The Word of God: Our Identity, Our Messenger, and Our Litmus Test of Truth and Lies

By Boniface Simiyu

Observe that John was a man like you and I but when he was born he testified of his identity only as God thought of him.  The bible describes him (and you and I) as

John 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

We ought to know that we are sent of God to this earth and in knowing this we will behave only as messengers of heaven.  It may seem even convincing that we are just simple born and are simply humans working in our day to day lives, but consider Johns description by heaven itself.  The bile defined him as a man but it defines him as one sent from God.  So are we also humans sent from God.  When asked about who he was he simply didn’t even say his surname or his home town.  The man had a revelation that he was sent from God.  So are we.
Consequently John even defined what the one who sent him said to him on his mission.  John quoted Gods words exactly as follows:

John 1:32    And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
33   And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizes with the Holy Ghost

John even confessed that he did not know who he was to confess as the Christ until above we see that John first said what he saw happening in the spirit upon Jesus.  Then is when he gave his reason for declaring that Jesus was the son of God.  His reason was because of following the exact instructions that God had given him about whom he was to declare as the son of God.  Imagine John was Jesus' cousin but did not rely on his own understanding to confess about who Jesus was.  I am sure he had heard about what happened to both of them when they were in their mothers’ wombs, but he didn’t rely on the natural for a testimony.  He shows this clearly when he says

33   And I knew him not...

He did not rely on the nearest obviousness to confess about Christ, who was his cousin.  But his next statement teaches us who know we are sent of God to this earth.  We should all think like he did and rely only on Gods word to identify anything as God does

..: but he that sent me ...SAID...

He relied on what God said.  We should therefore be quoting Gods words and not even relying on what looks obvious to us.  In fact John quoted God so exactly and he noted that God said that the person upon whom the spirit would not only descend but REMAIN.  That person was the Christ.  This prevents any other deceptive replica showing up as the Christ and being baptized by John.  The enemy could have sent many others and given John a false experience or false proof that they were the Christ he was to baptize.  But John waited to see the person upon whom the spirit would do ALL these things i.e. 1) FALL UPON and 2) REMAIN UPON.

It should teach us who are men sent from God to identify everything according to the exact word of God. The enemy will obviously try and replicate as near close as he can what is of God but we ought to know better and judge everything being said today by the exact word of God.
John was telling everyone about his cousin only on that day that THIS IS THE ONE, AND HE IS THE ONE FOR THE ONLY REASON BEING I HAVE SEEN THE SPIRIT NOT ONLY DESCENDING UPON HIM BUT ALSO REMAINING ON HIM.  AND THAT'S WHAT MY HEAVENLY FATHER INSTRUCTED ME ABOUT HIM.  HE SAID IF I SAW THIS HAPPENING THEN THIS WAS THE MAN.
How much more should we then rely on the exact word of God when it says anything about us and about identifying the truths of God?  Today many Christians even get deceived by not comparing teachings that are given to them with the word of God as it exactly states.  No wonder Paul says DESIRE THE SINCERE MILK OF THE WORD.  He said we ought to desire it as sincere as it states, and that will help us avoid twisted versions of the same word offered to us by people who push their own insincere motives and teachings of the word of God.

If we desire the sincere word of God it will indeed discern the intentions of our hearts as the bible says.  It will also be our reason for preaching to the lost, and teaching.  It will reveal any lies peddled to us by those who twist the word.  Most important it is the definition of our mission here on earth.

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