MEMORY VERSE: ‘I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.’ 3 John 1:4.
Lesson Aim : To show that when we seek for truth, we are searching for the baseline in the world by which to measure all that we see hear or read. Error is only found in this earth. Jesus came to show us the unique truth of God, the truth of heaven. Satan is the Father of lies, He was once in the truth of |God but he did not remain in the truth. This is why we have truth and error. Error is never an original thought but a perversion of what God has revealed to us in His Word.
‘We are handling the mighty truths of the word of God. We have everything to be thankful for. If we walk in the light as it shines upon us from the living oracles of God, we shall have large responsibilities, corresponding to the great light given us of God. We have many duties to perform, because we have been made the depositaries of sacred truth to be given to the world in all its beauty and glory. We are debtors to God to use every advantage He has entrusted to us to beautify the truth by holiness of character, and to send the messages of warning, and of comfort, of hope and love, to those who are in the darkness of error and sin.’ Christian Experience and Teachings, page 204.
1. How does the Bible describe God? Psalm 31:5; Deuteronomy 32:4. Compare Psalm 33:4; Psalm 100:5.
NOTE: ‘Falsehood and deception of every kind is sin against the God of truth and verity. The word of God is plain upon these points. Ye shall not “deal falsely, neither lie one to another.” “All liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” God is a God of sincerity and truth. The word of God is a book of truth. Jesus is a faithful and true witness. The church is the witness and ground of the truth. All the precepts of the Most High are true and righteous altogether. How, then, must prevarication and any exaggeration or deception appear in His sight?’ Testimonies, volume 4, page 336.
2. What did Jesus, our representative of God on this world say of Himself? John 14:6-7.
NOTE: ‘God does not compel any man to believe. He sets light before men, and Satan presents his darkness. While the deceiver is constantly crying, “Light is here; truth is here,” Jesus is saying: “I am the Truth, I am the Way; I have the words of eternal life. If any man follow Me, he shall not walk in darkness.” God gives to us all evidence sufficient to balance our faith on the side of truth. If we surrender to God, we shall choose the light and reject the darkness. If we desire to maintain the independence of the natural heart, and refuse the correction of God, we shall, as did the Jews, stubbornly carry out our purposes and our ideas in the face of the plainest evidence, and shall be in danger of as great deception as came upon them. And in our blind infatuation we may go to as great lengths as they did, and yet flatter ourselves that we are doing work for God.’ Signs of the Times, January 10, 1900.