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A New Vision

"You will know the Truth, and Truth will set you free."
A Work in Progress

    Here’s a new way to see God more clearly, to protect yourself from enemies, to recognize true friends, and to win continuing victories in life that can be yours simply by taking control of the words you use and daring to look at the reality around you in a new way that has been written about for centuries but lost in old books few people bother to read these days.
    To gain this power in truth you need only set aside the partial truths you’ve been taught and embrace what is genuinely true … for your soul’s sake.
    Everything offered here is in agreement with what you’ve been taught all your life about the Bible, about being good, and about pleasing God … however we are going to explore all this in greater depth than you’ve ever been taught before, and we are going to suggest a decision you have never before been asked to make. All this is easy enough for a child to understand, yet you will have to reach beyond where you presently stand. You’ll have to see more clearly and dig more deeply into life’s mysteries. You can begin at once to experience the power in truth as you apply the principles taught here, however to appropriate this power as your own you must make it your own, i.e., you must change the way you view the world around you and relate to others differently. As you apply the truth offered here, you’ll overcome difficulties at work, solve problems at home, and gain victory over struggles within yourself that have crippled your faith and left you wondering why your prayers haven’t been answered.
    If you’re ready for power that can only be found in truth, read on.
PART ONE:
    The first step to gaining power in truth is learning God’s Name.
    God’s Name is not “God”.
    Though God has many names, there is one Name by which God specifically instructed us to remember God. This is the Name by which all generations are to remember God, whether you are Christian, Jew, Muslim, or of any religion whatsoever. This is the Name we are commanded to keep holy, the name we should never use in vain.
    God’s Name is I AM.[1]
    God said to Moses from the burning bush on Mount Horeb, “I AM THAT I AM.”
    God told Moses to tell the children of Israel that I AM was the Name by which God was to be remembered by all generations, yet we do not remember God as I AM in this rebellious age. We have many names for God, and most of us simply refer to God as “God”, unable to use God’s true and eternal Name because we don’t know what it is … or because we refuse to honor it.
    God’s Name is treasure awaiting discovery. In this very special Name there is power. In meditating on the Name there is wisdom. In keeping the Name holy, as all were commanded to do, a great discovery is revealed to those who obey.
    One of the Ten Commandments is to keep God’s Name holy.[2]
    What does it mean to keep something "holy"?
    What is holiness?
    This word comes from the same root as “hallowed”, a special word in the first sentence of the Lord’s Prayer. We pray, “Hallowed be thy Name,” yet many of us have no idea what we’re saying. Have you ever said those words in prayer? Do you know what they mean? Do you really know what they mean?
    When Moses stood in the presence of the burning bush, God said, “Draw not hither. Put off your shoes, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.”[3] God told Moses to take off his shoes because the ground on which Moses stood was holy. Moses did as he was told, but what did God mean by “holy ground”?
    What is holy?
    Webster’s dictionaries define the word as “set apart for the worship of God.” We might add that something holy is dedicated for a special purpose, to be used only for God and not for any other purpose. Holy things are set apart for the purpose of worshipping God.
    They are not to be taken in vain. We are not to take God’s Name in vain.
    The word “vain” is defined by Webster’s dictionaries as “having no real value.” To get a deeper meaning we examine “vanity”, a word derived from the same root. Vanity is the elevation of ego, conceit, putting self in the center ring. Anything “taken in vain”, therefore, is robbed of its holiness, used to honor self, worshipping the creature instead of the creator.
    When we are commanded not to use God’s Name in vain we are told to use God’s Name only for God and not for self. After all, God’s Name is not your name, nor is it my name, nor is it anyone’s name but God’s Name. It is holy. It is to be used for no purpose but worshipping God.
    When we use God’s Name to refer to ourselves, we take God’s name in vain. Vanity and not holiness is the result. We break the commandment. We make mockery of the Lord’s Prayer.
    Hallowed be thy Name.
    You may be asking, “Who takes God’s Name in vain?”
    The answer is, “Nearly everyone … including you!”
    This is probably a new teaching to you, however the scripture verses are there for you to look up on your own, and every dictionary will tell you what the words “holy” and “vain” mean. If you wish to turn aside and ignore this teaching, it will still remain the truth, and you will miss the power in truth if you refuse to accept it.
    God’s Name is for speaking to God in worship.
    We are commanded not to use God’s Name to refer to ourselves.
    This probably comes as a surprise. Yet, power in truth cannot be acquired if you refuse to embrace the truth. This is the truth. God’s Name is to be kept holy, set apart for worship, never to be used in vanity to refer to ourselves … however common the public practice may be.
    Just because the world disobeys God does not mean you must also disobey. Just because the world misses the power of truth does not mean you must miss it. If you apply yourself to keep the commandments of God, you will gain power in your life that cannot be found any other way. Obedience is not an option. Just because this is a new teaching to you does not mean it is in error. The Bible bears out the truth of this teaching. Dictionaries of the English language tell us clearly what the words mean. The only question is, “What will you do now that you know the truth?”
    When is the last time you said, “I am,” referring to yourself and not to God?
    How many times have you said it today?
    How many times have you thought it?
    What do you suppose would happen if you decided to change? What do you suppose would happen if you decided to obey and keep God’s Name holy, refusing to use it in reference to yourself … whether in everyday conversation with others or in your internal musings as you think about yourself in relation to the reality in which you move and have your being?
    God’s name is not “God”.
    God’s Name, the Name by which God commands us to remember God, the Name we are to teach all generations, is I AM.
    If you really want power in truth, you’ll agree that God’s Name is not your name and that using God’s Name to refer to yourself is vanity, taking God’s Name in vain instead of keeping the Name hallowed, as you profess every time you say the Lord's Prayer.
    How could such a thing be true? It seems absurd when first considered. How could entire generations be born, build empires, and fade away without seeing this simple truth and obeying?
    Perhaps a more important question is this, “What will you do now that you know?”
    Will you continue using God’s Name in reference to yourself? Or will you seek to keep God’s Name holy, as you were commanded, set apart to speak of God alone instead of satisfying your own vanity?
