"Living Out The Truth"

"He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath said, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of Living Water." (John 7:38) We have had this discussion before, haven't we? This time, however, I wanted to look upon it from a little different angle. Now then; let me start off with a very serious question: Can someone who was once walking 'strongly' in the Lord fall from Grace? This is not a trick question; but is rather one to answer something that we must know about 'Truth'. It is true, however, that there are some who do fall from Grace; and sadly, there are those from among the body, which will say of them, "Well, they were really never saved to begin with". I will tell you right here and now that I do not believe it is that way. I will go back to something I said before: "There is a difference between Mercy and Grace"; Mercy is for us to not receive that which we deserve, and Grace is to receive that which we do not deserve. And, as I have also mentioned, God has given us everything that we need to live out godliness in our lives; where we have problems, is by not submitting to His will. Okay, maybe you are not still seeing this 'Truth'; or maybe, you don't want to see it; could that be? Okay then, try to receive this: When we fail to live out the 'Precious Promises' of God in our lives, it is not because we lack anything which the Lord has provided for our success; but rather, it is because we have not surrendered to Him, those things which hold us back from being successful. And guess what else; these things that we must surrender, well, they sometimes are not necessarily things at all; but they could be lies which we have settled in our hearts, which are contrary to the 'Truth'. Yes, it is true; believe it or not; we can believe lies, even though we have the Truth. You have heard the term, 'Two out of three is not bad'; well in this case, it is bad. Jesus said, "I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life"; and what I am trying to say, is that there are some who have accepted the Way and the Life, but have sadly not received the Truth. But you might say, 'How can that be?' Let me ask you a famous question, 'And what is Truth?' Well for starters: "For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His Majesty. For He received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to Him from the Excellent Glory, This is My Beloved Son, in Whom I Am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with Him in the holy mount. We have also a more 'sure' word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts: Knowing this 'first', that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." (2 Peter 1:16-21)