You Will *Know* The Truth
(5 minutes)
This is the life-giving message we heard him share and it's still ringing in our ears. We now repeat his words to you: God is pure light. You will never find even a trace of darkness in him. If we claim that we share life with him, but keep walking in the realm of darkness, we're fooling ourselves and not living the truth. But if we keep living in the pure light that surrounds him, we share unbroken fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, continually cleanses us from all sin. (1 John 1:5-7)
What does it mean to live in the pure light that surrounds Him? If this is the most important thing that John the Beloved thought he could share with the church years after the resurrection then we must lean into it and discover what it means. How do we live in the pure light that surrounds Him and stop walking in the realm of a darkened perspective about Abba?
Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, "When you continue to embrace all that I teach, you prove that you are my true followers. For if you embrace the truth, it will release true freedom into your lives." (John 8:32)
We've all heard this scripture before - "you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." The only problem is that a lot of us have chased the truth, we've heard it and now know so much that we can recall it and recite it without hesitation yet we haven't seen the transformation, the freedom come into our lives that the truth is supposed to bring. Pastor Tim helped us with this on Sunday when he told us that the same word that Jesus uses for "know the truth" is the same word that is used in Genesis when God said "Adam knew Eve, and they produced a son." So we're not talking about simply knowing factual information - we're talking about knowing by way of being intimately connected to the degree that it produces life inside of you. Have we known the truth in this way? Have we gotten so close, so vulnerable and open to the truth that it was able to release true freedom into our lives? Or have we kept it at the level of hearing and knowing facts?
Living in the pure light that surrounds Him is going to take more than hearing and knowing things on an intellectual level. Living in the pure light is going to take our continual embracing and sitting under the truth that Abba is speaking. The goal is not memorization, but transformation. It's our unwillingness to stop until the word produces the abundant life in us that Jesus promised it would. John the Beloved said that we're fooling ourselves if we're not experiencing the true freedom that comes from embracing the words that He's speaking over us.
Yahweh's word is true and it carries life to every place where it's planted. The question is this: is it truly being planted in our hearts? Are we letting it go deep enough?
Pastor Tim said it this way: "In order to live in the pure light that surrounds Him, you have to invite Him into every step that you take."
You have an opportunity to invite Abba into your life - every aspect of your life - even the small, seemingly insignificant parts. He wants to walk with you through it all. He wants to be invited into it all. Just start a conversation with Him right now that has no ending or "amen." Let it span the width of your entire day. Your mind may get pulled away, but let your heart continually drift right back to the conversation with Him. "Abba, what are your thoughts concerning this matter? How do you see this? How would you handle this? What direction would you go? Abba, what do you want to do today?"
He's showing up to walk with you today. His presence is wrapped around you and it won't take any striving or earning on your part to enter into the pure light that surrounds Him. It will only take your intention to become aware and stay connected to His presence which is already closer to you than your next breath.
Beloved One, you will embrace and become intimately connected to His truth today and in a moment you will feel the sudden release of true freedom come into your life. It will be effortless as you simply enjoy His wraparound presence and perfect love.
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