    In many Hindu and other Eastern Religions, priests and penitents chant mantras in which they repeatedly say a word we English-speaking people spell “Aum” or “Om”. This, of course, is quite similar to the English contraction of God’s Name, “I’m”. It is, in fact, God’s Name. In many southern regions of the United States the word is pronounced “Ah’m”, a word that sounds exactly like the ritual words chanted for centuries in the East. This is God’s Name. We are supposed to keep the Name holy … for by doing so we will learn great truths about ourselves and God.
    A problem in today’s society is that many people prefer to shrug off the truth as so much nonsense. We hear that truth is relative. Some even dare to say that truth is illusion. If they don’t want to believe a thing is true, they make light of it … as if they had a choice to decide what is and what is not the truth. If it makes them uncomfortable, they make fun of those who present it. If it presents too great a problem for them, they laugh the truth away.
    Nearly everyone you meet uses God’s name in vain. You probably do, too!
    They murmur among themselves, “Everyone uses God’s Name in vain. How can so many people be wrong?” The children of Israel murmured in the desert and sinned against God because they would not obey, and a plague of poisonous snakes came upon them. Judging themselves by themselves, they were not wise.
    The consequence of popular rebellion (approved by far too many churches today for the sake of keeping pews filled) is that we live in a state of open rebellion against God. We’ve made God in our own image. We’ve given God names we choose to use and refuse to honor the Name God told us to keep holy. We refuse to see God as God is. We choose to believe what we’ve been told about God, because it’s easier for us to accept. We’d rather listen to teachers who purposely in some instances fail to tell us the whole truth.
    Yet, there it is in black-and-white.
    You can read it in your own Bibles.
    You can look up the words in your own dictionaries.
    You may find it strange. You may wish to whisk the truth away, rather than submit to the commandment God gave to keep the Name holy. You may wish to continue saying “I AM” when you talk to others about yourself and thinking “I AM” when you consider who you really are in this complex reality we are all attempting to figure out. Yet, until you stop using God’s Name to refer to yourself you will fail to find a very special power that can be yours. You will be in open rebellion outside God’s Will. There will be missed blessings and adverse consequences you may not discover until it is too late to obey as you are commanded to obey.
    Our rebellion doesn’t change the truth one iota.
    Truth remains the truth.
    God’s Name remains “I AM”.
    God is all that is, all that ever was, and all that ever will be. It is God that created us, and not we ourselves. God alone decided when we would be born, what we would look like, what our future would be, and when we will die. We are not the author of creation, nor are we the finishers. We are created beings alive solely by the grace of God. To think anything else or teach anything else is blasphemy and open rebellion against the Truth of God.
    Meditate on that for just a moment … or for a lifetime!
    Deep inner learning about God will come to you as you obey this truth with your soul.
    Everything you are, were, or ever will be is because God allows it and makes it possible. You cannot take another breath if God forbids it. Your heart cannot beat once more unless God wills it. God is in control, not us. God is I AM … not us.
    We can learn about God by keeping God’s Name holy, not using it to refer to ourselves.
    God is truth and knows all truth. We know only in part.
    There is no falsehood with God. Our errors are constantly being discovered.
    God is light. We often hide from the light, because our thoughts and deeds are evil.
    There is no darkness with God. We see the vastness of reality only dimly and for a very short space of time. Even where we see darkness yet God is there. There is no place where God is not. God is even with the souls of those who reject truth, people who choose to believe (usually because of their fear of God created by guilt) that truth is only illusion. God is with us all. Every one of us needs to open the eye of our inner being and see God as the one and only I AM.
    Honoring God by keeping God’s Name holy is a place where true vision can begin.
    Truth is not illusion. Truth is truth. Nothing else is.
    God is truth. God is all that is, all that ever was, and all that ever will be.
    That’s who God is!
    The Name of God tells us this. We can learn from meditating on God’s Name, or we can turn aside to familiar fables we’ve been taught and walk the wide road that leads to destruction.
    If we attempt to keep God’s Name holy and not use it in vanity to refer to ourselves, if we pray for wisdom and the power to see how this can be done, God will teach us in our inner being who we are. If we honor the commandment of God to keep God’s Name holy, God will honor the promise to bless us in our souls, and God will enter into closer fellowship with us as we submit to God.
    At first it’s very difficult to stop using the words “I am” or the contraction “I’m” to refer to ourselves, but you can do it if you try. Pray for God to guide you. Ask for the grace to do this, and you will experience new and powerful insights into who God is and who you are. You’ll find yourself struggling at first. You’ll blurt out the Name without thinking. It is then you realize what power there is in God’s Name. As you begin to keep God’s Name holy you learn just how vainly you’ve used it in the past when you said “I am” not speaking of God or to God but speaking about yourself … you who exist for only a moment and only that by God’s merciful grace.
    Once you purpose to obey, you will still act out of habit and use God’s Name in vain. For awhile you will continue to speak about yourself or think about yourself as “I am”. Inner thoughts where vanity rules will still be filled with the sound of God’s Name, but not in worship. You will continue to think of yourself this way, until God begins to reveal the power in truth you have not yet appropriated. Gradually you’ll begin to learn new things about God and who you truly are in God. You will begin to be humbled before God. You will begin to realize how proud and boastful you’ve been when all along you are only what God makes you and allows you to become.
    As you contemplate God’s Name and begin to receive power to control your tongue and your thoughts, you will lose the natural tendency to speak of yourself “as God”. You will learn in the inner part of your being that you truly have not made yourself. You will learn that you do not sustain yourself. You will learn that you did not choose to be born when you were born. You will learn that you did not decide who your parents would be. You will learn you are not in control of the life force inside you. You will learn you are not the power that brought you into being, nor are you the power that keeps you alive.
    You will begin to learn about God in a new way.
    You will begin to truly worship God as God commanded you to worship … in holiness.
    As you make God’s Name holy you will learn to control your speech (discussed at length further on), and through this discipline you will begin to be perfected. This is God’s work, given only to those who obey the commandment. “Keep my Name holy.”
    Ask God in prayer for the power to keep God’s Name holy, and you’ll learn much more quickly. God will answer your prayer, for it is God’s will for you to keep God’s Name holy. Ask for power to keep God’s Name holy, and God will give you supernatural vision to see your own ego more clearly and to see God’s majesty in ways you have never before imagined.
    Don’t listen to those who tell you, “That’s nonsense. Nobody believes that.”
