The power of truth | Iglesia Cristiana Ebenezer de la Ciudad de Mexico

Friday, 19 November 2010 14:25

Last Sunday we said that we should be strong in the Lord, and that it was necessary to know the truth of the Word, for there we find the strength that gives us confidence to succeed, instead of trying to end in failure.

That is why we know that God has given us a deposit of truth, and it is our responsibility to carry out this commission, have a responsibility to bolster the defenses of the church of God that is coming down due to a pressure secular society fueled by her pagan attitude, and is a commission for every Christian without exception, because every Christian has been entrusted with the deposit of truth, the fundamental revelation of Scripture regarding the nature of reality, namely: what the world is God like, how people are and how we must be Christians.

It is necessary for Christians to learn the truth to defend the church, and for this we must learn: What makes the world work as it does, why is everything always comes down despite the advances of science, for which gives the impression that nothing good and everything evil thrives seems to reign the undisputed, and the explanation of everything in the reservoir of truth that has been given us through Jesus Christ, that's what we have to save.

Read the Word of God in John 8:31-38 "Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; know the truth and the truth shall make you free. They replied: We are Abraham's seed, and have never been slaves of anyone. How do you say will be made free? Jesus answered, Verily, verily I say unto you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house forever, but a son abides forever. So if the Son sets you free, ye shall be free indeed. I know that you are descendants of Abraham, but seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. I speak what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father. "

God does not give us a spirit of timidity, but gives us a spirit of power, love and a sound mind to defend the truth He has given us in His Word, "Therefore I advise you to fan into flame the gift of God is in thee by the imposition of my hands. Because God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power, love and sound mind " 2 Timothy 1:6-7 .

If someone asks me: What will happen in the country? What happens in elections next year?, I must say I do not know what will happen, I have no idea, no one knows, but I do know this: Knowing that God does not give us a spirit of timidity, if we feel worried about what might happen, not something that comes from God, the spirit of God is a spirit of power and love that gives us a sound mind, which means: A spirit of power to a spirit of love how we react emotionally, and a sound mind to be aware and act with intelligence, knowing what we have to make.

, una humanidad hecha a la imagen de Dios, con sus bondades y atributos, y buscamos y defendemos la verdad porque amamos a Dios, y porque amamos y respetamos a los demás que buscan como nosotros ese mundo mejor; pero si no buscamos, decimos y defendemos la verdad, este mundo que sabemos bajo el maligno, 1 Juan 5:19 , se pervertirá cada día más hasta convertirse en una delegación del infierno donde se entronice abiertamente el poder de satanás. Christians must stand in the effort to reach the truth, because it is one of the key elements to build a better world, Christians seek the truth for a world as God has planned, a more humane world, but the conception of humanity created by God, and that "God created man in His own image, the image of God he created him, male and female he created them" Genesis 1:27 , a humanity made in God's image, with its virtues and attributes, and seek and defend the truth because we love God and love and respect for others like us seeking a better world, but if not we say and stand for truth, this world we know in wickedness, 1 John 5:19, every day is perverted into a hell where delegation of power enthroned Satan openly.

As Christians we must distinguish between the Truth with a capital letter, the truth of Christ and the truths that human beings have gained through their own thoughts, as both result in the story, and that truth is part of history also means that the true future of our business depends on the Lord, of what each one contributes to humanity's growth, development and expansion of truth is the Gospel and the strengthening of the church.

If you are Christian, there is something you can do for God, you possess a skill that you have been granted by the Holy Spirit who dwells within you, and if you are not being implemented, you're wasting the truth and who cares what you are doing, the truth is you're not building on the truth that is the spiritual gift, all you do is a waste of time, meaningless and useless to God and face the trial of the Holy Spirit, which is the only opinion that counts , will be treated as a handful of wood, hay, straw, 1 Corinthians 3:12-15 .

But if you put up what God has commanded you to do, you will discover that God does not give a spirit of fear but of power, love and steady mind to recognize that God is with you and that you are supporting, and this is the first word of advice on how to save the truth, namely, how to keep the faith.

