"THE TRUTH!"

John 14:1-7                             (ESV)
"1 "Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in GOD; believe also in ME.
2 In my FATHER's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to MYSELF, that where I am you may be also.
4 And you know the way to where I am going."
5 Thomas said to HIM, "LORD, we do not know where YOU are going. How can we know the way?"
6 JESUS said to him, "I am the way, and "THE TRUTH", and the life. No one comes to the FATHER except through ME.
7 If you had known ME, you would have known my FATHER also. From now on you do know HIM and have seen HIM."



With the political season starting to get into full swing it can become difficult to detect "THE TRUTH" amongst all of the so-called "politics", which has basically devolved into manipulating the English language to get as many followers as possible on Election Day!  The words that are used nowadays normally don't carry much weight, as they haven't been exposed to "THE TRUTH"!  Even JESUS spoke in "parables", for our minds could not comprehend "THE TRUTH" without it being watered down.  The eyes of the people couldn't see "THE TRUTH", even when HE was walking right in front of them!

JESUS is THE WAY to heaven.  Believing that JESUS is GOD's SON and that HE sacrificed HIMSELF for our sins is the MAIN thing that is required.  To really KNOW "THE TRUTH" one has to be experienced in knowing JESUS.   You can't say you know know "THE TRUTH" with no knowledge of HIM, for that is when your faith will be tested and exposed!  Not KNOWING "THE TRUTH" intimately will wind up frustrating you to no end.  Having your faith not only tested, but proven, can be an uncomfortable experience.  In Genesis 22:12 scripture records "HE said, "Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for NOW I KNOW THAT YOU FEAR  GOD, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from ME."  GOD is sovereign and HE ALREADY KNEW the faith of Abraham would be sufficient.  But now Abraham knew that GOD would provide his needs!  The uncomfortable test of his faith was for Abraham's benefit, not GOD's!

In the passage above, JESUS was telling Thomas about heaven, otherwise known as HIS FATHER's house.  It seems most, even confessors of the faith, want to place all of their efforts on things associated with things of "this world", and neglect preparing to go to the FATHER'S house!  They seemed to be deceived by the great deceiver into believing that earthly gain will matter when we get to Heaven?  JESUS was telling Thomas about heaven, otherwise known as HIS FATHER's house.  Mankind seems to have the perception that the FATHER'S will need to be furnished with earthly treasures?  But when the great deceiver is cast into hell for eternity the things of this world will be so insignificant that we will wonder what we were doing?  "THE TRUTH" will be revealed!

The answer to the problems facing this world today is not in conservative or liberal policies, rather in the Way, and "THE TRUTH", and the Life!  Don't be deceived by the busyness and the pace that everything appears to be moving.  When GOD is relegated to not being first in our lives, and the enemy has things moving so rapidly that we won't take time to worship GOD, chaos and division will flourish!  Maybe it's time we listen to The CREATOR of the Universe and recognize that HE is "the way, and "THE TRUTH", and the life. No one comes to the FATHER except through ME"!!!