    Just read your Bible. See for yourself. It’s there in the same Bible used by Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, Lutherans, Catholics, and every other church that purports to teach about God … including Jewish Synagogues and Islamic Mosques
    Just because other teachers have not taught you this truth doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
    Discover this power in truth for yourself.
    Ask God to reveal it to you in your private prayers.
    Resist the temptation to “be like others” who rebel against God’s authority.
    Learn God’s Name. Keep God’s Name holy as you were commanded to do.
    No false god has this name. Gods other nations worship include stones, trees, the sun, the moon, even living women and men who hold themselves out as living gods (like the pharaohs of Egypt) and deceive others into worshipping and serving them. Only the one true living God has this very special Name we are commanded to keep holy. Only the one true God is I AM.
    There is so much in this simple truth that volumes could be written and not tell the story fully. Much human misery arises from our misunderstanding who God truly is. So much sorrow could be avoided if we would love our children by teaching them to keep God’s Name holy. We need to understand our equality as creatures. None of us are God. We need to learn this again and again. Each new generation must be taught. This truth is perhaps the most important of all truth, for all religious revelation depends on our surrender to this truth.
    God is God. We aren’t.
    God loves each of us, yet our pride too often demands the right to be equal with God, and we deny God the holiness by which God wishes to bless us. We make God our brother. We make God our servant. Some even make God “mother earth” or the imagined magic of a healing crystal or mystic music. Only when we worship God in truth, submitting ourselves to God alone as I AM by confessing we are only creatures and not our creator, can we begin to know God as God is. We see as through a smoke-stained glass. Our understanding is imperfect. Our vanity denies the truth, and so we fight among ourselves to see who is the greatest of all. Vanity.
    Until we see ourselves as we are and see God as God alone we cannot appropriate power in truth. God’s Name is the essence of truth. In this truth we can begin to overcome the sorrows of this world and impart new strength to the nations as well as to individuals.
    Tie a string around your finger to remind you not to use God’s Name to refer to yourself. Write a message on the bathroom mirror to refresh your memory each morning before you set out for work. Ask your spouse and friends to call to your attention every time you use those words in reference to yourself. Try to obey. Ask God in prayer for power to obey.
    You are not I AM. God is.
    You are commanded to keep God’s Name holy.
    You are commanded not to use God’s Name in vanity.
    You can do this. God would not command us to do what cannot be done. It takes practice. You will fail many times at first, but gradually you will discover the power, and new insights will be yours as you discover the truth that is only revealed to those who try.
    Will you try? Will you make an effort to obey, or will you go on as you have all your life insisting you are I AM, when only God is I AM?
    Promise comes with obedience. Make an effort to keep God’s Name holy for one month, at least. Do not use the words I AM in reference to your self. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. You will learn great things about God and see things about yourself you never imagined. In the first week you will find yourself worshipping God in a new way. You will begin to honor God as never before. You will begin to see the truth of all reality around you and within you in a way that was impossible before. You will gain wisdom. You will gain power in truth.
    I AM is the Name God instructed us to keep holy. I AM is the Name we are not to use in vain. It is vanity to use God’s Name in reference to ourselves. God’s Name should be set apart. God’s Name should be reserved for God alone … whether speaking or thinking about God.
    If this is something you were not taught in church or Sunday school,[4] please don’t think it isn’t true. Lots of things are true you never learned before. Many adults retain a child’s view of God all their lives and miss the power in truth. Many grow old and die believing our creator is a bearded being living somewhere in the clouds high above us. Parents tell children that thunder is God moving furniture “upstairs”, for example. Such child’s views of God may explain perplexing questions children ask parents, but they cannot provide a strong foundation needed for an adult’s spiritual maturity nor the understanding we all need if we are going to work together for a future that will give our children a better world through understanding God and obeying the commands of God by which we are assured of the promises of prosperity and joy … both for nations as well as for individuals.
    God is much more than most of us were taught in church. We can only grow wiser if we are willing to accept new teachings, open ourselves to deeper insights, and prepare ourselves for the benefits of power in truth. It’s time for all of us to grow up and acquire the power in truth by accepting truth, instead of hiding from it in fables and doctrines of men’s traditions.
    Most children are taught to pray addressing God as simply “God”. Most adults, therefore, grow up completely ignorant of hidden truths we all should know and share as we work together for our common welfare.
    If God’s Name is I AM (as the Bible says it is); if God commanded us to keep this Name holy (as the Bible says God commanded us to do); and if we are commanded not to use this Name in vanity (as the Bible clearly states); then what can we lose by at least trying to obey? What can it possibly cost us to exercise a mustard seed of faith and attempt to be obedient?
    How can we suffer by acknowledging God alone as I AM and speaking of ourselves as creatures, living beings created by God, souls made to worship God … not as our equal, not as our pal or our buddy, but as the great I AM that made all things and is all things.
    How can it hurt us to try?
    What might we gain in the process?
    What could we lose if we don’t at least try to be obedient?
    God has many names. Many faithful believers see God in Christ Jesus, and surely God is in Christ Jesus, even as Christ Jesus is in some of us by God’s grace. To some God is Elohim. To others God is El Shadai or simply Lord. Others use Jehovah, an English equivalent of the Hebrew Name given to Moses on Mount Horeb. Others say Yeshua. Yet one Name is truly above all other names of God, the Name God gave Moses for the people to use as an eternal memorial to God.
    I AM.
    The original Hebrew word is so special ancient texts taught it should be spoken only once each year by the high priest of Israel who, it is reported in old books, emerged from the temple in Jerusalem to pronounce God’s Name before the people gathered in the courtyard for the occasion. When the people heard God’s Name they fell down on their faces. The sound of God’s Name was so humbling they could not stand in its presence but were awestruck in Godly fear and wonder.
    Perhaps more awe and wonder is what we need most in this age of commercial religions and occult beliefs that take God out of Christmas and turn churches into businesses that sell new ideas people desire instead of truths that give power to make this world safer for our children. Perhaps holiness has been taken from us by the permissiveness of popular religions reluctant to offend for fear of losing revenues. We have watered down the truth. We demand milk and cookies when we need strong meat to strengthen us for the dangerous days ahead. Perhaps we need new teachings about old truths like this, to bring us closer to God where we can appropriate the power that is so obviously missing in our divorce-ridden, drug-cursed, occult-deceived world.
