Spirit of Truth/The Bible on Trial

Join Spirit of Truth Ministry today for another dynamic and complex study into the differences between religion and truth. The Revelation of Jesus with Rick Sterling delves deep into the complex yet understandable differences between what Jesus brought to earth via the words of the Father and what others have to say about the process of divesting yourself from lies and learning the truth.

Emergency preparations~ Todays TV news showed video of severe wild fires here in California. Essentially, the town of Paradise in Butte County has been burned to the ground.  This tragedy is more poignant because it appears that the parents of my son's fiance live in Paradise,and they had to evacuate this afternoon, and it is highly likely that their house and property has been destroyed by the flames. Everyone got out safely, except for one of their cats, that was not at home when they had to leave. This situation started me thinking about emergency preparedness. What if my wife and I had to evacuate in with 10 minutes notice; what would we take with us. The animals, certainly. Family pictures that are not in the cloud, absolutely. Water, food, clothes, pet food, medicine, a half tank of gas in the cars, so we could get away as fast as possible; all would be important.  When this kind of situation happens we think about what is most important, and plan on saving those things. But the most important thing is that we leave with enough time to save our own lives, even if it is only with the clothes on our backs. Should we not put at least the same amount of effort into planning on saving our eternal lives? How do we go about doing that? If it is just 'by grace' then why would we need to plan for anything at all? If grace is all we need then why was Jesus so adamant about learning the words of His Father in order to be "Sanctified" by the Truth? Truth is what will save us into the Kingdom of God, not grace. If we haven't packed our minds with His words, and practiced the Truth in order to come to the light John3:19-21 then why did Jesus spend a whole year teaching His disciples those words, so they could write them down so we could have them for ourselves. The time to evacuate is near at hand; have you packed the right things to be saved?

Vote for Truth~ In California we have taken many issues away from our legislators as a self-defence mechanism for shoddy law making. And this has led to the Proposition system, where a group of people get together and write a proposition for the voter to impliment by a 'winner take all', highest vote total wins system. This is pure Democracy at it's worst. There are about a dozen propositions on our ballot for this coming Tuesday, and they have been constructed and worded in such a way that if you just take them at face value you will probably vote FOR something you are actually AGAINST. Go Figure. You MUST actually dig deep to find the truth. What the framers of these proposition want you to do is not to vote your intellect but to vote your heart; if they can get you to do this they will win, and the voter will loose. As beings that desire to form a spiritual identity we often go with our hearts and not our heads (or a combination of the two) in forming our spiritual operating system. All of us start off by framing our spiritual identity from what we see in our parents. It is very sad, and makes it much more difficult to for a usable spiritual identity without the structure of the home and two parent family, which is why spirituality has become fractured, disjointed, and non-functional in many lives today. Because of this people move from one 'program' to another seeking solace in a 'group think' that allows them to become part of an extended family, where they feel safe and warm. Satan has capitalized on this by offering an alternative to the Words of Jesus, words that have defined explicitly how to gain eternal life. This alternative makes people feel good about themselves, because deep down they agree with the concept that they will always be sinners and do wrong, and believe that God will save them as they are, in their sin. The Truth is different. Search!

When do lies actually become truth? Most of us would say 'never'; we would say that it doesn't matter how long lies are spoken they can never become truth. But in the practical world of religion and politics this is simply not the case. The USA is in a midterm election cycle, and the rhetoric is flying fast and loose on TV adds, in political speeches, and in accusations of wrong doing, or the rebuttals to the same. The closely held positions of political opponents have actually cause friends and family to desolve those friendships and family ties in favor of 'ideals' about how our country should function. And there is also an intersection of the political and religious with regards to immigration, where religious people that abhore the poverty and hunger of the less fortunate that live outside of the borders of the USA, want to allow everyone that comes to America free access across our boarders so that we can 'take care' of them. The Kingdom of Heaven has borders, and those borders are well defined and permanent as specified by the King of that Kingdom, Jesus Christ. But there are a lot of well meaning and sincere people of religion that have decided on their own and without proof, that the Kingdom of Heaven is open to everyone and anyone that simple declares that "Jesus is their Lord". They say essentially that there are no borders of the Kingdom of God, and that all are welcome to enter even though they are full of sin.  Spirit of Truth Ministry shows that borders matter when it comes to entry into the Kingdom of God. Join us for our program today and learn how to tell the difference between what is real and what is imagination when it comes to crossing the border into Eternal Life in the Kingdom of God.

