Quote from Forum Archives on May 29, 2003, 12:42 am

Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>

Dear friends,

We have choices to make every day. As Christians, we may choose
to choose truth, and in fact, we are exhorted to do just that.
In today's message from Neil Anderson's Daily in Christ series,
Neil writes about this very thing.

These are among the things I think about often.

One other interesting tidbit I happened to pick up today came in
a message I heard on the radio as I was traveling. Jack Hayford,
in his radio series, discussed a time when his son Jack was at
college and was asked to attend a play about Shakespeare. The
play was fine in its account of events, but far too graphic in
the manner in which it was presented, recounted Pastor Jack. He
said that his son reported back that he felt dirty and violated
by the overall presentation, which he innocently attended to
fulfill a class assignment.

What did he do to cleanse himself?

The only thing he could think to do was read the Bible, to get
the graphical scenes off his mind. He read and read the Bible
until he had read eight full chapters.

There's nothing magical about the number - he simply felt clean
after reading a good dose of the word.

That's consistent with what today's message is all about, too.
It is about truth, how the truth will set you free, how Jesus
Himself IS the truth, how God's Word is the truth, and finally,
how we should think about the truth.

Where does that leave us? Well my friends, each day our minds
get polluted by a variety of things, some of our own making,
others from the things around us. Clearly we need something to
cleanse and renew us. God's Word is our truth, it points us to
Jesus Christ as the person who saves us, and it sets our minds
thinking about what is good and true.

Lastly, Neil mentions Philippians 4:8 as one of his references.
If you really want to get a clear picture of an attitude and an
approach that works, read Philippians 4, preferably the entire
chapter, but at least verses 4 through 9. These words clearly
outline a way to live. If you want to augment those readings
with additional supporting material, two of my other favorite
passages that cement this entire theme are Romans 12:1-2 and
Philippians 2:1-11. If you don't know what they say, plan to
read those passages, too

Dear Lord,

Please help us to read Your Word, think about it, pray about it,
apply it and act on it in our daily lives - throughout the day,
each and every day. I ask these things with great humility,
helpless on my own. In Jesus' Name and for His sake, I come.
Please hear my prayers and work out Your way in all of our lives
in a way we can clearly see, so that we may know Your ways among
us and continue to praise You every day. Amen.

Your Brother in Christ,
Brian

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NEIL ANDERSON'S DAILY IN CHRIST
from Freedom in Christ Ministries

May 28

CHOOSING TRUTH

Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth
(Ephesians 6:14).

Persons in bondage are not liberated by what I do as the
pastor/counselor, but what they do with my help. It's not what I
believe that breaks the bonds; it's what they believe, confess,
renounce and forgive. Notice the progressive logic of Scripture:

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free
(John 8:32).

I am the way, and the truth, and the life (John 14:6).

But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you
into all the truth (John 16:13).

I do not ask Thee to take them out of the world, but to keep
them from the evil one. . . . Sanctify them in the truth; Thy
word is truth (John 17:15, 17.

Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth
(Ephesians 6:14).

Finally, brethren, whatever is true . . . let your mind dwell
on these things (Philippians 4:8).

When Satan harasses you, you may be prone to languish in the
shadows of your misery. You cry out for God to deliver you, like
Jesus miraculously and instantaneously delivered the demonized
people in the Gospels. But when you read through the Epistles, it
is obvious that your deliverance has already been accomplished in
Christ's work on the cross and His resurrection. Since you are
with Christ in the light, you never again need to live in the
shadows.

You must choose the truth and assume your responsibility to
exercise your authority and resist the devil. From your position
in Christ, you must resist the devil, renounce participation in
his schemes, confess sin and forgive those who have offended you.

Lord, Your truth gives me life and leads me in the everlasting
way. I embrace Your truth to direct my steps today.

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