SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 07-16-04
My Worship Time Focus: You know the truth
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: 1John 2:20-21
Message of the verse: “20 ¶ But you are not like that, for the Holy
Spirit has come upon you, and all of you know the truth. 21 So I am writing to you not because you
don’t know the truth but because you know the difference between truth and
falsehood.” (NLT) “20 ¶ But you have an anointing from the Holy
One, and all of you know the truth. 21 I
do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know
it and because no lie comes from the truth.”
(NIV)
In these two verses John is
comparing those false teachers who “went out from among us,” to the true
believers that he is writing this letter to.
The difference is that the true believers have the anointing of the Holy
Spirit, and they know the Jesus Christ is God come in the flesh, where as the
false teachers will not confess this truth and do not have the Holy
Spirit. The false teachers thought they
had something different and better, but that was a lie too, for when they were
exposed to the truth they did not accept the truth, but rather believed the
age-old lie of Satan, that they could be as God. That was the same lie he told Eve in the
garden.
Spiritual meaning for my life
today: I am thankful to know the
truth and am also thankful that the Holy Spirit lives in me. The more that I learn about the truth the
less likely I am to believe any of the lies that are out there.
The Word of
God was challenging to my heart as I read it this morning.
My Steps of Faith Today: Continue to trust the Lord with the things that are going
on in Canada, and also with the possibility of a job in California, and with
the health of Irene, and also with what Steve will decide about me giving my
testimony to our church.
Memory verses for the
week: 1Cor. 13:8
Love never
fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are
tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.
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