As Christians we must ask what is truth and then try to better understand their strength and power, and we are to understand the notion of truth of which Paul speaks to Timothy we must consider some elements that interact with each other, between which we call true what is really present, contrasting to the imaginary, this is the true connection with reality, the link (aletheia) between the truth of Christ with human empiricism considered as true only what you see and touch .

; esta es la verdad que privilegia la tradición hebrea de destacar el valor del testimonio y su autoridad como fuente del conocimiento, y el tercer elemento es la idea de ajuste entre lo que se dice o piensa y lo que sucede o se hace, que está en la cultura científica, obsesionada con la precisión de los términos y la verificación experimental, que es solamente donde reconocen la verdad. True to consider reliable, which is the presence of the risen Christ in our hearts, and false to that of which we can not rely as are the doctrines of man, that unites the authenticity of God with confidence (fides) to people or with things, "For this reason we also constantly thank God, that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth the word of God which works in you who believe " 1 Thessalonians 2:13 , this is the truth that favors the Jewish tradition of emphasizing the value of the testimony and authority as a source of knowledge, and the third element is the idea of fit between what says or thinks, and what happens or is done, which is in the scientific culture, obsessed with the precise wording and experimental verification, it is only where they recognize the truth.

Moreover, the truth is the many truths that Christians reach and show the world in time and by our witness to make it grow, we could say we are like dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants, we are Christians today build on the efforts of those who precede us, to get to see farther and more clearly than our predecessors, but maybe we could say: Nor are dwarfs, and they were giants, and we all have the same height, but are higher due to true that they showed us and installed in our hearts.

, y la verdad está en el Espíritu, en la convicción de que en cada esfuerzo individual hay algún aspecto del que podemos aprender los demás. But we can say that whenever there is in us that they were: study, clarity of spirit, selflessness and love for knowledge and spreading the truth, well then yes, we know everything together, because the Spirit is one, as "many members, yet one body" 1 Corinthians 12:20 , and the truth is in the Spirit, in the belief that each individual effort is one aspect that we can learn from others.

The truth is that truth is like a lion if we let it free it will defend itself, that's exactly what we have to do with the truth of Christ, we need not beg you create or apologize on behalf of that truth through doctrinal and exegetical study on why we should believe this or that, simply, let's get free, begin to implement it and it will defend itself.

But we must be aware that when we give freedom to the truth of the gospel through our mouths will be attacked, the enemy will rise to destroy it thus knows this truth once again locked up, every Christian is called to suffer for the sake of gospel, and many will say, "I do not suffer" and it is because we always believe that suffering is something physical, even though in the twentieth century is where there have been more torture of Christians have been Christians killed in this century because of Christ than any other.

But suffering is not only physical but also mental, is the suffering we endure when someone thinks he knows everything and despises us because of our faith, or laugh when we tell you to read the Bible to know the truth is this what we need to bear with patience, and react not with anger, but quietly, as did our Lord, being faithful and keeping the truth.

I am not ashamed of the gospel is the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek Pues ya que en la sabiduría de Dios, el mundo no conoció a Dios mediante la sabiduría, agradó a Dios salvar a los creyentes por la locura de la predicación Romans 1:16 , the apostle said, because the gospel is the means of salvation given by God to man, and the glory of God; madness in the eyes of men, but you get the success which the wisdom of man fails regarding the needs of the soul, "For since in the wisdom of God the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God to save believers through the foolishness of preaching" El que me rechaza, y no recibe mis palabras, tiene quien le juzgue; la palabra que he hablado, ella le juzgará en el día postrero 1 Corinthians 1:21 , and all this because the written word is the authoritative revealer of God to man, and "He who rejects Me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day " Porque la palabra de Dios es viva y eficaz, y más cortante que toda espada de dos filos; y penetra hasta partir el alma y el espíritu, las coyunturas y los tuétanos, y discierne los pensamientos y las intenciones del corazón Hebreos 4:12 . John 12:48 , "For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intents of heart " Hebrews 4:12 .

For you do not know, now you know, power is in the Word, the truth is in the Word, and as Christians have an obligation to set her free, regardless of your suffering from this cause, and confident that it will defend itself through its own power.

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