“For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.”
2 Corinthians 13:8)
2 Corinthians 13:8)
The Truth and the Lie went down to the river to take a swim. While the Truth was underwater, the Lie slipped out of the river, stole the Truth’s clothes and ran into the town where he paraded as the Truth. When the Truth realized that the Lie was gone from the river, he got out of the water, only to discover that his clothes were gone. At first, he did not know what to do. He concluded to go into town as the Naked Truth. Everyone thought the Lie (dressed as the Truth) was indeed the Truth, and preferred to look at what they thought was the Truth. But no one could deny what was really the Naked Truth.
Many things may be true, but The TRUTH is what agrees with final reality. The truth can be opposed, but it cannot be stopped. Any opposition to the truth makes it even stronger, it becomes the Naked Truth!
The Apostle Paul had warned the Corinthian church on two occasions to deal with sin in the midst of them. He admonished them to examine themselves to see if they were really in the faith. He warned that when he comes again, he will deal with those who were disobedient and not spare. In verse 7, Paul encourages them to do what is right because it was more important to him to know they were living holy than to prove he was right about the strong letters he was writing to them. He said righteous and holy living would stand as brilliant truth when he arrived and he would be able to encourage them rather than bring strong correction. Paul was rooting for the truth of God’s word to stand in the lives of the Corinthian believers.
The truth of how we live our lives will speak for itself, whether it is good or bad. We determine how God will deal with us when He comes. Do we oppose the truth of God’s word by how we live our lives on a daily basis? Do we oppose the truth of God’s word by our speech? We may dress up lack of prayer, lack of study of the word with religious rituals, but the naked truth of our hearts will speak loud and clear. Revelations 22:11 says, “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still." When the Lord comes to judge, He will not oppose the truth that is in your life, but He will let it stand.
The Apostle Paul had warned the Corinthian church on two occasions to deal with sin in the midst of them. He admonished them to examine themselves to see if they were really in the faith. He warned that when he comes again, he will deal with those who were disobedient and not spare. In verse 7, Paul encourages them to do what is right because it was more important to him to know they were living holy than to prove he was right about the strong letters he was writing to them. He said righteous and holy living would stand as brilliant truth when he arrived and he would be able to encourage them rather than bring strong correction. Paul was rooting for the truth of God’s word to stand in the lives of the Corinthian believers.
The truth of how we live our lives will speak for itself, whether it is good or bad. We determine how God will deal with us when He comes. Do we oppose the truth of God’s word by how we live our lives on a daily basis? Do we oppose the truth of God’s word by our speech? We may dress up lack of prayer, lack of study of the word with religious rituals, but the naked truth of our hearts will speak loud and clear. Revelations 22:11 says, “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still." When the Lord comes to judge, He will not oppose the truth that is in your life, but He will let it stand.
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