1 Thessalonians 5:21
"21 Test all things; hold fast what is good."
If we are holding fast to what is truth, then we will be letting go of what is not truth.
Friday, October 13, 2017
Hold to the Truth
I hear many things people claim are Biblical that are not. People can convince themselves of what they hear all the time, it's hard to change what is comfortable.
1 Thessalonians 5:21
"21 Test all things; hold fast what is good."
If we are holding fast to what is truth, then we will be letting go of what is not truth.
1 Thessalonians 5:21
"21 Test all things; hold fast what is good."
If we are holding fast to what is truth, then we will be letting go of what is not truth.
More Than Our Savior
1 Timothy 2:3-5 "…3 This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,…"
When we have trusted Christ He then become even more than our Savior, He becomes our friend and advocate.
John 15:14-16
"…14 You are My friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.…"
1 John 2:1-2 "1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father — Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours alone, but also for the sins of the whole world.…"
When we have trusted Christ He then become even more than our Savior, He becomes our friend and advocate.
John 15:14-16
"…14 You are My friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.…"
1 John 2:1-2 "1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father — Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours alone, but also for the sins of the whole world.…"
Jesus Christ the Word
Jesus Christ is the Word, He lives in every believer, there is no greater teacher, no greater provider than Christ.
Psalm 33:6 "6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host."
1 John 1:1-2 "1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning.…"
John 1
"1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
Psalm 33:6 "6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host."
1 John 1:1-2 "1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning.…"
John 1
"1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
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