What do you believe? This seems a simple question, but the answers are certainly not simple if what you believe will affect your eternal life. If you ask this question of a Christian one of the answers that you will receive will be that the person believes they are saved by grace through faith. So in reality faith and belief go hand in hand for most Christians; the more faith needed to justify proposition the stronger the belief. One of the things this type of belief system requires is a faith so strong that no proof to the opposite can overcome that faith. And there, (thanks you Shakespeare) "is the rub"! To any honest person the idea that you need more faith in order to believe something is a red flag that what you are believing needs serious introspection. The presented idea by the apostle Paul is that the more sin that needs to be dealt with, the more faith needed for a corresponding belief that your sins are forgiven, and the more faith the greater the belief. So the more sin you have the more grace you recieve to overcome that sin. Does this sound right? Did Jesus teach this to His own eyewitnesses? Did His eyewitnesses promote this in their gospels? There are answers to those questions that Spirit of Truth Ministry answers by using the very words that Jesus received from His Father, that He brought from heaven and gave to His disciples (one of whom was NOT Paul or Luke), who wrote them down for us to read and understand. Do we really need more than the words of Jesus? Do we really need to have His words explained by 'experts', or are His words enough for us to use to come to an understanding of the Truth? Join Rick and the team as we search for and find answers to these and other questions about how we need to go about the working out of our salvation "with fear and trembling". http://blogtalkradio.com/sot.

At first glance, it would seem to be presumptuous to Christians for anyone to feel the need to 'test the Bible for Truth'. This would 'seem' to indicate that truth is not actually IN the Bible, and this is simply not true. BUT (a conjucntion that modifies that which came before), while there certainly is truth in the Bible, there is also lies? WHAT? How can you possibly say that? God would never allow there to be lies in the universally acclaimed repository for truth for Christians, would He? The parable/prophecy about the Wheat and the Weeds belies that as a fact. According to Jesus, the Enemy put Weeds into the Wheat field that the Master planted before He went on a journey (Matt. 13:24-30). Jesus planted the wheat of Truth in the same location wherein at a later time Satan sowed the seeds of lies.  There is credible evidence that after Jesus returned to Heaven the Devil 'converted' an evil man to promote a 'different gospel' from the Gospel of the Kingdom taught by Jesus to His own eyewitness disciples. This man, that never knew Jesus in the flesh, was accosted by a 'spirit being' on the road to Damascus, and was convinced by lies and subtrifuge that this being was 'indeed' the son of God. And right there the Weeds were sown in with the Wheat.  So yes, there are lies in the Bible; but if it was not possible for anyone that loves and practices the truth to actually FIND the Truth in the Bible, then Jesus lied, and this is just not possible. The first thing that a person must do to find the truth is to understand that they have been taught lies as if they are the truth, and purpose to find the truth no matter the cost. And THAT is the purpose of Spirit of Truth Ministry and the program The Bible On Trial on Blog Talk Radio. http://spiritoftruthministry.com/sot.

Timing is everything~ Have you heard the expression that "Timing is Everything"? The idea the everything that happens does so at the 'proper time' is a common theme in the words of Jesus when He was speaking about judgment. "But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into." Matt. 24:43 "Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?" Matt. 24:45. These texts show that God has a plan for the timing of the end, and that eveything that has happened from the foundation of the world has been done "At the proper time". Are we living now during this 'proper time'? And if so how do we know? Join us today and find out how it is not only possible to know the time of the end, but it is imperative to know that time, so we can be prepared for service to the Kingdom of Heaven, the King of that Kingdom, and the world

This past week our big tom cat, Andy, went out of the house for what we thought was his usual night time rounds, and he didn't come back. One day, then two days, then three; at which time my wife and I really started to become worried. By the end of the fourth day we had all but given up hope of Andy coming back. One reason that we thought this is because  there have been coyotes seen on the street where we live, and one never knows when they will show up for a free furry meal. He did come back. During this time I thought a lot about grief. I read a wonderful expression and definition of grief, which in essence was 'unrequited/unfulfilled love for someone or something that is no longer around to recieve it'. A person that is grieving no longer has the object of their grief to love, and return that love. And this got me thinking about what God might go through after the earth has been made new. You see, after the earth is cleansed from all disobedience what is left? Only those people that have obeyed the Commandments of God. And yes, God will be saddened by having to put to death all those that hated Them (Elohiem). But the saddest part of that will be Their remembering for eternity those that said that they loved God, but decided that the Commandments no longer mattered to their salvation. Yes, God will wipe away every tear for all of humanity that has earned eternal life by believing and practicing the Truth. But what about God's tears for those that He loved but chose to continue in disobedience, forcing Him to do that thing which He never wanted to do from the foundation of the world. Jesus wept over His friend Lazarus. And we all have the power to cause God to weep for us in either sorrow or in joy, by either being disobedient or obedient to His Covenant of the Kingdom. In which way will God weep for you? They will truly weep for joy when you learn to believe His words, and practice His truth.

Join us for an inspiring and dynamic study into truth. We will be on air at the top of the hour. See you then.

The only way to come to a complete understanding of truth is to agree that there actually is an understanding of truth that is complete. Another critical factor in understanding truth is to acknowledge that the origin of truth is outside of you, and that truth needs to be inside of you to have meaning and bring purpose in life. You must admit that Truth is not a feeling or an emotion, but it is an activity. Jesus said it best: ""But he who practices (accomplishes) the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God." John 3:21. Truth is not passive, it is active, and requires activity/doing to accomplish the purpose of God.  Join with Spirit of Truth Ministry as we actively search for and find truth that leads to salvation, peace, and eternal life.