Spirit of Truth/The Bible on Trial

Testing truth is NOT for the faint of heart. It can get you into a lot of trouble with friends and family, if you happen to tell them what you are doing. NO ONE likes to think that what they believe might be a lie, or might be wrong. So if you attempt to let them know that you are testing your belief system, more often than not you will be regaled as to why you should just leave 'well enough alone', and not 'rock the boat'. Yet finding the truth is the only way to know for sure if what you believe is true, so taking the risk in exposing yourself to the ridicule of others is the only way to find truth. Join us as we learn the truth together.

Exploring the differences in the concepts of Truth between the Words of God and the words of those claiming to be of God. Jesus warned that 'others' would come 'in His name', claiming that Jesus is indeed the Christ, and would "lead a astray" (Matt. 24:4). Rick Sterling will lay out the ground work for understandting what this entails by comparing the words of Jesus that He gave His own eyewitness disciples with those of the 'others' (notably the words of the apostle Paul) that did not hear the words of Jesus first-hand, noting the vast differences between them. This comparison will clearly show that there is only ONE truth, not two, and that truth comes only from those words that Jesus brought from the Father in heaven. Join us for a study that will challenge your faith to the core, and align your current understanding with the Truth from above!

When Jesus was here on earth He was subjected to 'Fake News' by the leaders of the Jewish religion. The Pharisees and Saducees were NOT happy that someone, namely Jesus of Nazareth. really knew Scripture, and was able to defuse the traps that were set for him by simply quoting from that Scripture. Knowing the Bible, and what is in it that is truth and lies, is essential in our own defusing of the traps that are set by 'friends', 'family', and co-workers, people that want to trap you into believing the lies that they have bought into because 'everyone'  believes it. Consensus is not a guarantee of truth. As a matter of fact, the more people that believe something to be true, the less likely that it is truth. Join us here at Spirit of Truth Ministry in our dilligent search for truth, a truth that goes against the crowd, and that is supported by the words of the Master, Jesus Christ.

Testing the Truth-sounds kind of arrogant, doesn't it? Isn't Truth above testing? Well, if truth is above testing then how do you know if what you believe IS the truth? The Identity of Belief is knowing WHAT you believe, WHY you believe it, and HOW to practice that belief. Discovering your IDENTITY OF BELIEF is TESTING THE TRUTH!  Have you ever heard someone say to you when they are just about to do something nasty to you, "It's nothing personal"? And then it always turns out to be very personal! Your Identity of Truth is personal, but TRUTH is 'nothing personal'. Truth simply IS what it IS. "Truth is singular and absolute" (Rick Sterling). Truth is NOTHING PERSONAL.  And because this is true, Christians, and indeed everyone, must come to the recognition that there is no such thing as a personal Savior; a savior that saves you IN your sin, with whom you can negotiate your own salvation. You must learn the truth, and you WILL find salvation through the Words and teachings of the one that brought the truth from Heaven to earth, Jesus Christ the Son of God (John 18:37).

Just because you BELIEVE in something does not make what you believe true. We can believe ANYTHING we want; truth has nothing to do with belief. This is true in all aspects of life; politics, education, health, relationships, food, all have individual belief systems that defines how a person believes unique and personal to them. This identity of belief has been used to great effect in Christianity with the idea that WHAT you believe does not matter nearly as much as THAT you believe, as long as that belief is in an individual and personal God and Savior. YOU decide what YOU want to believe in regarding HOW you are saved, and this belief does not have to have any connection with what anyone else believes, because they are saved by their own individual belief as well. It this IDENTITY OF BELIEF true? It is, if you simply believe it is true. But IF it is NOT TRUE, what does this do to the FACT of your own salvation? If you have any thoughts that your Identity of Belief might not be God defines how your are saved then maybe it would be a good idea to find out whether HOW you believe in WHAT you believe is true. Join the Spirit of Truth Ministry team as we investigate the truth about the Identity of Belief.

How do you view God? Many view God as a personal Savior that will negotiate with His people so that whatever THEY decide should be the truth BECOMES the truth. Others believe that since 'God IS love' then NOTHING they do, or don't do, will ever affect what God does FOR them, by giving them unconditional salvation. Many believe that they are 'saved by grace through faith', and that they ARE saved simply because they say so. If you have named yourself a Christian, then whatever you believe to be true about God simply isn't. Don't get angry, and certainly don't dispare: you have found a place where the truth about who God is, and what He sent Jesus to the earth to accomplish will be make plain and clear, and you will have NO DOUBT as to what you MUST do to "Sit down with Jesus on His throne, as Jesus will sit down with His Father on HIS throne". Join us for a study that will put your faith to the test, and show you how to tell the difference between Truth and Lies!

Most Christians believe that salvation is where Jesus Himself puts Himself (intercedes) between the sinner and God, so instead of God seeing  the sinner wearing his/her robe of filthy rags (sin), and since Jesus is perfect holy and righteous, God is fooled into believing that the righteousness of Jesus is actually what the sinner is wearing. As one pastor put it, "Thank you God that you have put your camoflaged robe of righteousness over our filthy rags". Can God the Father really be fooled like that? And would Jesus even attempt such a vile deception, especially when He told His own disciples to, "See to it that NO ONE deceives you". (Matt. 24:4). Join us for a study that will challenge EVERYTHING you thought you knew about how salvation really works, and why Satan is "Not called the Great Deceiver because He is not good at it".

"By All Means" testing Truth. All truth is on the table, but specifically the truth about salvation, and how a false apostle co-opted and corrupted the message that Jesus brought to earth from His Father. We see this activity affecting not only the religious/spiritual world, but also the civic/physical world, and we here at Spirit of Truth Ministry MUST call attention to these deficites. Join us today as we delve deep into what it means to be decieved, and how to innoculate yourself against being led astray.

The purpose of The Bible on Trial is to separate the Truth in the Bible from the 'false' truth that is also in the Bible. Join us in this process as we use the words and teachings that Jesus gave to his own eyewitness disciples to find Truth.

No human being has a lock on Truth, so thankfully we have a heavenly being that came to earth in human form to bring us the TRUTH from the Father of ALL Truth; Jesus Christ. NO human being that has ever lived, or will ever live, can bring Truth from heaven except one that came from heaven. The words of Jesus that He gave to His own eyewitness discipes is the only perfectly accurate expression of Truth, and those are the words that contain salvation. Join us for our study into these words.