    The name given to Moses that day God’s voice spoke out of the burning bush on Mount Horeb is I AM. This truth will never change, nor will the commandment for us to keep that Name holy ever disappear from the tablets of law written on our hearts.
    We may ignore truth, however the truth will remain unchanged until the end of time.
    Moses asked God, “When I go back to the people, who shall I say sent me?”
    God told Moses, “Tell them I AM sent you.”
    “Tell them also,” God said, “that by this Name shall I be known to all generations.”
    The Name in Hebrew means, “I am all that is, all that ever was, and all that ever will be.”
    Only God is I AM.
    It is no more difficult than that.
    Appropriate power in truth.
    Obey.

Part Two:

    The next step toward acquiring power in truth is to learn what satan’s name means. (We purposely do not capitalize that word, since it deserves no honor.)
    Look up “devil” in a Hebrew or Greek dictionary. You may be surprised.
    Look up “satan”. It is not what you may think. It certainly is not what most were taught.
    If you’re like many you’ll be surprised to learn the truth, surprised and empowered by the simple knowledge conveyed in these two words: devil and satan.
    The word devil means, literally, the false accuser. Substitute “false accuser” for this word whenever you encounter it, and you’re already on your way to victory over false beliefs.
    The word satan is similar, meaning the adversary of truth. Substitute “adversary of truth” whenever you encounter this word, and you’ll begin to see the power of God in truth. Real truth. God’s truth.
    Don’t take our word for any of this. Check it out for yourself. Use Strong’s Concordance or any Hebrew and Greek dictionaries. Look up the words on the internet if you don’t have access to another reference. It doesn’t matter where you look. Every reputable source will tell you they mean just this. The word devil means false accuser, and satan means the adversary of truth.
    Compare these words with the Name of God, and you will quickly see power in truth, for God is I AM, all that is, all that was, and all that ever will be.
    The devil satan is a liar, the false accuser, the adversary of truth.
    When we listen to satan we are deceived. That’s exactly what the word means, after all! If we listen to the adversary of truth, we come away believing lies, and how can that be helpful in any way? It cannot.
    When we listen to God we receive power in truth. Light dispels darkness. The one who is I AM overpowers the imposter that seeks to steal our souls with deception and fear. It is no more difficult than this to have victory. Believe the truth. Trust the truth. Walk in truth.
    God gives us this choice.
    If we do not know the truth revealed by God’s Name and are ignorant to the meaning of the words devil and satan, we may not choose wisely. In our failure to make better choices for our lives we bring destruction and ruin on ourselves and on those we love and cherish.
    Truth is serious business. We’re not just talking about words, here. We’re talking about forces that control human behavior. Beliefs determine the destiny of both men and nations.
    On one hand is Truth. On the other is a pretence that insinuates itself into our minds and hearts with taunts and temptations to depart from truth. Until we learn to tell the difference, we are victims of our own ignorance. Therefore, let us learn about the deceiver and how we can gain power to see through the often beautiful disguises of deceit that draw us away from God’s truth.
    Let’s agree that only the truth is true. Only truth lasts forever. All that is not true is false. That which is false is always overcome by that which is true. Light always drives darkness away. Darkness has no power over light.
    Let us confess, however, that as soon as we turn off the lights, darkness floods in to fill every space light leaves behind. Each is a force. Light is greater, for light has power to dispel the darkness, and darkness cannot resist. However darkness is also a power that cannot be prevented from entering when light is removed. Therefore we need more light. We need to share light. We need to lift the lamp of truth higher and receive the power in truth for ourselves and for future generations as we were commanded to do.
    God is I AM, the truth that is, was, and ever shall be. God is light that has power to dispel darkness by overcoming that which is false.
    God has power over the devil satan. Satan obeys God.
    God allows us to choose whom we will serve.
    God will allow us to listen to lies. God will allow us to be taken away by deception. God will allow us to be seduced by darkness, even to be destroyed by our own unwillingness to walk in the light … by our refusal to make God the one and only I AM.
    If you wish to avoid destruction, you must choose truth over lies. There’s no alternative.
    You cannot allow some lies to remain in your life because they please you, then call on God for favors when you need help, secretly intending to return to the lies. If you entertain satan (i.e., if you knowingly allow the liar to purchase your soul with promises of riches and pleasures, purposely denying truth so you can attain your selfish goals) you will buy a lifetime of sorrow.
    Don’t do it. Choose truth.
    Tell satan to depart from you. Resist false accusations. Overcome the lies with truth.
    God will come to your aid to see that satan goes.
    Recognizing satan is sometimes difficult. The adversary of truth may come to us in the disguise of a beautiful lover or handsome friend who seeks to draw us away from God’s perfect purpose for our life. The adversary of truth may come to us in a job offer with a company that is promoting things contrary to God’s will of peace for our lives. The adversary of truth may even be present in religious teachings that seem to honor God but secretly give praises to people and keep us from submitting to the truths we sometimes don’t want to see.
    You learn how to detect deception, to recognize seducing lies, and to gain power over the false accuser by prayer and meditation on the Name of God by which you receive power in truth.
    Only the truth is true. Only light has power over darkness.
    Sometimes when we sin (we all sin) we are so afraid of God’s judgment that we choose to believe a lie rather than face the certainty that our sin will sooner or later be discovered. We hide from truth by choosing an alternative offered by our adversary who seeks only to deceive us and thereby destroy us. Sin is the doorway through which satan enters our lives. We open the door. Satan cannot get in another way. Sin is a welcome mat we lay at the door. This is how the destruction of deception always comes upon us. We sin. We open the door, and satan enters in a proud disguise of success or promise of ecstatic pleasure. The liar offers joy, financial success, power over others, even eternal life. The doorway is always sin. The promise is always a lie.
    We want satan’s promises, so we believe the lies. We want to believe the lies, because the alternative is facing God with our sin. We are afraid. We foolishly think we can hide. We think we are embarking on a great adventure. We think we have arrived at last. We think we have power to see things others cannot see. We think we can do things others cannot do. We think we will receive things others cannot receive.
    All we get is sorrow in the end, for lies cannot live forever. Sooner or later light displaces darkness, and we are worse off by far than when we began.
    Why do people surrender to lies?
