Promise of Rest - Lie Detector

Promise of Rest

By William M. Self

The most accurate Lie Detector is

God’s Word 

It is profitable

And it will free you

Some people say if they could

know the future they would be rich.

I think I found something greater

than knowing the future.

It is knowing the truth.

I look back at the things in life that have

caused me unrest, lack of sleep…

The things that have hurt me

 financially, physically, emotionally.

  

They all could have been avoided if I knew the truth.

If I could only buy an app for

my phone, that would detect lies.

An alarm that would go off every time

someone or something was lying to me.

An app that would warn me when I would

rather believe a lie than the truth.

I could avoid so much pain

and find so much freedom.

The devil is the father of lies and he has taught

us children how to make lies very believable.

If we had a lie detector, would we want to use it?

What if a lie detector was put on your lips

like Jim Carrey in the movie Liar Liar.

 

If I had a lie detector app on my phone,

 it would be like all other apps

I would have to learn how to use it.

Well I found a lie detector…

 It is God’s Word.

2 Timothy 3:15 says the scriptures are…

Profitable$$$ for reproof and correction.

Dark lies are all around us and David says…

 Your word is a lamp to my feet

and a light for my path. I have

taken an oath and confirmed it, that

I will follow your righteous laws.

I have suffered much;

preserve my life, O LORD,

according to your word.

Psalm 119:105-107 NIV

 

Jesus said to His followers…

 “If ye continue in my word, then

are ye my disciples indeed; And

ye shall know the truth, and the truth

shall make you free.” John 8:31-32 KJV

The Word of God, the best lie detector ever given to man.

It may take a little time to down load this app

in your heart and mind, but it is worth the time.

Have you done a down load of truth today?

 

 Scripture Reading

 Hebrews 4:1-2 NIV

1 Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands,

let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.

2 For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did;

but the message they heard was of no value to them,

because those who heard did not combine it with faith.

John 8:42-47 NIV

42 Jesus said to them, "If God were

your Father, you would love me,

for I came from God and now am here.

I have not come on my own; but he sent me.

43 Why is my language not clear to you?

Because you are unable to hear what I say.

44 You belong to your father, the devil,

 and you want to carry out your father's desire.

He was a murderer from the beginning,

not holding to the truth,

for there is no truth in him. When he lies,

he speaks his native language,

for he is a liar and the father of lies.

45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me!

46 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin?

If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me?

He who belongs to God hears what God says.

The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God." 

John 17:15-19 NIV

15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world

but that you protect them from the evil one.

16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.

17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

18 As you sent me into the world,

I have sent them into the world.

19 For them I sanctify myself, that

they too may be truly sanctified.