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Truth Like a Belt

Posted in Truth, tagged , on December 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »

[T]ake … the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, … having your loins girt about with truth …” – Ephesians 6:13-14a

We judge our needs by our best days but God warns us to prepare for our worst, when peace is not found, escape is not possible, and God seems distant.

Eight things are listed as essential armoury for evil days and first on the list is truth.

“Girding the loins” was putting on a waist belt,1 it holds everything in place. “Truth”, here, means, “not concealing”. We can’t stand in an evil day if we are a deceptive person. More than just confessing our sins before God, we need to be honest in our daily living.

If we are committed to honesty when no one is looking we will have nothing to fear from even the most intense scrutiny.

– fritz

1 – Mark 1:6

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Mercy and Truth Meet in Christ

Posted in Mercy, Truth, tagged , on November 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »

“Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. – Psalm 85:10

“Truth” and “Righteousness” don’t naturally lead to “Mercy” and “Peace”.

Truth is, every one of us have done selfish ungodly deeds. Righteousness demands wrongs to be corrected and we don’t have the wherewithal to comply.

We can not bring back the dead, can’t restored ruined reputations, can’t unhurt or put back what we have wasted.

But Christ, Jesus, can and he has. In Christ righteousness and peace “kiss” and make up. He paid for our sin, he can heal the hurt, even take the wrong and work it to every one’s good.

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ – Romans 5:1

– fritz

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Telling the Truth About Oneself

Posted in Quotes, Truth, tagged , , on November 25, 2010| Leave a Comment »

The heart is deceitful … who can know it?” – Jeremiah 17:9

“[A] man can not tell the whole truth about himself, even if convinced that what he wrote would never be seen by others”- Samuel Clemens1

Search me, O God, and know my heart: … know my thoughts … and lead me in the way everlasting.-Psalm 139:23-24

– fritz

1 – “Mark Twain’s Bequest,” London Times, 23 May 1899 as quoted in Autobiography of Mark Twain Volume 1 edited by Harriet Elinor Smith, 2010

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