Nuggets from An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith by Dave Hunt - God's Truth or Man's Lies?

Nuggets from An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith by Dave Hunt  - God’s Truth or Man’s Lies?

That we must derive truth from the Bible itself and from no other source is clear from Christ’s statement: “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John:8:31-32 [31] Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; [32] And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
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Simple exegesis indicates that the truth that sets us free from sin and self is: 1) revealed only through His Word, 2) understood only by those who “are of God” and obey (“if ye continue”) His Word, and 3) hidden to all others (see verses 43-47). Each of these points is denied by the “all truth is God’s truth” myth. It credits those “not of God” with revelations of “God’s truth,” which supplement the very Word of God that they steadily oppose.

Solomon wrote, “My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit” (Proverbs:23:26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
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