    Many surrender because they know no better. They are ignorant. They don’t know God’s Name. They don’t know what the words devil and satan mean. They are misled.
    Others go willingly in rebellion, blindly believing satan has greater power than God, as if shadows had power over light and could cast the world in darkness by extinguishing the sun.
    Most live satan’s lies because they don’t know the way of escape offered by Christ Jesus through His sacrifice at Calvary to redeem us from disgrace and ruin by drawing us to the truth in grace that is freely given and cannot be earned by any of us. They do not see how to be spared the consequence of guilty pride. They don’t know how to shake off shame. They make themselves to be God and refuse to surrender to Christ Jesus as Lord of their lives. You can know the way out of sin. You can learn to escape the influence of the false accuser whose empty promises can only steal your soul. First, however, you must find power in truth and deny all false “powers” that seek to deceive.
    It is you who must decide each day whom you will serve. Each hour, each moment. Each of us is given choices. What will we believe? How will we live? In whom will we trust? Will we look to I AM in whom alone there is power to live victoriously as overcomers submitted to the commandments of God and illumined by His light, or will we slink away with satan to live a life of secret pleasures that will only catch up to us someday when our shame will be multiplied and our punishment made more severe?
    These may seem hard choices, however they can be made easy by the power in truth.
    The pleasures of a moment may seem worth future sorrows, but this is only deception of our adversary the liar who wants to steal our joy. The power in truth will show us the lie, if only we will open our eyes to the I AM who alone can show us the way and see that we are not God.
    Each moment we choose. We all choose. There is none who is exempt from the necessity of choices. Little children choose. Old people choose. As long as we live we make choices.
    Whom will you serve?
    Here’s another question. How do we resist the temptations satan offers to steal our souls?
    Sadly, the answer is seldom learned until one is quite old. It may take years of suffering the consequence of our wrong choices to learn to resist. Broken dreams result from giving in to temptation. Once we learn what temptation always brings, we grow to hate it. We learn to resist because we see the disaster that results from giving in. We become sensitive to deceit. We fear destruction. After years of disappointment, it becomes easier to say no. Sensitivity too often comes only with the experience of making bad choices and enduring the suffering that invariably follows.
    For younger persons hoping to avoid the sorrows too many of us suffer in our old age, there is another way to resist temptation. Test the spirits. If a delicious thing offered to you is a good thing, it will also be true. It will not deny God. It will not insist reality is illusion. It will never lie to you. It will not wear a disguise. It will not emphasize the temporary value of material things. It will not seek to be with you in secret. And, above all, it will not falsely accuse you.
    Don’t wait until you’re old to learn this. Begin to appropriate the power in truth today.
    The devil is a false accuser and a liar. If the devil is in a thing, sooner or later lies will be seen. Instead of building you up, it will tear you down. It may flatter you for a season, but in time it will begin finding fault with you. It will condemn you. It will judge you, and because you have given in to it and hidden from God in the process, there will be some element of truth in its false judgment. You will be guilty, and your shame becomes a prison. Deception is its goal. The death of your soul is its reward. When you see these things, resist.
    Never give in to lies.
    If you ask I AM to give you the power of discernment, you will see the lies more clearly and not be so likely to be deceived in the first place. You will see and hear the lies for yourself. You will choose love and life instead of pride and death. You can survive the tempter if you will only see that temptation is a tree that grows in a forest of lies.
    If you fall before you see the lies, stand up quickly. Resist. Do not again give in. Seek the will of I AM and return to the light where you will be judged … but far better to be judged for sin than to be condemned forever by the soul-destroying deceit of our adversary.
    People serving satan can often be discovered by their speech. Not only do they refuse to honor God’s Name, but they refuse to honor the truth in any way. Some openly make fun of truth. Many say truth is relative or illusionary. Some ridicule anyone who claims to believe in God or claims to know salvation comes only by Christ Jesus and His grace. Others are so casual in the use of words that one may wonder if they ever speak the truth. Most, however, are subtle as snakes, able to deceive even the wisest man or woman who lacks power in truth. Those acquainted with the occult may have spent years studying the mysteries of satan. A few are able to hypnotize their unwitting victims into surrender. Yet always their methods are lies, false accusations, deception, sexual seduction, insobriety, and other departures from the truth.
    To discern satan, therefore, one must learn to discern the truth.
    To discern the truth one must first believe the truth is.
    Only truth can save you.
    Only truth can set you free.
    Only truth can forgive you.
    Only truth can bring you peace.
    The worst thing you can do when confronted by satan is to lie. That’s just what satan is after. That’s what satan wants, for by lying you willingly give satan a place in your life. You feed the darkness. For this reason we are taught to agree with our adversary in things that are true, and to resist the lies by which we are falsely accused. In this way we acknowledge I AM, and the light of truth dispels the power of our enemy.
    The truth that is most powerful in our lives is the truth that issues from our own lips. Things we say are sometimes more powerful than things we do. When we admit our faults one to another, we serve God. When we deny our faults, we give power to the adversary who lives in our lies and uses them against us to destroy our souls.
    When we overcome satan with truth, we receive blessings from God. When we help others stand, instead of watching as they fall, we receive blessings from God. When we resist the liar who seeks to deceive us into a life of destruction and ruin, we receive blessings from God. As we grow older, this process frees us from traps we fell into so easily when we were younger, and we are able to help those who have not yet learned.
    There is no darkness in light.
    There is no light in darkness.
    Light has power the darkness must obey.
    Darkness has no power over light.
    Satan has no power to rob us unless we hide from the truth.
    Nothing false is of God.
    If a thing is false, if a friend lies to you, if a lover deceives you, resist temptation.
    Run so fast the dust shakes off your shoes!
    I AM is not in anything false.
    Nothing outside of God is good.
    Know your enemy.
    No lie can overcome you, unless you permit it to do so.
    Don’t give in. If someone falsely accuses you, recognize that spirit speaking to you is not true spirit but a lying spirit. Love the soul, but resist that lying spirit. Don’t allow liars to put you down. Don’t allow false accusations to cause you feelings of guilt. If someone you love accuses you of something that isn’t true, pray for that soul but recognize they are controlled by satan, and love them back to the truth. In most cases it will do no good at all to argue with them, for the liar in their speech will never give in to truth. Better to pray for their soul, love them with kindness, forgive them as best as you can, and give it time.
