ISAIAH 55 - "THE TRUTH"

"In my Fathers house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also." (John 14:2 & 3) What is Truth? Maybe for first thing we need to know is, what is the lie? The first lie recorded in the Bible was made up of five words which were packed full of deception; "You shall not surely die", Gen 3:4. We must know this; Satan was, and always has been jealous of man, and the relationship God has with man. For God created man to be a free willed soul, that would desire and long for a relationship with Him; earnestly loving God, by choice and in response to God's love. God had set man in this plush garden, provided everything he could ever need. He gave man tasks to stimulate his mind and cause him to be creative. He gave man dominion over all the other living creatures of the earth. He loved man that he created, desired fellowship with him, and cared for his every need; this was paradise. God only had one rule for man in this paradise that He made for him; "And the Lord commanded of man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." (Gen 2:16 & 17) There is a direct result of sin; death. It is not because God brought it to pass; but because man choose to sin; that death was the result of a separation from a holy God; because God, being holy, must separate Himself from anything that is not in harmony with His character. There was another tree in that garden, which was the 'Tree of Life'; there was also a separation from this tree and what it had to offer man. When a man and a women who have been joined together in marriage get divorced; there is a separation that takes place between their very souls. Do you believe you have an eternal soul? Do You? I would challenge you, if you are married; get your spouse to set down with you for at least 20 minutes; sit about a foot apart, and just stare deep into each others eyes; and you will begin to see what a soul looks like... When we realize that there is a eternal soul which is part of our very being, we can begin to understand what God meant when He said, "You shall surely die". (forgive me for being short today; in the land of silliness...)