Jesus said,
"If ye continue in my word, ye are my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make ye free." (John 8: 31-32)
How, then, shall we become disciples of Christ? "If ye continue in my word," according to the Lord.
If we do not continue in the words of the Lord, then it is impossible to become disciples of Christ: at which time it will also be impossible to know the truth and to be set free.
I am learning that not everybody is interested in knowing truth for the simple reason that they want to believe that they cannot be wrong. Because they do not want to be wrong, they find the truth to be bothersome, from which they will turn away and continue to believe in their own words, or they will continue to believe in the words of others: for the words of the Lord have no value in their lives.
Judas Iscariot went to church with Jesus for more than three years, then traded his soul for a bag of money. Because he valued the money more than his soul, he ceased to be a disciple of Christ because he refused to "continue in my word" as Jesus had said. Obviously, Judas was not set free because Judas had no interest in truth.
How many people, like Judas Iscariot, cling to a bag that has more value to them than own souls? That is of more value to them than the value of Christ?
How many people, like Judas Iscariot, go to church with Jesus? Yet, how many of them never read, never study, and never believe in the Bible? How many of them are not disciples of Christ because they will not "continue in my word"? And how many of them will not "know the truth" and be set free? How many of them cling to a bag whose content is of more value than their own souls?
How many people, like Judas Iscariot, just go to church, but have no intention of following Christ? For if they believed in the Lord, they would speak for the Lord; but because they never speak for Christ, this indicates that their hearts are in the content of the bag. There is something in the bag that they refuse let go. There is something in the bag that they cling to. What is in the bag? Only they can answer this question.
Jesus also said,
"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Mark 8: 36-37)
The words of Christ are truth; and the words of this world are the words of this world and nothing more. The words of this world have no eternal value; but the words of Christ will last forever.
"If ye continue in my word, ye are my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make ye free." (John 8: 31-32)
How, then, shall we become disciples of Christ? "If ye continue in my word," according to the Lord.
If we do not continue in the words of the Lord, then it is impossible to become disciples of Christ: at which time it will also be impossible to know the truth and to be set free.
I am learning that not everybody is interested in knowing truth for the simple reason that they want to believe that they cannot be wrong. Because they do not want to be wrong, they find the truth to be bothersome, from which they will turn away and continue to believe in their own words, or they will continue to believe in the words of others: for the words of the Lord have no value in their lives.
Judas Iscariot went to church with Jesus for more than three years, then traded his soul for a bag of money. Because he valued the money more than his soul, he ceased to be a disciple of Christ because he refused to "continue in my word" as Jesus had said. Obviously, Judas was not set free because Judas had no interest in truth.
How many people, like Judas Iscariot, cling to a bag that has more value to them than own souls? That is of more value to them than the value of Christ?
How many people, like Judas Iscariot, go to church with Jesus? Yet, how many of them never read, never study, and never believe in the Bible? How many of them are not disciples of Christ because they will not "continue in my word"? And how many of them will not "know the truth" and be set free? How many of them cling to a bag whose content is of more value than their own souls?
How many people, like Judas Iscariot, just go to church, but have no intention of following Christ? For if they believed in the Lord, they would speak for the Lord; but because they never speak for Christ, this indicates that their hearts are in the content of the bag. There is something in the bag that they refuse let go. There is something in the bag that they cling to. What is in the bag? Only they can answer this question.
Jesus also said,
"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Mark 8: 36-37)
The words of Christ are truth; and the words of this world are the words of this world and nothing more. The words of this world have no eternal value; but the words of Christ will last forever.
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