Christianity Oasis Forum

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November 2
Saturday


WHO'S TELLING
THE TRUTH?

READ
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Which of you convicts
Me of sin? And if I tell
the truth, why do you
not believe Me?
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During the 2012 US presidential campaign, television coverage of speeches and debates often included "fact checking" by analysts who compared the candidates' statements with their actual records. Were they telling the truth or manipulating the facts to their advantage?

The apostle John recorded a debate between Jesus and a group of people who believed he was making false claims about Himself. Jesus told them, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:31-31). They told Him that they had never been in bondage to anyone and asked,
"How can You say, 'You will be made free'?" (v.33).

As the debate continued, Jesus kept saying that He was telling them the truth (vv.34,40,45-46,51). Some believed Him, but others remained angry at Him and unconvinced.

In a sense, that debate goes on today. Those who oppose Jesus seek to discredit His statements and twist them into lies. Jesus says, I am telling you the truth," and promises that he will give us a freedom we can find nowhere else.

The Bible record of Jesus' life is worth "fact checking" as we determine who we will follow. All of us have a choice to make. __David McCasland

```````````````Faith is believing, the promise is true,```````````````````
``````````````Trusting in Jesus your strength to renew;``````````````````
``````````````Resting so sweetly, secure on His Word,```````````````````
``````````Shielded from danger with Jesus the Lord. __Teasley```````````
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God's truth stands any test.

****************************Today's Bible Reading __ John 8:31-47*******************************

31 Then Jesus said to those
Jews who believed Him, "If
you abide in My word, you
are My disciples indeed.

32 And you shall know the
truth, and the truth shall
make you free."...

37 "I know that you are
Abraham's descendants, but
you seek to kill Me, because
My word has no place in
you. 38 I speak what I have
seen with My Father, and
you do what you have seen
with your father."

39 They answered and said
to Him, "Abraham is our
father.

Jesus said to them, "If you
were Abraham's children,
you would do the works of
Abraham. 40 But now you
seek to kill Me, a Man who
has told you the truth which
I heard from God. Abraham
did not do this. 41 You do the
deeds of your father."

Then they said to Him
"We were not born of
fornication; we have one
Father__God."

42 Jesus said to them, "If
God were your Father,
you would love Me, for I
proceeded forth and came
from God; nor have I come
of Myself, but He sent
Me. 43 Why do you not
understand My speech?
Because you are not able to
listen to My word.

44 You are of your father
the devil, and the desires
of your father you want
to do. He was a murderer
from the beginning, and
does not stand in the truth,
because there is no truth
in him. When he speaks a
lie, he speaks from his own
resources, for he is a liar
and the father of it. 45 But
because I tell the truth, you
don not believe Me. 46 Which
of you convicts Me of sin?
And if I tell the truth, why
do you not believe Me?

47 He who is of God hears
God's words; therefore you
do not hear, because you are
not of God."