth (James 1:18).

The Book of Truth contains the the word of the Father of Truth.  The word of the Father of Truth can teach you how to really live instead of just occupying space and sucking air (Luke 4:4).  His Word will cause you to be a Child of Truth if you will do what it says (Luke 8:21).  His Word will cause you to blessed by the Father of Truth if you will do what it says (Luke 11:28).  His Word is heard by the Children of Truth (John 8:47).  His Word is what brings you confidence that leads to action (Romans 10:17).  His Word is the sword of the Spirit of Truth to help you win the fight against disobedience (Ephesians 6:17),  His Word can cause you to understand the difference between your spirit and your soul, separates things for you that are hard to separate and will show you why you do what you do (Hebrews 4:12).  His Word that will cause you to be born again because it lives forever and will live in you forever (1 Peter 1:23),  His Word will cause you to love like He loves if you obey it (1 John 2:5).  His Word will cause you to be strong enough to defeat the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan aka The Devil) if you let it live in you (1 John 2:14).

You need the Book of Truth to come into the House of Truth and win in life.  You come into the House of Truth by you surrendering control of your life to the Man of Truth because you believe the Book of Truth when it says that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:8-11).

Come into the House of Truth



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