“THE TRUTH!”

truth

[trooth]

noun, plural truths [troothz, trooths] /truðz, truθs/.

1. the true or actual state of a matter:

John 14:6 (ESV) “JESUS said to him, "I AM THE WAY, AND THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. No one comes to the FATHER except through ME”.

While recently watching a video/documentary/movie filmed circa 1953 entitled “Martin Luther”, I was caused to wonder if I would have exhibited the same courage that Martin Luther showed when he nailed the 95 theses on the church door in Wittenberg, Germany, October 31, 1517.  Martin Luther KNEW Scripture, as he was a well thought of Priest in the Catholic Church.  He saw, however, that “the Holy Church” in Rome wasn’t following Scripture, and he called them out because of it.  Being someone who was entrusted by the Roman Catholic Church to protect their beliefs, he instead wrote “Out of love for THE TRUTH and from desire to elucidate it,...”!  

Scripture reveals many things, and one of those is in Matthew 10:22 when JESUS says “.....you will be hated by all for MY name's sake......”.  Martin Luther was HATED by the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church because he was initially turned off by “indulgences”, which he saw as a way of extorting people to make the Church wealthy.   The main thing was, Martin Luther was convicted by “THE TRUTH”, knowing that he WOULD have to stand before ALMIGHTY GOD one day and give an account for what he taught.  Most people had to allow “the church” to interpret Scripture, as they were written in Latin and the uneducated didn’t know Latin.  But GOD can do the IMPOSSIBLE (Matthew 19:26), which HE accomplished with a humble priest from Wittenberg Germany.  

Martin Luther sacrificed greatly to make sure that “THE TRUTH” was presented to the common people of the world.   He was excommunicated from “the church” and was considered a criminal by its leadership.  The LORD JESUS CHRIST sacrificed HIS life to bring “this world” “THE TRUTH”!  Yet, I don’t properly appreciate either sacrifice as I don’t have an AWE of Scripture, and must not of the ONE Scripture is written about, or why don’t I live more HOLY???  

When a person lives “THE TRUTH”, they WILL UNDOUBTEDLY alienate “this world”!  It is almost as if “this world” WANTS TO BELIEVE a lie??  In John 8:44, JESUS says “.....When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies....”.   Keep in mind JESUS is “THE TRUTH”, so it only stands to reason that “the enemy” is a liar!  I thank GOD ALMIGHTY that HE chose me to serve HIM and called me out of the darkness into HIS marvelous light!  My EYES are opened to “THE TRUTH” and now I can see SEE!