The Instrument of Freedom

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. —John 8:32

If you are living bound, it is simply because you do not know the truth. You are still separated to a lie or falsehood in your knowing. But here the Word of God declares that if you will come to know the truth, it will set you free. There is deliverance in the truth of the Word of God. By hearing the truth and obeying the truth, faith will come into your heart, and you will be sanctified and free. The Word says that if you confess Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart He is raised from the dead, you shall be saved (see Romans 10:9). You may know this truth, talk about this truth, tell others about this truth, and teach this truth, but until you do the truth, you will remain unsaved! The Bible says to tithe and you will live in the blessing. You may know to tithe, talk about tithing, and even want to tithe, but until you actually obey the truth and tithe, you remain outside of God’s blessing. The Word says to forgive, to bless, to pray, to pray in the Spirit, to love—but until you obey any of these truths, you will not be sanctified, or set apart, from the world’s way of doing things. As you obey the truth, you will be separated to the truth, and the truth will make you free! Allow the truth to set you free today.

Pastor Tom Kehres

The Sanctifying Force

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. —John 17:17

Just before Jesus went to the cross, He prayed that the Father would sanctify the coming Church, that the body of Christ would be separated, or set apart, from the world to the truth. Wrong doctrine and wrong believing will keep you in bondage to the things of this world and separated from the ways of God. Wrong believing will keep you from being sanctified to the Word of God and will keep you divided—spirit, soul, and body. Your spirit is born again, made in the image of God, and it has God’s nature. But an unsanctified soul will cause your mind, will, and emotions to war against your spirit. It is known as a state of being double-minded, or being of two opinions. Only the Word of God is powerful enough to separate your old thinking to the truth. When you know and believe the truth, you will become single-minded, and you will live free. How do you know how sanctified you are? Just ask yourself, how free are you? If you are bound mentally, it is because you do not know the truth; if you are bound physically, you do not know the truth. Jesus prayed that you would be sanctified because He desired that you would live free!

Pastor Tom Kehres

Abide in the Truth

. . . but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. —1 John 2:27

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. —John 15:7 The anointing you have within you is there to teach you all things. It is to guide you into all truth. What is the result of being taught by the anointing? “You will abide in Him.” The truth will bring you into a level of oneness that makes you like-minded with God, so that you can abide in Him, and He in you. A daily presence of God will come into your life, along with a daily awareness of that Presence. You will be continually connected to His thoughts, His plans, His will, and His purpose. You shall abide in Him when you abide in the truth!

Pastor Tom Kehres

Be Taught the Truth

But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie . . . —1 John 2:27

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth. —John 16:13 The anointing that you have received will teach you all things. The “all things” to be taught to you is all truth. The anointing that is in you is truth, the Word is truth, and the Holy Spirit is called by Jesus “the Spirit of Truth.” Why does God want to teach you the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Because the more of the truth you know, the more set free you become from the works of darkness. The Teacher will slowly remove all error out of your thought life, anything that does not line up with the Word of God. As you continue in the Word, you will become a disciple (someone who is disciplined to be living in agreement with the Word), and you will know the truth and the truth will make you free! Allow the Spirit of God to show you any error that is in your thought life, then repent and turn to the truth! “Holy Spirit, show me and teach me today!”

Pastor Tom Kehres