TRUTH | Frank Becker

Week Forty-Four, 2024

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” John 14:6-7

In a world where we are becoming more and more used to hearing half-truths, partial truths, someone’s personal version of truth, or a mixture of truth and spin from our leaders, from the media… even from our neighbors, co-workers and employees, no one is sure what real truth is anymore especially during “election” season.

However, Jesus, himself, reminds us that He is The Truth as well as The Way and then went about living it out. Yet sometimes it takes modern day experiences to help us realize that He is who He said that He is.

That’s why I like this Chuck Colson quote so much. It gives a clear picture of the Truth of Jesus Christ:

“I know the resurrection is a fact, and Watergate proved it to me. How? Because 12 men testified they had seen Jesus raised from the dead, then they proclaimed that truth for 40 years, never once denying it. Everyone was beaten, tortured, stoned and put in prison. They would not have endured that if it weren’t true. Watergate embroiled 12 of the most powerful men in the world — and they couldn’t keep a lie for three weeks. You’re telling me 12 apostles could keep a lie for 40 years? Absolutely impossible.” – Charles Colson

Twelve of the most powerful men in the world were involved with Watergate and they couldn’t keep a lie for 3 weeks. THREE weeks!

The Disciples endured much over 40 years as they proclaimed the Gospel, as they shared what they had seen and learned first-hand, as they proclaimed the truth of the Gospel. For forty years they never once broke, they never once recanted their story or turned from the Gospel. FORTY years! They did what they did and endured all that they did because they knew the Truth.

These 12 men not only knew the Truth but shared the Truth to a lost world around them. These 12, mostly uneducated, common men, changed the world forever! All because they knew the Truth and the power of that Truth. And the Truth set them free to do great things for Him.

What do you say about Jesus? What does your life say about that Truth?

Marty Stubblefield

Sometimes True Stories

We live in a world where we often have only one chance to get it right. The shot at the buzzer to win the basketball game. Your final exam to get the degree you have been working for. The one opportunity to apply for that dream job. You think, if I could just have a “do over”, this time I’ll get it right.

Peter, as we sometimes do, thought that he really blew it when he denied Christ not once, but three times. He thought, as we do, that he wouldn’t get another chance for redemption.

Thankfully, we serve a God of second, and sometimes third, chances. “Where sin abounded, grace abounded much more.” (Romans 5:20)

That doesn’t mean we can keep on sinning. That means, like Peter, if we confess, we can receive forgiveness and restoration. (I John 1:9)

God’s love is limitless! Rich Jensen

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Quotes You Can Use

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. Maya Angelou

Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking. Ayn Rand

Justification must be followed by sanctification. Adam Cunningham

When we understand the character of God, when we grasp something of His holiness, then we begin to understand the radical character of our sin and hopelessness. R C Sproul

Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. Napoleon Hill

The way we treat strangers reflects our spiritual health. Be hospitable! Edgar Aponte

How many miracles do you need to stop having doubts about the presence of God in your life? Dwight Short

Nothing is too difficult for the Lord. Edgar Aponte

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. Margaret Thatcher

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they just choose to make the best of everything.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. Abraham Lincoln

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing the monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. C.S. Lewis

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace. Thomas Paine

Selected portions of Thoughts On Life can also be read at TheLife.com.

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