27/10/2012 - Delivered by the Truth

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No one calls for justice, nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; they conceive evil and bring forth iniquity.

Isaiah 59: 4

When ruthlessness dominates someone’s heart they end up failing to take wise attitudes. Even being subjected to a fierce attack from the enemy a human can’t see by themselves that it’s the hand of the devil causing them harm. Only those who are in communion with The Lord can be delivered from the devil’s assaults. In fact, God can only stretch his hand out to help those who look for Him in his Word, those who serve Him with faith based on the Scriptures’ determinations.

The empire of injustice operates in all the corners of the earth. There’s not a single place in this world where Satan is not perpetrating his nefarious treachery. Pettiness, greed of many and moral as well as spiritual prostitution are what we see taking place everywhere. The worst is that there’s nobody willing to look for the justice of The Most High. Nobody spends part of their time in prayer for The Almighty to perform righteousness on behalf of the oppressed.

Many members of The Body of Christ still find it hard to fully understand that they have to call for justice, to plead for Truth to be triumphant. Yet, those prayers they say usually sound too feeble. Now, many of our brothers carry on with their lives as though the devil wasn’t real, as if he wasn’t robbing, murdering and destroying (John 10: 10 a). The bad news is that he doesn’t only do that to the lost but also to many saved-ones who won’t call for justice to plead for Truth.

Unfortunately, many people keep on trusting in ineffective ideas, sheer vanity. Some religious rites, though pompous, are absolutely worthless when it comes to delivering the oppressed from evil forces. Yet, though they’ve never seen the hand of God at work in the place they attend, some of them happen not to be brave enough to say “no” to religiosity and consequently they can’t enjoy the divine blessings at all.

Those who aren’t standing firm in The Gospel are telling lies both to themselves and to others. Even the most naïf prayers said by them are nothing but sheer deceitfulness. A man should only cry out to God provided his heart was filled up with faith. Now, the real effective biblical faith doesn’t come out of nothing; we need to listen to The Words of The Lord for that faith to effectively emerge inside our hearts. Therefore, it turns out that only with it a man will be able to say The Truth.

Those who aren’t acquainted with the biblical understanding usually make the mistake of fabricating ineffective works, establishing pointless penances and sacrifices and so many other practices which are in disagreement with The Word of God. Only those truths declared by The Lord are to dwell in our hearts otherwise we’ll be lured into engaging in ineffective activities never requested by our Father.

Everything in disagreement with the divine commands perpetrated by men is nothing but a product of wrongdoing. We can only do things the right way when we fulfil the ordinances conveyed to us by The Word of The Lord. Don’t be hasty to put into practice what is not commanded by The Most High! As you get to know The Truth you’ll be delivered by IT (John 8: 32).

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares