{"id":27912,"date":"2022-03-22T13:07:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T17:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/?p=27912"},"modified":"2023-01-30T16:59:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T21:59:47","slug":"the-truth-vs-my-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/the-truth-vs-my-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth vs. My Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friend, I\u2019m so excited to share my message from Jennie Allen&#8217;s women&#8217;s conference, IF:Gathering 2022, with you! This message is so needed in our world today and I encourage you to watch the full version here \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE TRUTH vs. MY TRUTH\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1K8gW2EGeLE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jennie actually asked me to preach on a specific topic. She asked me to preach on the difference between my truth and God\u2019s truth. That\u2019s a big topic. And if you\u2019re in the Millennial or Gen Z day in age, you know that\u2019s a really big battle that we\u2019re facing. You see everywhere, \u201clive your truth.\u201d Literally, Christian and I were in LA recently and there was a huge billboard that said, \u201cWe the youth, live your truth!\u201d It\u2019s everywhere. This message is parading saying your truth will set you free and it\u2019s the best way to live. But friend, I\u2019m here to tell you that is a lie.<\/p>\n<p>I want to start by giving some background on what this generation is believing when it comes to \u201cyour truth.\u201d Urban Dictionary is a database where the most liked definition of a term becomes the proposed definition. So, here\u2019s what Urban Dictionary says \u201cmy truth\u201d is:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cA non-negotiable personal opinion. This is a convenient phrase for avoiding arguments because people can contradict your opinion, but not your truth.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s actually kind of scary because there\u2019s a generation that can put \u201cmy truth\u201d behind whatever they\u2019re feeling in a moment. And as long as it\u2019s their truth, you can\u2019t argue it. Used to, it seemed like the truth was pretty straight forward. We almost all knew that telling someone the truth was the most loving thing you could do. Like, if someone sitting across from me at lunch has a giant spinach leaf in their teeth, the best thing you could do in that moment is to tell that person that they have spinach in their teeth. It may be awkward, but it\u2019s loving.<\/p>\n<p>But nowadays it gets really tricky because you could literally tell someone they have spinach in their teeth and they could say, \u201cNo I don\u2019t.\u201d And they would stand strong to that statement because it\u2019s their truth. Circumstances like this can get you questioning what actually is true.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s really difficult is when nothing is true, then what is love? What is freedom? What is anything if we don\u2019t have a foundation of truth? It seems like this is a problem that just our generation is facing, but this has been around for a very long time, even back in Jesus\u2019 day.<\/p>\n<p>In John chapter 18, Jesus is talking to Pilate because at this point in the story, the Jews were so fed up with Jesus. He was challenging everything they believed and they were ready to get rid of Him. Since they wouldn\u2019t kill people, they thought that if they made Jesus look bad enough to the Romans, they might crucify Him. So they turn Him in and Jesus begins having this conversation with Pilate when the truth becomes super confusing. Here\u2019s how the conversation goes:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAm I a Jew?\u201d Pilate replied. \u201cYour own people and chief priests handed you over to me. What is it you have done?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jesus said,\u00a0<\/em><em>\u201cMy kingdom\u00a0is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders.\u00a0But now my kingdom is from another place.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou are a king, then!\u201d said Pilate.<\/em><em> Jesus answered,\u00a0\u201cYou say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth.\u00a0Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhat is truth?\u201d retorted Pilate.\u201d <\/em>(John 18:35-38)<\/p>\n<p>You see, this question dates all the way back to when Pilate asks Jesus, \u201cwhat is truth?\u201d Pilate had to have felt like the truth was so confusing because the Jews were saying one thing about Jesus and Jesus was claiming another. After this moment, Pilate goes away and tells the Jews he finds no guilt in Jesus. He begins claiming his own truth.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-27912 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/the-truth-vs-my-truth\/3-6-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-6.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-6.png 1080w, https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-6-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-6-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-6-768x1365.png 768w, https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-6-864x1536.png 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/the-truth-vs-my-truth\/1-7-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1-7.