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Fact vs. Truth


Matthew 7:24-27 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”

Three times in Matthew chapter 4 Jesus says to satan “it is written” proving that the bible is the key to all truth and is to be used, by us, to walk in the authority and dominion given back to us by Jesus through His death and resurrection. No matter what you are going through. No matter how hopeless, hurtful, or desperate it may seem we have everything we need to combat every situation. How do I know this, because Jesus said so in John 14:12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. There we have it…every power and ability Jesus had we have. You might say I don’t feel like I have power over anything. So now you are faced with a choice…Are you going to believe your feelings or the Truth of Gods Word?
I think the way that we appropriate the power is in what we believe and the words we speak as a result. Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
Do you believe the bible is true? The whole bible? Do you believe it is relevant for today? Do you believe Jesus would tell us one thing and do another?

To illustrate I will show you an example of fact vs. truth.

Fact: The doctor has spoken a negative diagnosis over you. He has tested you and proven that you have a disease.

Truth: Matthew 8:17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:“He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.” Psalm 107:20 He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

So now you have a choice. You can believe and proclaim what the doctor has said or believe and proclaim Gods Word. The same applies to other situations in your life you just have to find the scripture that addresses your situation, read it, believe it is Truth, get it down into your heart and speak it. Speak it every time your situation comes to your mind. Every time you are tempted to worry and fret speak the scripture instead. It is also very important that you not waver and get into unbelief even for a second. Matthew 17:20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.” In my opinion this is the hardest part because satan is going to combat your faith with doubt, worry, and unbelief. He will try to plant seeds like “this doesn’t work” or “Jesus has better things to worry about than your problems” or “you don’t deserve it” or “your doing it wrong”. But you will combat his efforts with IT IS WRITTEN!!! Just like Jesus did. Jesus loves you so much! John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. His will is for us to have a great life, not to just get by but to be blessed to the full, in every area of our lives. He has given us everything that we need for that to be a reality but we have to reach out and take it. He isn’t going to force it on us. Let’s do His sayings and be wise.

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I surrender all


 

Matthew 16:24-27 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.  For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?  For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.

What does it mean to deny yourself?  It is different for each of us. I looked it up in the dictionary and the 4th meaning says “not to allow yourself something. to refuse to gratify your own needs or desires”.

Yep that pretty much sums it up. That is what Jesus is looking for. Some people who will refuse to gratify their own needs or desires in deference to the Lords will for their lives. He wants people that will TRULY surrender all. We have all sung the hymn before in church but probably not really thought about the gravity of what we are saying.

Are you sold out for the Lord?

Have you made the commitment to do whatever He tells you to do?

Or are you living on the edge of His will for you?

Are you settling for scraps when you could be sitting at the banquet table enjoying the lavishness of His destiny for your life?

 

Some people are scared to let go of (supposed) control over their lives. They think that if they were to give their lives, their plans, their goals, and their dreams over to Jesus He might send them somewhere they don’t want to go. I promise you that He loves you so much that He would never do that to you. He begins a subtle work in your heart when it is fully given over to Him. He puts desires in your heart that will line up with your destiny. He doesn’t do it overnight even though it seems like it sometimes. One day you will wake up and have a burning desire to do something that you never thought you would have a desire to do.

Mark 10:21-22 Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.” But he was sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

Stuff is just stuff. He owns it all anyway. I’m not saying that it is His will for everyone to sell, or give away, all their stuff. I’m just saying that you must be WILLING to do whatever He lays on your heart to do.  A friend of mine recently gave me his laptop. He didn’t have to do that but when he found out that I didn’t have one he heard the Lord telling him to give me his since he was about to buy another one anyway. Another friend of mine had just bought a really nice purse as a replacement for one that got damaged. She was told, by the Lord, to give this purse to another one of our friends. It turns out that the recipient had been asking the Lord for this type of purse.

The Lord desires obedience over sacrifice. You never know how your actions could affect someone else’s life and walk with the Lord.