"The Truth Will Set You Free" by Gale Nelson
Date: Sunday, November 22, 2020
Tags: #Truth #Adhere #Emancipation #Freedom #Liberty

Everyone can hear the truth, but can they adhere?!

For it is written in John 18:37-38, "Pilate therefore said unto him, 'Art thou a king then?' Jesus answered, 'Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.' Pilate saith unto him, 'What is truth?' And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, 'I find in him no fault at all.'"

KEY SCRIPTURES
* Revelation 1:9-10

KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• How exactly do you obey the truth?
• How do you ask for the Holy Spirit?

LESSON AT A GLANCE

• Truth ("Aletheia" in the Greek) is not mixed with anything else; it is complete or pure; an absolute force; genuine; actual.

• Truth can be diluted or disregard based on man's

○ Subjectivity, or how you see it. It is relative to one's experience.
○ Ethics ("Ethos" in the Greek), or what you live by

• What is Truth? John 8:32; John 14:1-6

○ The truth is something you will know--to understand, or fully comprehend what is going on and what you need to do.

○ The truth has the power to emancipate or set you free.

○ Jesus did not want to leave his followers comfortless or confused; he wanted them to understand what they needed to do.
* If they believed in God the Father, do not be distracted by the world.

* If they believed in God the father, they could not disregard Jesus.

○ Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life:

* He is the way or path through which you can get to the heavenly father; there is only one way.

* He is the absolute force by which man is emancipated.

* He is the source of a new life, as well as the preserver of life.

* There is no other way to be saved than Jesus (see Acts 4:12)

○ If Christ is the truth, then anything outside of Christ is not the truth.

• A New life in Christ… 1 John 2:1

○ Do not seek to sin; sin should not be a regular practice

○ Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit are one (see 1 John 5:7; John 1:1,14)

• The Holy Ghost

○ Jesus Christ was a comforter for his disciples, but would pray to the Father for another Comforter that would abide with his disciples forever (see John 14:15-17)

○ The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth, and the world cannot receive him because it does not understand the scriptures.

○ The Holy Spirit is that that Comforter, which would testify of the teachings of Jesus (see John 14:26; John 15:26)

○ Jesus told his disciples it was helpful for him to go away, or the Spirit of Truth would not come (see John 16:7-13)

○ Jesus prayed to his Father that his disciples would be kept from evil while in the world, and set apart from the world by the truth (see John 17:15-17)

• How can I know the truth today if Jesus is no longer here?

○ You must read (see Revelation 1:1-3)

○ The holy scriptures were written through the working of the Holy Spirit in the apostles, and serves as a testimony of Jesus (see 2 Peter 1:16-21)

○ God knows how to give the Holy Spirit to those who ask for it (see Luke 11:13), but how does one ask? Ephesians 3:3-6,9; Ephesians 4:21; Hebrews 5:8; Acts 2:37-38; Acts 22:16


CALL TO ACTION:
* God's Plan of Salvation... https://miamigardenscoc.net/salvation.php
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RECOMMENDED LINKS
* Exercising a Godly Nature: https://youtu.be/ENxZvSPHCfE
* Sanctification: https://youtu.be/9T1NDezHhFg
* Stedfastness: https://youtu.be/viHXpQfIobc
* Website: https://www.miamigardenscoc.net