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1-7.png 1080w, https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1-7-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1-7-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1-7-768x1365.png 768w, https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1-7-864x1536.png 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/the-truth-vs-my-truth\/2-6-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-6.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-6.png 1080w, https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-6-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-6-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-6-768x1365.png 768w, https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-6-864x1536.png 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><em>\u201cWith this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, \u201cI find no basis for a charge against him.<strong><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release \u2018the king of the Jews\u2019?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They shouted back, \u201cNo, not him! Give us Barabbas!\u201d Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising.\u201d <\/em>(John 18:38-40)<\/p>\n<p>Barabbas was a robber. This sounds crazy, right? Here Jesus is, healing the sick, making the blind see, feeding the 5,000, and Pilate doesn\u2019t personally see any Guilt in Him. And the people still chose Barabbas. That\u2019s what happens when you don\u2019t have a foundation of truth. Whatever the majority says is true becomes true to you. Pilate knew there was nothing wrong with Jesus. But because the crowd said, \u201cGive us Barabbas,\u201d the truth changed. We live in a generation that allows the majority to rule. Whatever Instagram, Tiktok, or the news says is the truth. We don\u2019t even need to fact check it. If everyone says it\u2019s true, then it must be true.<\/p>\n<p>Proverbs 12:15 says this:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em><em>The way of fools seems right to them,<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>but the wise listen to advice.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t want to be a generation of fools thinking our truth is the right truth. Just like when the people wanted to release Barabbas, a criminal who was actually dangerous, it didn\u2019t make sense. Your truth is not really concerned with what makes sense or what\u2019s better in the long run. Your truth is always going to seek what is the most comfortable thing in the moment. And Jesus made them so uncomfortable. Your truth allows you to stay the same. THE truth requires change. It requires repentance and a heart shift toward Him.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him,\u00a0\u201cIf you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,\u00a0and you will\u00a0know the truth, and the truth\u00a0will set you free.\u201d <\/em>(John 8:31-32)<\/p>\n<p>When I was preparing for this message, I couldn\u2019t remember where that passage was in scripture. So I googled, \u201cWhere is the verse when Jesus said, \u2018and the truth will set you free\u2019?\u201d The first thing that popped up said, \u201cWho said the truth will set you free?\u201d And it showed a list of people who have said this great line. Along with all these names was Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>As I was reading this, I realized that\u2019s the problem. That sentence is not true for anyone to say but Jesus. And do you know why it\u2019s true when Jesus said it? It\u2019s because when He said, \u201cYou will know the truth and the truth will set you free,\u201d He was literally talking about Himself. He knew that He holds the power beyond the grave. He knew He would resurrect from the dead to life. So, that\u2019s actually true for Him to say.<\/p>\n<p>His truth actually will set you free. Now, if I say that MY truth will set you free, it holds no power. It\u2019s not true. Here\u2019s a reminder that may seem obvious but I think we forget sometimes. The reason why the truth is powerful is because it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n<p>I want to mention something that Christian often says to me. He says I\u2019m the most beautiful girl in the world. While this really is so sweet, deep down, the practical side of me thinks that that\u2019s just not true. I know that sounds a bit silly, but I\u2019ve seen some gorgeous women in this world. But what\u2019s so powerful to me is when he says, \u201cI love you.\u201d I love this because I know it\u2019s true. Even after all that we\u2019ve been through together, he <em>loves<\/em> me. And the fact that that is true makes it so powerful.<\/p>\n<p>We have a generation that would rather be puffed up than set free. They\u2019d rather be told they\u2019re the most beautiful girl in the world than \u201cI love you.\u201d They\u2019d rather be told the thing that makes them feel the most god-like than be completely loved by God. But being loved by God is so much more powerful than any moment of power that you could ever feel.