I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father. And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another. This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it. For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward. (2 John 4-8)
We live in a deceptive and dangerous world, no doubt. I am burdened for my students and young adults as they are faced with this deception. Many ask as Pilate did when face to face with Jesus (John 18:38), "What is truth?"
Truth has a name . . .Jesus Christ! His Word is Truth. He is the way, the truth, and the life. (John 14:6) Even among "church" folk, there are deceivers who do not fully believe the Gospel. Some use the word god. Some use the name Jesus. Many call themselves Christians. They do not however, as John wrote, confess Jesus Christ as eternal God in the flesh, living and true, and coming again to judge each of us according to what we have dome on this earth.
Be encouraged. Keep walking in Truth and allow the Spirit of the Living God in you to move and breathe within you. Steer clear of deceivers. I know He lives . . .He lives in me and in you! May others "see" Him in us and come to embrace Truth!
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