Setting The Fundamental Truth

What makes a person a Christian is to personally believe in the fundamental truth that Jesus died for all on the Cross and resurrected, and calling on to the name of Jesus. It is about carrying the cross. It is not the practices or our good deeds that save us. We are unworthy yet the gift of salvation comes freely. It is about us setting right before God. From there it develops the reverent fear towards God and even as we meditate on His word.

Where does the truth come from? No other sources but the Word of Life - Bible. It is a collection of the unfailing word of God, commandments, truth and way to life, and promises of God that Must be deeply rooted and lived accordingly in every believer's life.

There is a tendency that the congregation of a church over desire and seek for emotional exchange and great atmosphere to feel good dwelling in those moments. We can be setting ourselves into the danger zone of neglecting the truth while all that we do and going after is all based on spirituality. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that we should not desire for great encounter with God through the awesome spiritual atmosphere where most of the time, being set by the worship team with wonderful music and vocals facilitating. In fact, true worship can bring breakthrough and set the platform for the congregation to encounter God and fresh revelation coming through. Moreover, we need to press in to the spiritual realm where the signs and wonders and miracles of God's hands moving are just so overwhelming. However, if our heart desire and attitude is grounded deep solely on great atmosphere and a perfect worship band to drive, God is not pleased. God is not pleased when we are strong in spirituality but not in the truth! One example of the vulnerability of a lopsided gain can be receiving words from an unknown blindly or rather confused due to lack of knowledge in God's word for cross referencing. God's word sets our way to life and not the experience. God's word will remain and stand forever, but experience and great moments come and pass.

What it says in the John 4:23-24, "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."

We can worship God in spirit but in the absence of Truth. Here come our responsibility especially in guiding and nurturing the young believers. We need a balance in the spirituality and truth. Truth is not just the ability to differentiate right from wrong, but a conviction of where our belief is based on. We obtain truth from the word of God, the Bible.

In John 14:6, "Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Jesus is the truth. God calls the true worshippers those who worship Him Both in Spirit and in Truth. It is the same that we can't come to God half-hearted, reserving partly and not giving God the full portion. Believing God is believing the truth.

Everyday we need to wake up to the realization that we do not earn it or deserve it, but is only by His grace that we are still alive and take on to the day. Lets the truth transform our thinking by digging deep into the Word and set the foundation of our belief right before striving for greater sign and move from God.