<\/p>\n<p>I was on Instagram one day, and this whole idea of my truth vs. the truth is stuck in my head when I scroll past one of my favorite influencer\u2019s post. I follow her simply because I like her clothes. There\u2019s no real spiritual tie there, just to clarify. She began talking about Wonder Woman. And for those of you who don\u2019t know, that\u2019s my favorite movie.<\/p>\n<p>So, I click to the next slide and begins talking about how thankful she is that women have a heroic figure like her to look up to because little boys have had these their whole life. Superman, Spider Man, Black Panther. Then I click to the next slide and she says, \u201cAll of this got me thinking that maybe that\u2019s why I don\u2019t relate to God, because He\u2019s a man. That\u2019s probably why it\u2019s never worked for me. So I heard someone talking about a woman version of God and I started praying to her. It\u2019s been so empowering for me and my daughters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I sat back and thought about how tricky situations like that can get. Because she had me with Wonder Woman and the idea of her being an inspiration. But it got tricky when she took it to her relationship with God. See, if I didn\u2019t have ears to discern the truth, it would have been easy for me to look at my own self and wonder if the same concept would work for me.<\/p>\n<p>Then I clicked a few slides further and someone asked where she found that concept in scripture, and she literally said, \u201cI actually haven\u2019t. But if you find it, let me know.\u201d There was no fact checking that took place to support her argument. But once again, the truth is powerful because the truth is true. Prayer is powerful because there is a real God in heaven who I am praying to. And yes, I call Him my Father. But that doesn\u2019t mean I can\u2019t relate to Him. He\u2019s the one who knit me together in my mother\u2019s womb and made me in His image.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the thing. Praying for your own empowerment won\u2019t get you anywhere. It won\u2019t stop the war going on and it won\u2019t heal the sick. We have to pray for the power of God.<\/p>\n<p>The enemy plays a game with us every day that we all know. Two truths and a lie. We played that game last year actually. We went out in Atlanta and asked a girl these questions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The \u201ca\u201d in Chick-fil-A stands for grade A meat.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Chick-fil-A is closed on Sundays.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Chick-fil-A only uses born again chickens.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Y\u2019all. She chose the first one. She legitimately chose the third one to be truth. What?! That\u2019s hilarious now. But why did number 3 seem true? It\u2019s because it was a lie mixed in with the truth. The enemy plays this same game with us. He says, \u201cOh you overslept this morning? True.\u201d \u201cOh you\u2019re not where you want to be in life? True.\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re worthless.\u201d All of a sudden that lie seems true because the other two were true.<\/p>\n<p>Let me tell you another thing the enemy does. He says, \u201cOh, you love your best friend. Your best friend\u2019s beautiful. You\u2019re attracted to your best friend.\u201d And you think, \u201cWait a second. Is that true? Because the other two things were true, so maybe that means this its true.\u201d When we\u2019re not rooted in a foundation of truth, we begin to search those lies and see if they might be true so that we can be free. But we don\u2019t stop long enough to say, \u201cI find my true freedom in you, Jesus. You are the way, the truth, the life. I\u2019m following You to get to everything my heart desires, which is God.\u201d He is love, truth and power.<\/p>\n<p>We look at the story of Jesus and Barabbas and wonder why they picked Barabbas. Well my question is, why do we choose Barabbas? Barabbas was known for three things. He was a murdered, a robber, and a rebel. These sound a lot like steal, kill, and destroy. The same characteristics of the father of lies.<\/p>\n<p>You see, in life there will be a daily choice to hear the voice of truth or the lies of the enemy. Because the truth is we have a Savior and an enemy. Don\u2019t choose Barabbas just because it\u2019s more comfortable in a moment. Choose Jesus, because although it requires change from the inside out, it is purifying you in such a way that you can stand before a holy God blameless and truly feel the power of what freedom really is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advice we can all learn from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":27927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,308,35],"tags":[],"coauthors":[51],"class_list":["post-27912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-advice","category-sadies-sermons","category-wisdom"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27912"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229843,"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27912\/revisions\/229843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27912"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=27912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}