TRUTH BEARERS

 

CARRYING THE TORCH OF TRUTH

As I woke up on 9/4/20 I heard a word "Truth Bearers", I immediately thought are You speaking or are You reminding me of something I heard. The word stuck, so I asked "God, what is this? Show me scripture". In my thoughts I remembered "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but through Me"! John 14:6. Then I remembered a scripture in Timothy, but as I went to look my eyes caught this instead, and I said yes that's it:

1 Timothy 6:3-5 If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine that accords with godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.

The smokescreen of a false teacher, is to tell just enough truth, yet will sneak in lies to the truth of the gospel of Christ. Deceivers yes, but we can discern the error as we learn the truth. The best teacher we can have is not our pastors, teachers, authors and dynamic speakers, NO it is the Holy Spirit who brings revelation as we dig into God's word and allow Him to lead us to all truth. 

I had a vision of a Torch Bearer, going along with Truth Bearer and was thinking why, and what so I looked up the meaning of torch bearer:

1. One that carries a torch 2. One who imparts knowledge, truth or inspiration to others.

I could so take off with this (but I won't), we have over and over heard of the "Mantle", passing the mantle to the next generation. Much like one running a race will pass a baton to the next runner.

God is raising up Truth Bearers who will carry the Torch of Truth, into our communities, and through our towns and cities. These will be people who hold the truth of God's word as sacred, not to be dissected, spit on, corrupted, compromised, trampled under foot. Instead they will lift the truth of God's word as a banner, that will draw others to the truth. Because they do not back down on God's truth many will become offended, and those who carry the Torch of Truth will be considered intolerant. They cannot be bought with money, position, fame, or fear; because they have been bought by the precious blood of Jesus Christ.

As we see the evil and great wickedness within the world, the lies, the deception taking place. We know that as our pastors are preparing their flock to meet Jesus, the world is preparing for the arrival of the Antichrist.

We must hold fast to the gospel of Christ, we must remain on the path of sound doctrine and we must keep ourselves on the right path by sound teaching.

God desires for all His people to be Truth Bearers; yet, only a remnant will pick up the Torch of Truth, during these troubled times. 

Will you be one of them?

Do I have a full understanding of all this, no I don't. But I understand that the word is the same today as it was when it was written, just as God the Father and Jesus the Christ and The Holy Spirit are the same yesterday and today, since they do not change neither can their word. Two things my pastor pointed out recently:

We will know the Antichrist is ready to come on the scene by:

1. The terrible moral condition of the world.

2. The corruption of doctrine

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see this is what is happening.

Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast our confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

It is time to hear God's call, Go and be a Truth Bearer, a Torch Bearer. Too many expect this is only for pastors and teachers.

Yet we are called in 1 Peter 2:9 a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him, who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Psalm 96:13 For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with His truth.

With His first coming sin was judged on the cross, Jesus is the truth and He alone is righteous. It is in this truth, that we are sinners and our righteousness is as filthy rags, that we come before the cross in faith and repentance. It was for our salvation Jesus came, and died and rose again. With His second coming, the world will be judged for their unrighteous acts. For the world rejected the Truth! That Jesus the Christ, the Anionted One, the Messiah, was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, endured the cross because He found you and I worth dying for. When He rose from the dead, He alone conquered death, hell and the grave. As a believer we have been forgiven, when God our Father sees us, He sees the blood of Jesus covering us, He sees us righteous in Christ, forgiven. The same resurrection power that raised Christ from the dead, lives in us. His Holy Spirit, guides us, convicts us of sin, teaches us and leads us to all truth. 

Social media is a tool that is used for many things, to sale products, share family and pet photos, talk about politics, ask for prayer. But what if we all just decided to post a scripture for the day, each day one to encourage and lift up. 

Even reprove and correct, to teach, these are mentioned in the word as what reading the scripture does, and it says that faith comes from hearing the word.

Just a scripture that blessed you that morning. Let us remember, though a scripture or a word can be given on Social Media, Social Media is not our bible. We can be blessed by what we read but never should we abandon the Word of God and the study of His word.

Be blessed!