\u201cYet because I tell the truth you do not believe me.\u201d John 8:45 CSB
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When it comes to truth or grace, I tend to fall on the truth side of things. It\u2019s always easier telling the truth than a lie. You don\u2019t have to worry about it, you don\u2019t have to remember it. The facts are always the facts. But the truth is, people don\u2019t like truth. Because they don\u2019t like truth, they don\u2019t like Jesus. The human mind fascinates me how easily it can be deceived. It happens to all of us. I have been persecuted more for telling the truth than anything else in my life. It always amazes me how people react when confronted with the truth. It\u2019s not at all what one would think. But Jesus knows, Jesus knows exactly how people react to truth, by not believing.
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It\u2019s easier to not believe than it is to accept the truth.
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It\u2019s easier to not believe all sin is equal, than it is to believe that it is. \u00a0It\u2019s easier to point fingers at someone else\u2019s sin than our own. But if you aren\u2019t honest with yourself, you can\u2019t be honest with others. \u00a0If you can\u2019t be honest with others, you\u2019re not telling the truth. You\u2019re being deceived. Any story of overcoming adversity typically starts with a line something like this: \u201cI took a good, hard look at my life and realized something needed to change.\u201d \u00a0That\u2019s being honest with yourself. That\u2019s saying, what I have been doing so far hasn\u2019t worked, it\u2019s time to do something different.
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That\u2019s what I did when I was in my late 20\u2019s, in a dead-end relationship, dead-end job, dead-end life. \u00a0I took a good hard look at my life and determined this wasn\u2019t working. I had tried things my way and it wasn\u2019t successful. \u00a0I needed a change. That change was Jesus. I decided to start believing the truth Jesus was trying to tell me. I decided to start applying it to my life. \u00a0I dug into His word and started applying it to my life. I started to believe. I always knew the truth, I just didn\u2019t believe the truth.
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Here\u2019s the beauty of Jesus. He doesn\u2019t expect you to do it all at once, accept His truth. He just wants you to start with one truth, Him. Start by accepting the truth that you need Jesus in your life. Once you do, He\u2019ll start unraveling the layers of unbelief we have. I heard our hearts once compared to an onion. Each layer is a different wall we have built up to protect it. Once we start to accept the truth of Jesus, He begins to peel back those layers, one at a time, revealing the truth. Some layers can hurt more than others to have the light shed on them. Others may be easier to accept. But all of it requires belief that Jesus can and will do it. He came to give us truth, to set us free with the truth (John 8:32 CSB). It won\u2019t happen if we don\u2019t believe.
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Let\u2019s start today with this prayer:
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Lord, we are so grateful for your truth. Forgive us for the times we haven\u2019t believed it. Help us overcome our unbelief. Help us accept and believe in Your truth. Reveal the layers of deception that we\u2019re believing, bring light into the darkness. Open our eyes to the truth of You, help us to believe it (John 8:45 CSB). In Jesus name I pray. Amen
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