How to seek God’s Truth?
“The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask it from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching”.
God’s truth can make us walk in unity (Ephesians 4:1-6). Everyone must submit to the righteousness of God to be able to walk in his truth. One must personally identify with the death, burial and resurrection of Christ in baptism (Mark 16:16; Romans 6:3, 4:1).
In Psalm 119: 153-160, we see how psalmist is pleading to God. Look at my suffering and rescue me. I have not forgotten your teachings. Argue my case, and set me free. Let me live, as you promised. The wicked have no hope of being saved, because they don’t follow your laws. Lord, you are very kind. You always do what is right, so let me live. I have many enemies trying to hurt me, but I have not stopped following your rules. I look at those traitors and hate what I see, because they refuse to do what you say. See how much I love your instructions! Lord I know your love is true, so let me live. Every word you say can be trusted. Your laws are fair and will last forever.
In John 8:31-47, Jesus Talks about Freedom from Sin
Jesus said to the Jews who believed in him, “If you continue to obey and accept my teaching, you are really my followers. You will know the truth and the truth will make you free.” They answered, “We are descendants of Abraham. And we have never been slaves. So why do you say that we will be free.” Jesus said, “The truth is, everyone who sins is a slave-slave to sin. A slave does not stay with a family forever. But a son belongs to the family forever. So If the Son makes you free, you are really free. I know you are Abraham’s descendants. But you want to kill me, because you don’t want to accept my teaching. I am telling you what my Father has shown me. But you do what your father has told you.” They said, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said, “If you were really Abraham’s descendants, you would do what Abraham did. I am someone who has told you the truth I heard from God. But you are trying to kill me. Abraham did nothing like that. So you are doing what your own father did.” But they said, “We are not like children who never knew who their father was. God is our father. He is the only Father we have. Jesus said to them, “If God were really your Father, you would love me. I came from God, and now I am here. I did not come by my own authority. God sent me. You don’t understand the things I say, because you cannot accept my teaching. Your father is the devil. You belong to him. You want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning. He was always against the truth. There is no truth in him. He is like the lies he tells. Yes, the devil is a liar. He is the father of lies. I am telling you the truth, and that’s why you don’t believe me. Can any of you prove that I am guilty of sin? If I tell truth, why don’t you believe me? Whoever belongs to God accept what he says. But you don’t accept what God says, because you don’t belong to God.”
In John 14:6-14, we study
Jesus meets a Samaritan woman who came to the well to get some water, and said to her, “Please give me a drink.” “This happened while his followers were in town buying some food. The woman answered, “I am surprised that you ask me a drink! You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman!” Jesus answered, “You don’t know what God can give you. And you don’t know who I am, the one who asked you for drink. If you knew, you would have asked me, and I would have given you living water.” The woman said, “Sir, where will you get that living water? The well is very deep, and you have nothing to get water with. Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob? He is the one who gave us this well. He drank from it himself, and his sons and all his animals drank from it too.” Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. But anyone who drinks the water I give will never be thirsty again. The water I give people will be like a spring flowing inside them. It will bring them eternal life.”
In John 16:4b-15, we can see the Work of Holy Spirit
I did not tell you these things at the beginning, because I was with you then. Now I am going back to the one who has sent me and none of you asks me, “Where are you going?” But you are filled with sadness because I have told you all this. Let me assure you it is better for you that I go away. I say this because when I go away I will send the Helper to you. But If I did not go, the Helper would not come. When the Helper comes, he will show the people of the world how wrong they are about sin, about being right with God and about judgment. He will prove that they guilty of son, because they don’t believe in me. He will show them how wrong they are about how to be right with God. The Helper will do this, because I am going to Father. You will not see me then. And he will show them how wrong their judgment is, because their leader has already been condemned. I have so much to tell you, but it is too much for you to accept it now. But when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you in all truth. He will not speak his own words. He will speak only what he hears and will tell you what will happen in the future. The Spirit of truth will bring glory to me by telling you what he receives from me. All that the father has is mine. That is why I said that the spirit will tell you what he receives from me.
1Timothy 2:1-7, tell us God wants us to pray for everyone
Pray for all, rulers, leaders and all who have authority so that we can live quiet and peaceful lives-lives full of devotion to God and respect for him. This is good and pleases God our saviour. God wants everyone to be saved and understand the truth. There is only one God and there is only one way that people can reach God. That way is through Christ Jesus, who as a man gave himself to pay for everyone to be free. This is the message that was given to us at just the right time. And I was chosen as an apostle to tell that message. I was chosen to teach those who are not Jews to believe and understand the truth.
