Gimme Some Truth

The human psyche has this amazing ability where it can legitimize any action, thought, or philosophy that it wants to. Put simply: As humans, we can rationalize our behavior or personal philosophies, in order to make ourselves feel better. All of our thoughts and decisions are based upon a series of "truths" or "realities" that we choose to believe. If I make myself a sandwich the truth that I believe is that it will satisfy my hunger. When I go to see a movie, hangout with friends, or play video games the truth I believe is that doing these things will entertain me. Although these truths are obvious, there exist several truths that have been corrupted by sin and our own nature.

For example, if I choose to continue to procrastinate about a project or simply not turn in my homework, the truth I believe is that God doesn't care about my schoolwork or that my school only affects me, therefore, I can study how I please. However, according to scripture we know that God wants us to do everything as if we were doing it for Him (Colossians 3:23-24). When I gossip or talk about or towards somebody with a malicious heart, the truth I accept is either that, they deserve it (for some reason or another) or because they're just words and that person may or may not ever hear them than its ok. Why would we believe this when we know that God wants us to speak words of love and encouragement (Ephesians 5:4)? As we learned on Sunday, we often convince ourselves that something is true, because it justifies our behavior, and the longer we convince ourselves the more we believe it to be true. The danger lies in the fact that the longer we live in a lie, the longer we live under the bondage of our sin, and we can never be truly set free.

How do we escape the lies that we've accepted as truths? We have to accept God's words in John 8 to be true, and live under them. Christ states that if we begin to follow the teachings of the Bible, then we can know the truth, and the truth sets us free.

To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." -John 8:31-32.

The first step is to begin acting on what you all ready know. We all know simple truths that we choose to ignore or corrupt, begin living out those truths, and you will begin to be set free. Next, you have to understand more, begin reading the Bible, and applying those teachings to your life. If you don't have a Bible, one of your youth leaders can get you one. If you don't know where to start, open to the New Testament, and start reading the Book of Matthew (it's the first book). Learning about how Jesus lived his life, is the best way to learn how to be more like God (because He was God, if you didn't know). As you begin to learn and apply the truth that God has revealed to us through His word, you will begin to be set free from these "untruths”, which will eventually hurt you. Don't wait any longer, the longer you allow yourself to live under these lies; the harder it will be yourself to be set free.


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That God will begin, through His word and your obedience, to set you free from the "untruths" in your life.