TCH MINI-STUDY 36
THY WORD IS TRUTH
Referring to those who God the Father has given to Jesus Christ to receive faith
and eternal life (John 17:2-3), Christ prays to His heavenly Father, Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word [Greek logos, account,
saying, tidings, utterance, i.e., the Divine Expression,; a reference to Jesus Christ and the gospel] is truth. As thou hast sent
me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified
through the truth (John 17:17-19). In verse 17, what is this “word” that Christ is referring to. The answer is found in Paul's letter
to the Ephesian church: That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted, after
that ye heard the word [logos, Christ and the gospel message] of truth, the gospel [good news] of your salvation: in whom also after
that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise (Ephesians 1:12-13). In our subject verses, “word” does not refer
to the bible, but to Christ and His gospel [announcement of the good news] of Christ's Kingdom and salvation. It is not the bible
which sanctifies, but Christ and His gospel. Christ sanctified Himself so that those who hear and believe the truth of the gospel,
or good news of the Kingdom and eternal life, may also be sanctified and therefore receive eternal life.
THE CHRISTIAN HERALD
A
Judeo-Christian Bible Study
WOE UNTO THEM THAT CALL EVIL GOOD,
AND GOOD EVIL
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light,
and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent
in their own sight! Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: Which justify the wicked for
reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth
the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the
LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the
Holy One of Israel
(Isaiah 5:20-24).
LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE
KNOWN UNTO GOD
"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving
let your requests be made known unto God. And
the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your
hearts and minds through
Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatsoever
things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things
are just, whatsoever things
are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if
there be any praise, think
on these things”
(Philippians 4:8).
THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH
“Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold
temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might
be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye
see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation
of your souls”
(1 Peter 1:6-9).
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I
live; yet not I,
but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me,
and gave himself
for me”
(Galatians 2:20).
PEACE THROUGH THE BLOOD OF HIS CROSS
"For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; And, having made
peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile
all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth,
or things in heaven. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies
in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled. In
the
body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable
and unreproveable in his sight”
(Colossians 1:19-22).
