Perspectives…Truth Pastor Timothy Hinkle July 17, 2011

Isaiah 5:20 New King James Version (NKJV) 20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Sometimes Its Not So Clear….

Sometimes Its Not Black and White

How Do We Know The Truth? Things are not always as they appear! Sometimes very dangerous things look innocent and even appealing to us. Some things look good on the surface but the underlying intent is evil. So, how do we know the truth?

First, Look At Jesus’ Very Nature John 14 The Way, the Truth, and the Life 1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.” 5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

We Are To Be Found “IN” Christ Jesus! Romans 6:11 (New King James Version) 11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:1 (New King James Version) 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, [a] who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.a

We Are To Be Found “IN” Christ Jesus! 1 Corinthians 1:30 (New King James Version) 30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption— Ephesians 2:10 (New King James Version) 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

John 14:15-18 (New King James Version) Jesus Promises Another Helper 15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

John 14:25-31 (New King James Version) The Gift of His Peace 25 “These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

The Gift of His Peace 28 You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ for My Father is greater than I. 29 “And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me. 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

How Do We Know The Truth? John 16:13 (New King James Version) 13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

Truth=Peace=Joy=Strength! Nehemiah 8:10 (New King James Version) 10 Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

ONLY With God’s Strength DO We Overcome! Zechariah 4:6 (New King James Version) 6 So he answered and said to me: “ This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘ Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the LORD of hosts. 1 John 4:4 (New King James Version) 4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 1 John 5:4 (New King James Version) 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world— our [a] faith.a

Jesus Overcame the World Through The Cross!