    Be strong. Be good. Have courage. Do what’s right and in time that soul will see the error of listening to satan, and you will be restored to your friend. Recognize that your enemy is satan, however, not the soul of that person you love.
    Recognize the difference between souls and spirits. They are not the same at all!
    Recognizing satan is a lifelong study. Perhaps none of us ever becomes completely adept at it, but in time we can become more sensitive, better able to discern the lies and to recognize the source of those lies so we can forgive the souls who serve the lying spirit we call the devil.
    Only as we walk in light do we have power to see darkness and prepare ourselves against its insidious devices. Only as we surrender our souls to I AM, instead of living in the rebellion of asserting our own wisdom, can we appropriate the power to resist the liar who constantly seeks to destroy us and those we most care for. So long as we claim our right to live as we wish no matter who it hurts, we expose ourselves to the certain consequences that come to all who choose the lie.
    Be not deceived. Truth will never fail.
    Therefore, be on guard. Pray for wisdom to discern lying spirits and to resist the delights they offer when we are weak and willing to be deceived. Test the spirits to see if they are true or false.
    Resist the liar.
    Only the liar is your enemy. Only what’s false can destroy your soul.
    Learn what this means, and you will be well on your way to victory in life.
    There is power in truth. Knowledge of truth is power.
    The power in truth is God’s gift to each of us. Only by this power can love be ours. Only by the power in truth can peace be sustained in our lives with joy that never ends.
    There is no love apart from God.
    There is no life in a lie.
    Resist what is false.

Part Three

    Words are spirit.
    People are souls. You are a soul.
    You are not a spirit. You have a spirit. Your spirit gives you life.
    When God breathed life into Adam that first man became a living soul. Adam was a soul into whom God breathed spirit. The spirit gave Adam life.
    Jesus warned us not to fear those who can take our life but those who can cast our souls into hell. We are souls, not spirits. We have spirits. Some have true spirit. Some have lying spirit.
    Spirits control souls. Souls become what spirits make them. Spirits give us life to do and say whatever our souls allow. If we allow false spirits to give us life, we will lie, cheat, steal, and perhaps even murder others because we are submitted to spirits that are false … spirits that serve satan the liar.
    If we serve the human spirit we were given at birth, we will serve ourselves. We will be selfish. We will seek what’s best for us, no matter who we hurt. We will feel sorry for ourselves. We will blame others when things go wrong.
    There is another Spirit we can serve, however. This Spirit of Truth gives eternal life. This Spirit is also called the Holy Spirit. This is not the spirit we were given at birth when we took that first breath of air, nor is it a spirit that lies and deceives or accuses us falsely. This is the Spirit of Truth given freely to us by Christ Jesus when we accept His Truth by acknowledging that He died to free us from our human spirit and the spirits of deception sent against us by satan. This is the Holy Spirit that gives new life by the power in truth.
    What spirit do you allow to give life to your soul?
    What spirit speaks when you open your mouth?
    What spirit motivates you to do the things you do?
    The human spirit you were given at birth seeks only itself. Sometimes called the spirit of man, this spirit is bent on self-preservation. This is the spirit that makes babies throw their food out of the highchair when they don’t get their way. Some people never grow out of this spirit.
    Lying spirits all serve the devil satan, taunting, deceiving, seducing, punishing, hating, shaming, stealing, slandering, gossiping, destroying, even murdering. Lying spirits are often in league with our own human spirit, serving the selfishness that is innate in the human spirit we were born with. Our human spirit is prideful, resisting God, so lying spirits take advantage of the pride of our human spirit and pump us up with lies or condemn us for selfishness. In every soul controlled by lying spirits there is either false pride or sinful guilt or both.
    The only Spirit that never lies is the Holy Spirit we receive when we accept that Jesus died for us at Calvary and was given life again to walk from the empty tomb. When we make His soul a sacrifice for our sin[5] (which we cannot do without confessing our sin) we receive grace and power in truth that is revealed to us by the Holy Spirit who cannot lie and will never deceive us. It is the Spirit of Truth that teaches us all things. It is this Spirit that brings purity, peace, gentleness, mercy, forgiveness, understanding, and hope.
    The problem we humans have is that it takes time to learn all that the Holy Spirit teaches us. We don’t suddenly become peaceful, gentle, or pure. We fall prey to our desires. We fall prey to our fears. We fall prey to our pride. And, when we sin, we fall prey to guilt and shame. Each day we must learn again who God is, who we are, and who our enemy the liar is. Each day we must make choices.
    Whom will we serve?
    If we are blessed with wisdom we choose to serve God, making I AM the author and finisher of our faith instead of standing in our own counterfeit wisdom resisting truth. If we are wise we submit to the authority of God, as taught by scripture, and avoid the tragedies that come to those who rebel out of fear or misplaced loneliness. If we are wise we see that we are helpless apart from God’s blessings, and we cry out in faith for protection from the lies of satan so we can escape the destruction that follows temptation.
    For many of us, however, this takes years.
    Understanding spirit, however, makes it easier to find the truth that alone can set us free and the power that is in that truth.
    Words are spirit. If words lie, they are false spirit serving satan. If words praise self with arrogant pride, they are of our human spirit serving self. If words are true, peaceful, encouraging, loving, kind, gentle, approving, patient, seek to benefit others, and enlighten us as to the nature of I AM and of Christ Jesus who alone can give us power in truth by grace, they are Holy Spirit, Spirit that cannot lie, Spirit that cares for your soul, Spirit that gives life and hope where otherwise there would be only death and despair.
    Our Bible teaches us to test spirits, to see if they are of God or not. Spirits that lie are not of God. Spirits that falsely accuse are not of God. Spirits that tear down instead of building up are not of God. Spirits that condemn are not of God. Spirits that lead us into sin are not of God.
    Recognize the True Spirit given with our faith in Christ Jesus and cling only to this Spirit that never lies. Be taught by the Holy Spirit. Be led by the Holy Spirit. For only the Holy Spirit can be trusted with your soul.
    False spirits accuse falsely. False spirits tell outright lies or partial truths. False spirits deceive people into drawing away from God. False spirits encourage souls to believe lies and lead people into lifestyles and practices that ultimately prove destructive. False spirits make bad things seem good. False spirits make evil things seem proper. False spirits betray the souls they deceive. But, in the light of Truth they can be seen for what they are.
