“Continue to Believe the Truth”

 “Continue to Believe the Truth”

 

But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it.  Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News.  The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul have been appointed as God’s Servant to proclaim it.  Colossians 1:23

 

Some of you may be thinking: “What TRUTH?”  It is the TRUTH that will set mankind FREE from their SINFUL LIVES and give them an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS.  It is the TRUTH of GOD’S HOLY WORD.  And it is the TRUTH concerning GOD’S PERFECT PLAN for the SALVATION of MANKIND.  

 

Let’s start with the BEGINNING.  FIRST, let’s LOOK at who His ONLY SON TRULY IS.  JESUS CHRIST is the VISIBLE IMAGE of the INVISIBLE GOD.  Meaning that He existed before ANYTHING was created and is SUPERLATIVE over ALL creation.  And through Him God created EVERYTHING in the heavenly realms and on earth.  He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see.  EVERYTHING was created THROUGH Him and FOR Him.  He EXISTED before ANYTHING else, and HE holds ALL creation TOGETHER.  JESUS CHRIST is also the HEAD of the UNSEEN CHURCH, which is His BODY.   He is the BODY.  He is SUPREME over ALL who RISE from the DEAD.  So, He is FIRST in EVERYTHING.  

 

It PLEASED God, in ALL His FULLNESS, to LIVE in Christ, and through Him God RECONCILED EVERYTHING to HIMSELF.  He made PEACE with EVERYTHING in Heaven and on Earth by means of CHRIST’S BLOOD on the CROSS.  JESUS, who is GOD in the FLESH, GAVE UP His LIFE to SAVE YOUR LIFE and MINE TOO.  And He ACCOMPLISHED the WILL of GOD for the REDEMPTION of ALL MANKIND by the SHEDDING of His PRECIOUS BLOOD.  

 

The Apostle Paul was talking to the CHRISTIANS in COLOSSE.  And it was His desire that they would NOT DRIFT AWAY FROM the ASSURANCE that they received when they HEARD the GOOD NEWS. At that time, they were being led astray with FALSE DOCTRINES.  So, Paul is ENCOURAGING THEM to STAND-FAST in what they FIRST BELIEVED and don’t DRIFT AWAY from the TRUTH.  

 

  Paul told them that, the GOOD NEWS had been PREACHED all over the WORLD, and He (PAUL) had been appointed as God’s Servant to proclaim it.  And WE, who have GIVEN our HEART and LIFE to GOD, has ALSO been APPOINTED by God to PROCLAIM the GOOD NEWS to this WICKED, CORRUPT, VILE world. Have YOU received this GOOD NEWS?  If you think NOT, your wrong, because I just SHARED IT with You.  JESUS, who is GOD In the FLESH, GAVE HIS LIFE to SAVE your soul from an ETERNITY in Hell, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE once you are there.   

 

Now that you KNOW the TRUTH of the GOOD NEWS, what will you do with it?  Will you REJECT it, by ignoring what has been shared with you? If this is your decision, then your DESTINY is not such GOOD NEWS.  BUT YOU can CHANGE that NOW!  If you will ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  And BELIEVE the TRUTH that He DIED for YOU and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you before God.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.   YOU MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And you MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and CONTINUE to BELIEVE the TRUTH.   Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!