The truth will set you free, but sometimes it will make you miserable first! One night a Massachusetts state police officer pulled over a speeding car. The officer said to the driver, “I clocked you at 80 miles per hour.” The driver says, Gee, officer I had it on cruise control at 60. Perhaps your radar gun needs calibrating. His wife was in the passenger’s seat, and without looking up from her knitting, she said, “Now don’t be silly dear, you know that this car doesn’t have cruise control. As the officer proceeded to write out the ticket, the driver looked over at his wife and growled, Can’t you please keep your mouth shut for once? The wife smiled and said, You should be thankful your radar detector went off when it did. As the officer then proceeded to write out the second ticket for the illegal radar detector unit, the man angrily stared at his wife and said through clenched teeth, DARN IT, woman, can’t you keep your mouth shut? The police officer only frowned and said, And I notice that you’re not wearing your seat belt, sir. That’s an automatic $75 fine. Getting flustered, the driver responded, Yeah, well, you see officer, I had it on, but took it off when you pulled me over so that I could get my license out of my back pocket. At which point the wife piped up, Now, dear, you know very well that you didn’t have your seat belt on? You never wear your seat belt when you drive. And as the police officer begins writing out the third ticket, the driver furiously turns to his wife and shouts, WHY DON’T YOU JUST SHUT UP?? At that point, the police officer looks over at the woman and asks, Does your husband always talk to you this way, Ma’am? And she says, No sir, only when he’s been drinking. The truth will set you free or get you put in jail! “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:31b-32 NKJV) OK, do you believe everything you read online? Of course not! Do you believe everything you watch on tv? No. Do you believe everything you read in the newspaper and in People magazine? No. So why do we spend more time reading and watching what we know is a lie than reading what we know is the truth? The fundamental question we will face in life is this: What will be our authority? Will it be God’s Word or the world? Will it be what God says is true or public opinion? You need to decide, and you need to do it soon. If the Bible isn’t infallible, inerrant, and flawless, you’re in a heap of trouble. The Bible tells you how you can be saved. It tells you that your life isn’t an accident. The Bible tells you how to be forgiven. It tells you how God can use you for good in the world. Understand, therefore, that the LORD your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands (Deuteronomy 7:9, NLT).
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 10:41:44 +0000
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