    The Holy Spirit cannot lie, will never lie. The Holy Spirit speaks only truth, and the truth the Holy Spirit speaks always honors Christ Jesus, teaching us about His love that transforms our souls and saves us from the liar who seeks to draw us away from what is truly good for us. To be separated from I AM is the worst thing that can happen to any of us, because only with I AM are we safe from being lost in the darkness of lies that destroy our souls. The Holy Spirit is our rescuer, our comforter, our adviser, and our friend.
    Jesus said, “The Truth will set you free,” therefore let us learn what truth is by learning Who Truth is. The Holy Spirit is given so we can learn truth and turn our backs on lies that seek to turn us from the truth who is I AM in Christ Jesus.
    Many people never learn this, because they choose to hold to children’s fables. Many die believing simple fable about God, instead of living with power in truth that alone can set them free. Only when we are ready to accept the truth God offers, the truth our enemy wishes us never to know, can we find victory for our souls.
    Satan is a liar.
    Many spirits are in the world, not that I AM wishes this to be but because we allow it to satisfy our desire to be gods in our own right. We do not wish to submit to the authority of I AM. We secretly wish to be “I am” on our own. We dishonor the Creator who made us. We ignore the Truth in whom we move and have our being. We entertain spirits that tell us (in words, always in words) what we wish to hear. We listen to spirits that whisper in the ears of our soul, telling us it is acceptable to sin or tormenting us with false accusations that keep us from walking in the light of truth. We admit these spirits into our lives, and they take up residence with our souls. They begin to speak for us. They begin to speak through us. They begin to control our emotions. Finally they direct our behavior and, if we do not submit ourselves to the truth, they rob us of our very lives.
    Very often those around us see clearly what is happening, while we ourselves are blind to the evil influence that is taking over our hearts because we will not be submitted to I AM but choose instead to be “I am” in our own right.
    This hard teaching is true. Your own Bible proves that it is true.
    Jesus said, “The words I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.”[6] Words are spirit. We are souls. We are not spirits.
    The writer of Hebrews tells us, “The Word of God is sharp as any two-edged sword, able to divide the soul from the spirit.”[7] If soul and spirit can be divided, they are not the same thing.
    Soul is soul. Spirit is spirit.
    False spirits condemn. The Spirit of Truth sets us free.
    False words mislead. The Spirit of Truth guides us to eternal victory.
    Those who accuse us of things we have not done are enemies of God, false spirits. They are not souls, however, and though we judge false spirits we should love the souls who are under their control. We judge spirits, but we should not judge souls, for souls who serve false spirits are deceived just as all of us have been deceived at one time or another. Souls serving false spirits can only be set free by accepting the love of Christ poured out to them through us by the Holy Spirit giving power in truth through grace. We pray for the souls of those who wound us. We love them, even while we resist the false accuser who speaks lies to us with their permission.
    The Holy Spirit teaches us all things.[8]
    False spirits, i.e., spirits that lie or speak half-truths, seek only to separate us from I AM and make us believe we can live successfully outside the truth, hiding from our errors. You can learn this now, or you can learn the hard way later in life when sin has destroyed your joy and shattered all your dreams.
    Truth never fails.
    Therefore, judge the spirits. Are they true? Do they teach you about I AM, or do they try to influence you to believe you can hide from I AM and be “I am” in your own strength? Are you walking in the light, or are you hiding in darkness because your deeds are evil? There is no way to escape truth, for truth is always with us. If we listen to false spirits because we want to live our lives apart from I AM, worshipping created things instead of the I AM who created all that is, we are deceived and will suffer terrible consequences if we do not submit to truth before it is too late.
    When someone you love accuses you falsely, remember it is not the soul who speaks to you but spirits within them that serve the liar. You are wasting your breath to argue with a lying spirit, because such spirits never abide in truth. The best thing you can do is to love the soul. Do good to the soul. Be kind. Be patient. Judge the spirit for what it is, and resist the spirit, for it can have no power over you unless you enter into its lies. Don’t go there. Be free. Stand in the power of truth and love the soul that, for now, is permitting itself to be deceived.
    Do this and you will find many victories. In time you will receive much love in return.

Part Four:

    You can control your speech.
    That statement is so important it deserves to be repeated.
    You can control your speech!
    You can receive power in truth to control what you say, and by doing so you will be made perfect. Yes, by controlling your speech you will be made perfect.
    Of course, you will only remain perfect so long as you control your speech.
    Jesus said it is not what goes into a man that ruins him but what comes out of his mouth that defiles his soul.[9]
    Words. Spirit. Power for good or for evil. The choice is yours.
    Lying, prideful, cruel spirit or True Spirit.
    James writes that the man who can control his tongue becomes a perfect man.[10]
    For example, you may have heard it say, “Nobody is perfect,” yet the Bible says we can be perfect. Jesus commands us, “Be perfect.”[11] Surely these things would not be written if they were impossible.
    With I AM all things are possible.
    So long as you hold onto being “I am” in your own right, however, these things are not possible.
    Power in truth is not available to those who believe truth is relative or that reality is illusion. To appropriate power in truth to be perfect, therefore, begin by accepting the truth and speaking it.
    You cannot lie and be empowered by truth.
    We cannot joke around and later say, “I was only kidding,” and expect to receive power in truth from God.[12]
    We cannot say to our spouse, who washes dishes on occasion, even if only rarely, “You never wash the dishes,” or to our spouse who occasionally but infrequently brings flowers, “You never bring flowers.” These statements are not true. They are not of God. They are lies and are part of the plot of the devil satan who is the father of lies. Those who say such things, even if everyone else in the family says such things, serve satan.
    Every lie is of the devil and works death in our souls.
    No lie is of God.
    A young man about 9 years old was at a church supper some years ago when the pastor unwittingly patted the boy on the head and said to one of the deacons, “Billy is a devil. Aren’t you Billy?” The boy nodded a sheepish agreement. Who but God will ever know what damage that single moment may have done to that child’s soul?
    A father angrily shouted at his son, “You’ll never amount to anything!” Who but God will ever know the harm that single statement did, the greatness that boy will miss because his very own Dad condemned him with false words.
