BBD 11.01.16 May Truth be Revealed (New)

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Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1773^nd

Burning Bush Devotional

01 October 2016

May Truth be Revealed

And you shall know the truth, and the truth
shall make you free. – John 8:32 NKJV.

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,
and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full
of grace and truth. – John 1:14
NKJV.

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. – John 8:40 NKJV.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to
the Father except through Me.” – John 14:6 NKJV.

The
Independent Perse School in Cambridge England is teaching students how to be “artful dodgers.” When a student happens
to commit a violation of the school rules they are given ten seconds to explain
themselves to avoid punishment. Ed Elliott, head of
the school, explained that “out
and out falseness” is not allowed although “white lies” might be
allowed. Elliott says, “Getting
children to talk their way out of minor misdemeanors is a wonderful way of
encouraging such creativity and fostering good communication skills.” Sam Leith who is a
rhetoric expert and author says, “You
can see this being a really important life skill and actually politicians, some
of them, are the absolute straight arrow, but often the ones who get further
are the artful dodgers.” (BBC 11.19.12; The Huffington Post 11.24.12)

In our
current political climate it is difficult at times to discern the truth,
because the truth is that our political candidates are artful dodgers. However,
there is a problem that has created this deceitful political climate, and that
is our desire to only hear what we want to hear. Do we want to know the truth?
Do we really want to hear the truth? If a candidate tells you the truth are you
offended? Jesus told the Jews the truth, and they just wanted to kill Him.
Instead of pleading with Pilate to release Jesus, instead they shouted for
Pilate to release a murderer (Matthew 27:20). Then,
they shouted about Jesus to Pilate (Matthew 27:22-23), “Let Him be
crucified” “Let Him be crucified” and Jesus was crucified. But
there is a strange thing about truth, truth refuses to die. Jesus, the Truth,
rose again on the third day!

Today in
the United States each of us has our own idea about truth. We only want to hear
our version of the truth as we have become artful listeners. We stuff our ears
and turn the channel if someone actually dares to speak truth. It is sad to
think that the political candidate who actually wins the election may be the
one who has most successfully artfully dodged the truth.

Our duty
as Christians in this election and in life is to seek the Truth, to desire the
Truth, to pray for the Truth to be revealed, and that we might recognize it.
Will you do that? Will you pray for the Truth to be revealed, and that you will
recognize it, and receive it?

Copyright © 2009-2016. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of those
first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to
prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

www.theburningbush.net

www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 12,000
subscribers across the world. (At one time there were 18,000 subscribers to the
email devotional. Email has become less important as many are using the social
platforms like facebook and twitter more frequently.)

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the
Devotionals at the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of
the home page. Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for healing for Michelle Abetz,
Shane Hall, Brad, Damon D. & wife, Reta (my sister – she is currently in
hospital very ill), Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Lexi McCalip, Gary Kirk, my Aunt
Ellamae Dobbs and Jeanie.

Please pray for God’s will to be
done and Truth to be revealed in the upcoming election in the USA. Please pray
for an end to the racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with
peace and love. Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the
Prayer Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer -
please pray for me. My prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities
to preach. As the apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

If you enjoy the devotional
please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank
email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

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Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1773^nd

Burning Bush Devotional

01 October 2016

May Truth be Revealed

And you shall know the truth, and the truth
shall make you free. – John 8:32 NKJV.

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,
and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full
of grace and truth. – John 1:14
NKJV.

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. – John 8:40 NKJV.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to
the Father except through Me.” – John 14:6 NKJV.

The
Independent Perse School in Cambridge England is teaching students how to be “artful dodgers.” When a student happens
to commit a violation of the school rules they are given ten seconds to explain
themselves to avoid punishment. Ed Elliott, head of
the school, explained that “out
and out falseness” is not allowed although “white lies” might be
allowed. Elliott says, “Getting
children to talk their way out of minor misdemeanors is a wonderful way of
encouraging such creativity and fostering good communication skills.” Sam Leith who is a
rhetoric expert and author says, “You
can see this being a really important life skill and actually politicians, some
of them, are the absolute straight arrow, but often the ones who get further
are the artful dodgers.” (BBC 11.19.12; The Huffington Post 11.24.12)

In our
current political climate it is difficult at times to discern the truth,
because the truth is that our political candidates are artful dodgers. However,
there is a problem that has created this deceitful political climate, and that
is our desire to only hear what we want to hear. Do we want to know the truth?
Do we really want to hear the truth? If a candidate tells you the truth are you
offended? Jesus told the Jews the truth, and they just wanted to kill Him.
Instead of pleading with Pilate to release Jesus, instead they shouted for
Pilate to release a murderer (Matthew 27:20). Then,
they shouted about Jesus to Pilate (Matthew 27:22-23), “Let Him be
crucified” “Let Him be crucified” and Jesus was crucified. But
there is a strange thing about truth, truth refuses to die. Jesus, the Truth,
rose again on the third day!

Today in
the United States each of us has our own idea about truth. We only want to hear
our version of the truth as we have become artful listeners. We stuff our ears
and turn the channel if someone actually dares to speak truth. It is sad to
think that the political candidate who actually wins the election may be the
one who has most successfully artfully dodged the truth.

Our duty
as Christians in this election and in life is to seek the Truth, to desire the
Truth, to pray for the Truth to be revealed, and that we might recognize it.
Will you do that? Will you pray for the Truth to be revealed, and that you will
recognize it, and receive it?

Copyright © 2009-2016. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of those
first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to
prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 12,000
subscribers across the world. (At one time there were 18,000 subscribers to the
email devotional. Email has become less important as many are using the social
platforms like facebook and twitter more frequently.)

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the
Devotionals at the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of
the home page. Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for healing for Michelle Abetz,
Shane Hall, Brad, Damon D. & wife, Reta (my sister – she is currently in
hospital very ill), Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Lexi McCalip, Gary Kirk, my Aunt
Ellamae Dobbs and Jeanie.

Please pray for God’s will to be
done and Truth to be revealed in the upcoming election in the USA. Please pray
for an end to the racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with
peace and love. Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the
Prayer Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer -
please pray for me. My prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities
to preach. As the apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

If you enjoy the devotional
please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank
email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time
constraints the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by
sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

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