Acts 17:11-12. (NLT)
And the people of Berea were more open -minded than those in Thessalonica and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth. As a result many Jews believed as did many of the prominent Greek women and men.
Staying in the truth is a personal decision and requires diving into knowing the truth which may entail making sacrifices. As you grow up in life you see the instatiability of life; many of us wants more in life which will demand doing a whole lots of thing to differ from others including living adventurous life style like traveling , Reading or Exploring all other new wave of taping into technology explosion of the New Normal of Social Media Saga just to find the truth.
No wonder John 8:32 says “And you will know the truth and the truth will set you free”.
staying in the truth is about the best option you have to explore your environment just to dominate as was the purpose of God to make man in Genesis 1:26; “
Genesis 1:26
[26]And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
How many stories have you heard about someone or events and how did you react may be in trying to authenticate the true source wether it is of good report as the Bible teaches us in Philippians 4:8 \”Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things\”.
The Bible says “the people of Berea evaluates every teaching they heard from Paul and Silas by searching the scriptures on their own to verify the true source of all the messages they hard by so doing many of them who know the truth and understood them believed and were all ready to stay by the truth.
THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT STAYING IN THE TRUTH.
JOB 42:7 “After the Lord had finished speaking to Job , He said to Eliphaz the Temanite “I am angry with you and your two Friends , For you have not spoken accurately about me as my servant Job has”.
Don’t Listen to all sorts of stuff or crazy things you hear about, Don’t allow people’s perception deter you for we are all on our journey in life separately. Go for the truth for what you eventually have a proof of as being the right thing because it will help you have a good standing and a better understanding , if not you are bound to fail out of context which will misguide you.
Figure out the right situation of a thing and run with that by so doing it may inspire others around you instead of discouraging people to stay away and end up bringing condemnation to those who are fabricating wrong information making people falter in their faith.
Get to know who you are and what your decisions are in life . Learn to meditate, it will help you get in tune with the truth and guide your spirit against accepting every wind of doctrine. “Beloved do not believe every spirit, but test the spirit to see whether they are from God for many false prophets have gone into the world” (1 John 4:1).
It will sure take some courage to do what you really want to do in life, however if you ignore the inner truth inside of you, that truth that brings peace of mind, it will be very destructive and that may lead to frustrations. BEWARE!.
Believe in your self and stop seeking the approval of men. \”Do Not be Conformed to this World (This Age), [Fashioned after and adapted to its external , superficial Customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [Entire] renewal of your mind [by it’s new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His Sight For You]. (Romans 12:2) AMP.
May the grace of God minister the spirit of truth inside our minds to enable us seek for the truth and pursue it in Jesus name amen. Shalom!!
✍️ Mrs Blessing I N Onugha ❤️