Rejecting
The Truth!
Let us read 2
Chronicles 34 verse
14 to 19,
we read that
the book of
the law was
found by Hilkiah
the priest, he
gave it to
Shaphan, the king’s
secretary, Shaphan then
read it in
the king’s presence.
This was the
first time the
king heard the
full truth( God’s
Word is the
Truth) , his reaction
was sincere, he
tore his clothes,
as this is
a sign of
deep grief! The
king was grieved,
he saw that
he and his
people had not
fully followed God,
he had done
what he thought
would please God ,
for he had
removed idol worship
from the land(2
Chronicles 34 verse
3 to 7).
He had
not known God’s Law
before it was
read to him,
but he tried
to please God,
in the way
he thought was
right. Since he
tried to become
right with God
before they found
God’s Law, God
granted grace to
him, by allowing
him to find
the Book of
the law. The
king was searching
for truth and
God graciously granted
him the whole
truth which is found
in His Holy
Law.
This made
me think, what
is our reaction
when we hear
the truth? Do
we change our
lives to conform
to God’s Word
or do we
continue in our
sins? When confronted
with the truth,
we cannot afterwards
act like we
didn’t know, we
cannot say to
God, “No one
told me that
I was suppose
to live a Holy life.” It
is important to
remember that God
does not give
His grace to
us forever, He
will come back
to judge this
world, we cannot
continue in sin
and hope to
change after we
have had a good time
with that which
is wrong.
Friends let me
remind you of
a scripture in
2 Thessalonians 2
verse 9 to
11, it says,
“ The
coming of the
lawless one will
be in accordance
with the work
of satan displayed
in all kinds
of counterfeit miracles,
signs and wonders,
and in every
sort of evil
that deceives those
who are perishing.
They perish because
they refused to
love the truth
and so be
saved. For this
reason God sends
them a powerful
delusion so that
they will believe
the lie.”
Friends, if we
keep on rejecting
the truth, then
we leave ourselves
open to being
deceived. God will
send us a
powerful delusion to
make us believe
the lies around
us, such as, “ God
doesn’t mind whether
you live a
holy life or
not.” When we
continue to reject
God, time after
time, He gives
us over to
ourselves. It becomes
harder and harder
to accept the
truth, we drift
further and further
from it, until
we don’t even
consider our sins
as evil( Romans 1
verse 21 to
32)!
If we earnestly
seek God he
will be found,
but if we
forsake Him then
He will forsake
us ( 2 Chronicles
15 verse 2).
We should make our lives
right with God
and not reject
His Truth, for
rejecting His Word,
would be rejecting
Him, as Jesus
is the Word,
He is the
Truth ( John 14
verse 6) and
if we reject
Jesus, we reject
God, for Jesus
and God are
one! (John 10 verse
30)
Therefor when you
encounter the Truth
in God’s Word,
act immediately , don’t
leave it for
too long as
you slowly drift
away from the
Truth, until you
are not affected
by it anymore!
Thank you Rick, It is only written by the grace our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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