Gospel Moments (6): Truth–Review, Reflect, and Revise

Genesis 1:1 ESV
In the beginning,
God created the heavens
and the earth.

Genesis 1:27 ESV
So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.

If we believe that
God is God,
that He created ALL THINGS,
and that He is LORD OF ALL,
we want to take these
truths to heart
by thoroughly
meditating upon them
and aligning our thinking
according to the
TRUTH.

The words of the Bible are
TRUTH.

We want to establish all of
our thinking upon the
foundation of
TRUTH.

In order to do this
we must first strip away every
FALSEHOOD.

We must put away all
vain imagination,
erroneous ideas,
bad habits,
lies of the enemy,
personal opinion,
traditions of men
bad habits,
“arguments,
and every lofty opinion
raised against the
knowledge of God,
and take every thought
captive to obey Christ.”

What we think and
what we think about
and what we believe matters.
We want to build our lives upon
TRUTH.

2 Corinthians 10:3-6
For though we walk in the flesh,
we are not waging war according
to the flesh. For the weapons
of our warfare are not of the flesh
but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy
arguments and every
lofty opinion raised
against the knowledge of God,
and take every thought captive to
obey Christ, being ready to
punish every disobedience,
when your obedience is complete.

Take time to review the
previous Gospel Moments so far
and reflect on the truths.
Ask the Lord by His grace to
help revise your thinking
so that all of your thoughts
come up under His authority
and align with His Word.
Ask Him to help you establish a
solid foundation upon which
to build a life-changing
understanding of the Gospel.

Before
you begin your review,
pray through
the prayer and
Scriptures below
asking God for His mercy
and grace.

Lord, I want to worship you.
You are my God,
my creator, and my Lord.
I want to love you
and serve you
and follow after you
with all of our heart,
soul, mind, and strength.
I know that those who
keep your word are blessed.
Please grant me your grace
to understand your word,
to hold on tightly to truth,
and live according to it.

Psalm 119 various

9 How shall a young man
keep his way pure?
By guarding it according
to your word.

10 With my whole heart
I seek you;

11  I have stored up your
word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.

14  In the way of your
testimonies I delight
as much as in all riches.
15  I will meditate on your precepts
and fix my eyes on your ways.

17 Deal bountifully with
your servant, that I may live
and keep your word.
18  Open my eyes, that I
may behold wondrous
things out of your law.

27 Make me understand
the way of your precepts,
and I will meditate on
your wondrous works.

30  I have chosen the way
of faithfulness;
I set your rules before me.

32  I will run in the way
of your commandments
when you enlarge my heart!

37 Turn my eyes from
looking at worthless things;
and give me life in your ways.

40  Behold, I long for your precepts;
in your righteousness give me life!

64 The earth, O Lord,
is full of your steadfast love;
teach me your statutes!

68 You are good and do good;
teach me your statutes.

72 The law of your mouth
is better to me
than thousands of gold
and silver pieces.

In Jesus’ Name,
Amen.