I'm passionate about the truth being told. I'm passionate about seeing the truth be alive in myself and in others. I'm passionate about the truth winning over lies.

But I have been finding something similar in a lot of people recently. People are told lies, but believe them as truths, and in many cases they would stake their lives on the lie, because they believe it is the truth so much.

One of the major fruits I see in this lie phenomenon is the basis of "feelings". "I feel this, or I feel that, so it must be true, right?" But I have a lie revealing truth for all...feelings do not always reveal truth. They are not where truth is birthed. Feelings can enhance an experience of truth. Feelings can also enhance the experience of a lie, and in that situation they act as "proof" of the truth.

But, for lack of knowledge, many people entertain lies. Let's take for instance the media. People will watch the news and then relay what's happening to others as if there is no twist in it. Or let's take a "Christian" book. Many people will read a book, and then relay it as if it was infallible, and receive the sole revelation based off an opinion, rather than a truth.

See Satan is tricky, and he can make a lie look like a truth. And I have seen the works of Satan in others lives as he has told his lie, offered his lie, had his lie received, and then the person mirrors their life, even defines their life, based off this lie. It goes even past a feeling to believing you were created to become this lie. You can see the easy progression from freedom to chains.

But there is ABSOLUTE truth, and the absolute truth is being told to you. I'm reminded of the story with the sower and the seed. The seed is being put out. But it falls on four different kinds of soil. And I believe as a believer, we can have four responses to the truth. One, it will fall on deaf ears, and not make it to the soil. Or it may fall on a soil that is shallow, and with out the depth, the roots can't grow down. Or it could fall on a soil that is full of weeds, distracting the seed from producing fruit. But lastly could fall upon cultivated soil that is ready to receive and begin to grow the truth into a revelation that bears truth up to a hundred fold. I know that different truths have fallen on different soils at different points in my life.

But here's the point people:

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BEAR FRUIT OF A LIE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE TRUTH BEING TOLD TO YOU. CULTIVATE THE SOIL OF YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE TRUTH. BE WILLING TO KILL THE LIE, IN ORDER TO PRODUCE TRUTH. ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO REVEAL WHAT LIES YOU HAVE BEEN DEFINED BY!

If you are looking for truth...let your search stop at the Bible, the Holy Spirit can open your eyes to the revelation of truth, and plant the seed. Then it will need time to grow. But as it grows, you will become the bearer of truth.