January 2

The Truth Will Come Out

But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth (1 John 2:20).

Scripture: 1 John 2:20-27

Song: “Thy Word”

I sat on my hands and held my breath while a couple I respected stood before our church and shared their good news: they had met a man, a prophet, who knew exactly when Christ was going to return. They were full of joy because Christ was coming in just a few months and they wanted the rest of us to be ready like they were. The couple had been Christians a lot longer than I had—I was only in middle school—but something about what they were saying didn’t sit right with me. Didn’t the Bible say that only God knew the day and time that Jesus Christ would return to earth? It didn’t take my young brain long to come to a simple conclusion: either the supposed prophet was wrong or the Bible was. I chose to believe the Bible. Within a few weeks, the couple realized their error.

The Bible is truth and when someone teaches something that disagrees with that truth, the Holy Spirit, our anointing, warns us. Reading the Bible regularly is the best way to know the truth and therefore to identify if a teaching is true or false. Reading what Jesus said about Himself in John 3 is a good place to start.

Lord, thank You that Your Word is true. Thank You for Your Holy Spirit living inside me. Help me to abide in You and to love and study Your Word. In Christ’s name I pray, amen.