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| A Few Good Men |
LT. DANIEL KAFFEE: "I want the truth!" COL. JESSUP: "You can't handle the truth!" (Click on the "A Few Good Men" link under the photo to watch a short video.)
Those words from the movie, “A Few Good Men”, echo through my mind long after the closing credits. Why? Maybe because of the truth they speak, not about a Code Red or military law or Marine/Navy relations, but about TRUTH in my life.
We often say we want to know the truth, but the truth can be hard, ugly, disappointing, or downright frightening. It can also be encouraging, challenging, and enlightening.
Jesus spoke a lot about truth. The Apostle John wrote many verses on it:
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8:32 “You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
JOHN
14:6 “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.”
JOHN
18:37 “Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”
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JOHN 1:8 “If we say we don’t sin, we deceive ourselves; the truth isn’t in us.”
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JOHN 2:21 “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.
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JOHN 3:18 “Let us love with actions and in truth.”
The world doesn’t offer us truth. The world manipulates our perceptions of right and wrong so sins sound more acceptable. The world claims that everyone wins and earns a prize. The world tries to deceive us into thinking wrongdoing shouldn’t or won’t have negative consequences. ALL LIES!
Jesus said in John 17:17 “Your Word is truth.” The standard, the measurement of truth is set by God. And we can know the truth by reading His Word.
God’s Word points out sins and shortcomings in our lives—something we don’t readily want to admit. In other verses God lets us know the truth about how much He really loves us—something we can have trouble wrapping our heads around.
If we are sincerely looking for the truth, the Bible is the place to start. It is full of the loving truth about God, about us, and about this world we live in. We CAN handle God’s truth!
Be encouraged!
