We have to grasp the truth beyond feeling

Psalm 33

{33:1} Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: [for] praise is comely for the upright.
{33:2} Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings.
{33:3} Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
{33:4} For the word of the LORD [is] right; and all his works [are done] in truth.

Rejoicing.
Praising.
Singing.
Loudly playing instruments.

Why should there be rejoicing and praising and singing, playing of instruments?

The word of the Lord is right, all his works are done in truth.

The Lord's word is right.

All his works are done in truth.

There's the truth again.

I think we underestimate the truth.

Seriously, I really think we do. Christ brought with Him Grace and Truth. He didn't come to earth, born as a human with supernatural abilities, He didn't come to earth as a man taking on out humanity without the same propensity to sin as we did. He came sinless, unlike us who are born into sin, but he still had the same temptation as us.

Hebrews {4:15} 'For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin.'

In all points tempted like we are.

Christ our Savior, our Lord and Master, brought with Him Grace and Truth. Grace for us all, truth for us all.

'All his works are done in truth.'

The truth is powerful, so very powerful.

John {8:32} 'And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.'

Make you free.

And if you're like many, you want to know free how? Because you're not captive. Here's what Jesus had to say.

John {8:33} They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
{8:33} They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
{8:34} Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
{8:35} And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: [but] the Son abideth ever.
{8:36} If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

Sin.

Captive to sin.

Freed by Jesus.

Truth will make you free.

All His works are done in truth.

The truth is so important. The truth is...

Eph. {4:17} This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind
{4:18} Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
{4:19} Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
{4:20} But ye have not so learned Christ;
{4:21} If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as THE TRUTH IS in Jesus:
{4:22} That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
{4:23} And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
{4:24} And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

1 John {1:8} If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and THE TRUTH IS NOT in us.
{1:9} If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
{1:10} If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

1 John {2:1} My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
{2:2} And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.
{2:3} And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
{2:4} He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and THE TRUTH IS NOT in him.
{2:5} But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
{2:6} He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

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The truth is in Jesus.

And sometimes we realize what something is when we realize what it is not.

'If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and THE TRUTH IS NOT in us'

Remember- Jesus told us we were in bondage to sin, captive to sin and the truth would set us free.

John {8:36} 'If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.'

Free from sin only in Jesus.

If we say we have no sin, we aren't realizing what the truth of life is.

We are free only in Jesus.

The truth is Jesus and His saving Grace.

Read this closely--

1 John {2:1} My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
{2:2} And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.
{2:3} And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
{2:4} He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and THE TRUTH IS NOT in him.
{2:5} But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
{2:6} He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

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Now lets continue with the Psalms-

{33:1} Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: [for] praise is comely for the upright.
{33:2} Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings.
{33:3} Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
{33:4} For the word of the LORD [is] right; and all his works [are done] in truth.

{33:5} He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
{33:6} By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
{33:7} He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
{33:8} Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
{33:9} For he spake, and it was [done;] he commanded, and it stood fast.
{33:10} The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
{33:11} The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
{33:12} Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] the LORD: [and] the people [whom] he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
{33:13} The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
{33:14} From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
{33:15} He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
{33:16} There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
{33:17} An horse [is] a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength.
{33:18} Behold, the eye of the LORD [is] upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
{33:19} To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
{33:20} Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help and our shield.
{33:21} For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
{33:22} Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

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The truth is outside of ourselves, only found in Jesus.

We're trapped in ourselves when we believe we can find any hope in ourselves outside of Jesus.

Life with all its heartaches and pains, illnesses and accidents, it can wrap itself around us drawing us away from Jesus as we only become absorbed with ourselves. Jesus is the truth, our Savior from the sin that has such a vile hold upon us. We need to step outside ourselves completely and trust in Him and Him only.

Easy to say? Hard to do? Only if we don't want the truth. Only if...

Eph. {4:17} This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind
{4:18} Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
{4:19} Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness

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We aren't past feeling, we know, we see and we have to believe that Christ is our hope, our truth. Even if we don't feel right, we can know that beyond feeling we have Jesus as our Savior, Jesus who alone can save us from sin and the sin in our lives.

May Christ bless and keep us in Him even when life wraps us up in a thick, black darkness of hopelessness. We have to grasp the truth beyond feeling.

You can be born into a family of royalty- and know you're of royalty, but you don't have to live a life as one born of royalty you can turn your back on it all and throw away all the trappings of being royal- but it won't make you any less born of royalty. We are all called to be children of the King, but we don't have to wear the trappings, we can deny our heritage in Christ, we can deny Christ, but that doesn't change that we are called to be His children. Beyond the feelings, the emotions that can often trap us with their insidious hold over our lives blinding us to our freedom in Christ through His truth, beyond all that we can know. When things are the darkest the light is found in Christ. We can know, even when we feel further from the truth than ever. Let us use our knowledge beyond the feeling. Know.

May God bless and keep us all in His loving embrace through His son, through the grace and mercy of the truth in Jesus now and always.


Amen.