“Thoughts, Issues, and Antidotes”
Editorial by Raymond Driskill
Issue 12
“What is Truth?”
What is truth? This is a question that the world has a problem with. It is also a problem within the churches of God. Being a layman in a church for 40 years I have been in search for God to become a reality in my life. My reality came when I answered a call to wake up the church, and for the past 7 years I have been pursuing the ministry of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
I have noticed for the last several years that most churches are treating God with a kind of ho-hum religion. I have found that when I don’t believe in something or really like it, I get bored with it. Oh, I may put up with it because of other people that I may like but I can’t get excited about it.
We can’t get excited about living a holy life for God because we really don’t believe in Him. Andrew Murray once said, “The reason the world can’t believe is that they can’t believe the believers believe.” The biggest question we must ask ourselves is, “Do I really believe what I believe is really real?”
Jesus said to Pilot in the book of John that the reason He was born was to (witness to the truth.) Today the real truth gets tangled up with all of the “I wants”. The world says that, what they believe is the truth so if someone sees something different, that is his truth and that’s ok because truth is relative. The truth is that north is north, red is red, and the Bible is the real inspired Word of God. The Bible gives us what God wants us to know about Him. That is fact, and no matter how you want to change it, you can not.
When you look at where we came from or where this unique universe came from you discover an order of things that could not have happened randomly. There had to be a creator who precisionly put all these things in order. There is an order in all living things here on this planet.
Pastors, please don’t attempt to change what God has said or to the sayings of Jesus Christ. John warns us in Revelations not to take away or add to his book of prophecy and it uniquely comes as a close to the canonized New and Old Testaments. Any comments or prayer requests can be given to Ray at 417-389-3300
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“Thoughts, Issues, and Antidotes”
“What is Reality?”
Editorial by Raymond Driskill
Issue 27
What is Reality? Is that the question we should ask or should we ask, “Do I really want to know what is really real?” Perhaps we ask the wrong question and that doesn’t lead us to transforming our life.
Let’s see if we can comprehend this example for the real solution to find this answer. A friend of yours tells you of a beautiful place to go and see. They describe it to you as best as they can. You are having difficulty understanding the beauty of this place in your heart and mind. So this place, actually, has no reality to you because you haven’t seen it. That doesn’t change the fact that it is really real. This place will have no sense of reality to you if you never go there to see and experience it.
I saw pictures of Japan and some of the sights there so I had knowledge of it. When I went there and saw these places with my own eyes these places became a reality to me. Something being hot is something you are told about, but when you burn yourself then hot is really understood as something definitely real.
Until you see and experience something, its reality is not known to you. Until you can see and experience God, you will not be able to understand His reality. However, whether you perceive His reality or not the fact still remains that He is really real.
The truth is reality and that reality comes from God. Jesus Christ is real. He dwelt with the Father before creation. He became flesh and dwelt among us, and for the greatest of all purposes He suffered and sacrificed Himself that we may live eternally with Him. That is the biggest display of Love He and the Father God could do for us.
Yes He is real and all of the promises and curses are true. Don’t listen to the world. The world can’t even operate because it can’t decide what is really true and real. Look at our nation’s congress. No one there really knows what is right and what is wrong, that’s why there is so much confusion.
The government has decided that it shall take the place of God instead of let God rule their hearts. What about you. Who rules your heart? Talk to me at 417-389-3300 or at calluponthelord.org.
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