    We can control our speech.
    First, however, we must make up our minds to do so. We must purpose in our hearts not to listen to the lying spirits that tell us it cannot be done. We must trust the power in truth and be submitted to I AM to give us the ability to do what we could never do without the power in truth that is given by the Holy Spirit.
    If we give in to the lying spirits that say we cannot do this, we commit sin, for with God all things are possible … even this. Indeed, perhaps especially this, for it is the things that come out of our mouths that destroy us and not thing the things that go in.
    Why are we so careless with our tongues? Is it not because the people of this world are careless with theirs? Is it not because we have not been properly instructed by those who lead us? Is it not because we have believed the lie that we cannot do it?
    Of course we can do it. We are not compelled to say anything. One need not speak to be alive. One must breathe, eat, drink water, and sleep occasionally, but one is not compelled to speak and certainly is not compelled to speak lies or say hateful things to or about others. This is but another choice we make.
    Whom will we serve?
    Many people think if they mean no harm it is acceptable to say to another, “What an ugly necktie you’re wearing!” as if attitude prevents injury. As if custom excuses fault. As if so long as we can say we were only kidding it’s alright to say anything we please.
    It isn’t alright.    The Bible says we must give account of every word we speak. Surely that includes hateful things we say in jest or half-truths we use to injure or control those closest to us.
    We can control our tongues. This is the path to perfection.
    As we submit our tongue to I AM we receive power in truth. Our mind comes under the dominion of the Holy Spirit, and our bodies begin to be submitted to purity and the rule of God’s will. The tongue may be a little member in our body, but it controls great things.[13] As we submit our tongues to receive power in truth we bring power into our souls as well.
    Of course none of this is possible apart from the Love of Christ that gives power in truth by grace. It is the Love of Christ in our hearts that makes us want to do these things. Apart from our desire to please God by loving others in response to Jesus’ love, all our righteousness is as useless as a filthy rag, unable to wipe our lives clean of the sin our selfish pride entices us to commit.

Part Five:

    The power is all in the Love of Christ Jesus within your own heart!
    Your Bible teaches that the law came by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Jesus died on a cruel cross so you could know the truth and receive His grace of power in truth. It is only by the love of Jesus any of us can be healed, only by Him we can inherit eternal life, only by Him and Him alone we can escape the wrath of God’s judgment.
    Love is the power in truth that sets us free.
    There is no love apart from Christ Jesus and His Blood Sacrifice for us, for those who are incapable of loving Jesus are incapable of loving anyone (even themselves).
    Nothing but the love of Christ can rescue us from our adversary, for we do not have power in truth apart from Him. His Life is the power in truth which we overcome the enemy of our souls. His Truth is our victory. His Victory is our truth that sets us free.
    There are many teachings. There are many great men who lived in times past and imparted great wisdom through their writings. But only one offers us the power in truth that can change us from within.
    All others challenge us to change ourselves. This is true of the Hebrew faith. It is true of Islam. It is true of all Oriental teachings, some of which encourage self-sacrifice to the point of suicide for the sake of honor. Yet none of these gives power in truth to change from within. They only impose restraints from without, seeking to cause their adherents to submit to the will of the collective for the sake of the collective by the threat of the collective. Their followers are enslaved to commandments they are required to obey by the force of their own will. They are not free.
    Only Jesus makes it possible for us to receive power in truth by which we are changed within through the work of His Spirit alive in our own hearts, moving us, motivating us, giving us a desire to do and become what is best for us and for those around us in the world, setting us truly free.[14]
    Many people miss this truth because they have been taught a child’s view of God and of who Jesus is. To receive the grace of Christ we must become as little children, but as we become adults we should not retain a childish view of God. We need to see God as God truly is, the embodiment of I AM. We need to see God as pure, holy, and able to transform our hearts by a power we do not possess.
    Jesus said, “Consider the lilies. They do not toil. They do not work at weavers’ wheels to spin fiber into cloth. Yet even King Solomon had nothing to wear as fine as these flowers.”[15]
    Jesus asked, “Who among you can make yourself taller by thinking about it?”[16] Of course there was no answer from the crowd, because it cannot be done! We are no taller than God made us to be. In this there is a prophetic lesson we all need to learn.
    We do not make ourselves good. God does.
    We ask. We receive. The rest is up to God.
    Power in truth was taught by Jesus, though the lesson got lost in human struggles that haunted His church for centuries. Jesus taught us to receive power in truth.
    Paul also taught this. So did James, Peter, and John.
    Outside the truth there is no real power and certainly no lasting victory.
    If the life-transforming power of Christ’s love is omitted from a teaching, that teaching is without the power you need to find the victory you seek, because it ignores the truth that alone can set you free. The power to overcome the enemy of your soul is found in the life of Him who overcame that enemy for you at Calvary and again at the empty tomb.
    We need to agree in this knowledge. We need to share the insights this knowledge offers. We need to use the wisdom that comes from these insights so we can reach out with power to all who are suffering because of the darkness that once deceived each one of us before we submitted to the power in truth God is now showing us by grace.
    Only love can overcome the enemies of our souls.
    Love is power in truth.
    This power in truth is not love as the world sees love but love as your soul sees love when you contemplate the amazing love by which Christ Jesus loved us at Calvary, the love that raised Him from the dead.
    Be not wise in your own conceits.
    Submit to God as I AM, and give up your struggle to be “I am” in your own right.
    Let your wisdom be submitted first of all to truth.
    Know the devil satan is your enemy, but also know your enemy’s only power is your own willingness to believe lies and be deceived by temptations of false promises.
    Words are spirit. Some are false. Some are true.
    You are a soul with free will to choose what spirit you will serve. You can live by your selfish human spirit. You can live by lying spirits. Or you can live in the light of God’s Holy Spirit given by Christ Jesus and receive power in truth.
    You can control your speech. Indeed, no one else can. Only you determine whom your tongue will serve. No lie is of God. No half-truth is of God. Jesting harms others. Choose to control what you say.
    The power to do these things comes only from Christ Jesus. Go to Him in prayer. Ask for wisdom and power in truth to resist the liar who is your enemy and your human spirit whose pride threatens to cast you into hell. Make Jesus Lord of your life, and obey Him in all things.
    Then you will have power in truth … and life eternal.