"I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me ... GOD!"

Whom do you believe today??? GOD!!  But how do you know what God says?  His Word. Period.  Often, as I teach and preach God's Word, I remind people that they must not accept anything I say UNLESS it is confirmed in God's Word.  They must do as I do:  pray and ask for wisdom as the Holy Spirit teaches us through His Word.  You cannot "make the Bible say anything you want" when you seek to understand every verse in its immediate context and in the context of the rest of the Bible.  Why is this important??  Because people all around us desperately NEED a reliable source for TRUTH!!!

As Jesus was about to ascend into heaven the disciples asked Him if this was the time foretold by the prophets when God would restore the kingdom to Israel.  Jesus answered, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.  But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be MY witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth" (Acts 1:7-8).  

You and I who believe in Jesus Christ in the year 2021 are called and sent to be witnesses of Jesus Christ!  HE is the Way and the Truth and the Life and we know that NO ONE can come to God except through faith in HIM!!  This is the truth we are called to proclaim in the midst of this crazy chaos in which we find ourselves.

Political parties, like denominations, have reached the point where they exist for their own purposes and to promote their own "SELF-existence."  What is happening in the political realm is also happening in the "religious" realm.  People are, and have a right to be, disillusioned.  Ten years ago Lighthouse was still part of a denomination ... a denomination that cared more about its preservation than about the truth!  Rather than take a stand on God's Word, they decided to have a dialogue.  We left.  The denomination will soon cease to exist.  TRUTH is not debatable.  Truth must be proclaimed.  "Witnesses" are called to speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth ... with God's help and for His glory.

Since some churches have been closed down we have had an opportunity to minister to some people that we did not previously know, and we hear from many of them similar things.  We are told that they did not know there was a place that was committed to proclaiming God's Word.  Isn't that what the "church" is supposed to be about??  What are the rest of you doing out there????

I was asked this week, "Why are there so many denominations and divisions in the church?"  My answer is that too many in the "church" have turned away from the truth of God's Word, the very thing to which they should be witnessing, and have replaced it with human "wisdom," leaving those who hear them hungry and longing for "a word from God."  So they read the latest book and imagine they will find it, instead of reading GOD's book and understanding what it says.

Know this, the Bible has one message and it all points to Jesus Christ, from beginning to end, and to the coming of His kingdom to earth.  The true CHURCH bears witness to the One who IS the Truth!  I don't know what is going on in our nation, but I DO know that Jesus Christ is ruling at the Father's right hand and all of this will lead where HE says it will lead, to Jesus' return, to judgment for those who do not believe in Him, and to salvation for those who do!

I pray that YOU know the Truth and that you are not being "shaken" from the firm foundation who is Jesus Christ!  As I look at the world I have opinions about a lot of things, but the world doesn't need to hear my opinions; they need to hear the truth!  So as for me, "I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me ... GOD!"