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Tuesday,
September 2, 2008
State Of Denial
Romans 3:3-4 For what if some did not
believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? (4) God
forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That
thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou
art judged. (KJV)
Why would Paul make a statement like this?
Well quite frankly he found out that the deeper he got into the truth, the
mystery of the gospel, the more it contradicted many he had associated with
and looked up to in his past. In fact, he became so rooted and grounded in
the truth that was revealed to him personally that he knew for a fact that
only God was true and every man is a liar until they come into agreement
with Him. Some day God is going to ask each and every individual that ever
came into this realm to give account of themselves before Him, which if it
is not based on truth, His truth and plan of salvation, then they will be
denied access into His eternal realm. Are you grounded enough to know for
yourself today that God is true and so is His word no matter who or how
many say different, even those that we may have looked up to in the past or
were close to as well?
1 John 2:21-23 I have not written unto
you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie
is of the truth. (22) Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the
Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. (23) Whosoever
denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth
the Son hath the Father also. (KJV)
Williams New Testament translation
of 1John 2:21-23
21. I do not write to you because you do
not know it, but because you do know it. 22. Who is the notorious liar, if
it is not the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is the real Antichrist, the man who
disowns the Father and the Son. 23. No one who disowns the Son can have the
Father. Whoever owns the Son has the
Father too.
I hear and have heard throughout the
years many messages preached which place the emphasis on Jesus the man but
they leave out or deny Christ, the Son of God which dwelt within him. Many
prayers end with the name of Jesus but they leave out Christ, which as I
read in the above verses would make them antichrist, or liars. The Father
and the Son are a package deal; you can’t have one without the other, it’s
the order God put in place. So for anyone to change or alter that order it would
put them in the category of a liar or in a state of denial which has them
on the outside and not the inside.
Matthew 10:32-33 Whosoever therefore
shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which
is in heaven. (33) But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also
deny before my Father which is in heaven. (KJV)
Strong’s definition for ‘deny’:
720
arneomai (ar-neh'-om-ahee); perhaps from 1 (as a negative particle)
and the middle voice of 4483; to contradict, i.e. disavow, reject,
abnegate: KJV-- deny, refuse.
Remember in Matthew 16:16, the answer
Peter gave when the Lord asked ‘who do men say that I am’, then He asked ‘who
do you say that I am’? Peter was able to give a response based on truth;
that which was revealed personally to him. Many people knew Jesus of
Nazareth the son of carpenter with Mary being his mother, but few knew the
hidden man within him, that being Christ the Son of God; the same Spirit
that was within him is within you as well. Knowing who Christ is and
allowing God to reveal His doctrine to you is what will be the liberating
truth that will set you free, while anything else will keep you within the
realm of the flesh, a realm where it is impossible to please God.
2 Timothy 2:10-12 Therefore I endure all
things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which
is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. (11) It is a faithful saying: For if
we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: (12) If we suffer, we
shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: (KJV)
You know that old saying ‘What goes
around comes around’? Well that is based on the premise that what we sow is
what we are going to reap. If you wish to access a God of truth and abide
in His kingdom then it can only be done in truth, a truth which is in
Christ, our one mediator. God is a spirit and is now seeking those that
will worship and serve Him in spirit based on His truth, which although
many have applied for the position, few are chosen.
John 1:12-13 But as many as received him,
to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe
on his name: (13) Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the
flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (KJV)
Your calling, your invitation to eternal
life is not based on the fact that your daddy is a preacher and that your
family name is so prominent in the community, but rather it is based on
your response to the word of God and His truth. It is solely based on your
ability to hear the message of God being delivered by Christ, His Son and
our mediator, so that you can hear for yourself the truth of God, letting
Him be true and man the liar. If you are not willing to receive His message
of truth for yourself then you are denying Him and His power, which will
then make you weak and falling for a lie, no matter who or how it manifests.
1 John 2:18-20 Little children, it is the
last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are
there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. (19) They
went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they
would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might
be made manifest that they were not all of us. (20) But ye have an unction
from the Holy One, and ye know all things. (KJV)
Remember that many have been called of
God but few are chosen. So looking at the above verses we see that many
have fallen for a lie and again denying the Holy One of Israel, basically
crucifying Him all over again. Many have rejected the truth God delivered
to His people, and He is still willing to give to those that are willing to
receive it, but rather than give ear to the Holy One within them so that
they could know all things they are falling for the lie which the many are
teaching. Will you give ear to the Holy One, the One Lord, the one message
of faith that is based on His truth, or will you remain in a state of
denial, a place that will leave you on the outside because you chose to
leave the truth without as well?
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