Don't Bury the Truth You Find
July 9, 2025 · 1:36:45 · Watch on YouTube ↗
Summary
The evening opens with Proverbs 15:23, that a timely word brings joy. We come to God's house to receive answers for daily life, and an opening reflection recaps recent teaching: forgiveness sets us free, prayer brings wisdom, God's love gives life, and Jesus is the way. All of it calls us to become more like Christ, like silver refined until the Refiner can see His own reflection in it.
The main message asks a piercing question: what do we do with the truth once God shows it to us? Too often we dig for an answer, finally find it, and then want to bury it again because it contradicts how we have been living. Using Matthew 19, where Jesus answers the Pharisees on divorce by pointing them back to God's design in Genesis, the preacher shows how even the disciples recoiled from God's high standard, saying it would be better not to marry. Revealed truth is given to be received and obeyed, not pushed aside.
We are then invited to see the whole Bible as God's deliberate, complete message: 66 books, over a thousand chapters, hundreds of thousands of words, not a pile of verses to pick from at will. Chapter and verse divisions are a human convenience for finding the text, not the inspired thought of the author. Like museum visitors imagining meaning in a heap of garbage, believers can assemble a comfortable truth by choosing only the verses they like. Instead we must handle Scripture honestly and let it change us.
Key Points
- A word from God spoken at the right time brings real joy and answers for everyday life (Proverbs 15:23).
- Forgiveness frees us, prayer gives wisdom, and God's love gives life, all pointing us toward becoming like Christ.
- The real test of any sermon is what you do with the truth once you know it.
- Don't dig up God's truth only to bury it again when it confronts the way you live.
- Seek God's view rather than popular opinion; Jesus answered hard questions by returning to Scripture.
- The whole Bible is God's complete message, not a collection of verses to pick and choose.
- Chapter and verse numbers are human helps for finding the text, not divinely drawn lines of thought.
Devotional
When God shows you something in His Word that exposes how you have been living, the hardest part is not finding the truth but keeping it. It is tempting to look away, to act as if you never read it, and to stay comfortable. Yet truth is given to be received, not buried. Ask the Holy Spirit for courage to say, Lord, whatever You reveal, help me to accept it and live by it. A heart that welcomes God's word is a heart God keeps speaking to.
“Once we dig up the truth, we are tempted to bury it right back.”
“The question is never only what God said, but what you will do with it.”
“God did not dump words on us and say figure it out; He gave us His will.”
