Proverbs 23:23 “Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.”
What does God mean by “buy the Truth,” He means
to own it, no matter the cost. As children of God, we are to be like our
Father, and that means to search for and believe His Truth. He also means to possess
it, make His truth your life, never sell it for the world because the world and
all that is in it is only temporary. Matt. 16:26 “For what is a man
profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what
shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” The Truth of God’s word is not
popular, it will cost you much to believe it, it could cost you friendships, relationships,
and even family, to believe it and it could also cost you to testify of it
because of the hate of it. The world by nature hates Gods Truth and a lot of
Christians either refuse to believe the Truth or hide from it. Many of
Christians lose it for just the reason I have already spoke of. People by
nature care about the cost of the Truth, they care about what their family,
co-workers, or friends think about them believing the Truth of God’s word. However,
remember this, you cannot serve God and the world, one will cause you to hate or
despise of the other. The Lord not only told us to buy it, but He also told us not
to sell it out. Your family, friends, and coworkers are not worth selling
out God’s word of Truth. Do not allow Satan, this evil world and their
demonization of the Truth cause you to lose what God has graciously given. Believing
Truth is a gift, like salvation is a gift from God. While you cannot lose your salvation,
you can lose or sell out the Truth of God’s word. Carefully walk my friends,
what we do in this life will affect our reward status in heaven. The believer’s
judgment will be before Jesus Christ and our judgment will be harsh. Our
judgment will not be for our sins because Jesus Christ has already paid dearly for
them at Calvery. The Christians judgment will be our believing and obeying of
the word of God. Our judgment will be harsh, it will hurt to stand before our
glorious Saviour and realize that we failed our Lord. The realization that we
failed to “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Tim. 2:15 Or that we failed to
obey the word of God, sometimes even acting as though we did not hear it, see
it, or simply chose to ignore it, or making excuses for it. We will stand
before Jesus WITHOUT EXCUSS and very pitiful because He is the very one who
wrote the bible and commanded us. We will be ashamed of our action on this
earth of not being a good Christian, or a good soldier for the Lord. We will no
longer be able to lie to ourselves and believe even though we told ourselves we
were good soldiers we lied to ourselves and convinced ourselves that we were. Beloved,
what we personally believe, and think is irrelevant because the word of God
overrides what we think or believe. God warned and even commanded that we study
His word of Truth, but He also commanded that we believe it and use it to “rightly
dividing the word of truth.” The writer of the Proverbs wrote these words of
wisdom, “My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my
commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto
wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou criest
after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou
seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then
shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.”
Proverbs 2:1 -5 The greatest blessing for a believer is not within this world,
it is within the pages of God’s word of Truth. As the recipients of God’s grace
and love, not only in salvation but also in being taught by the Holy Spirit of
Truth, it is ours to study, learn, believe, and to walk within. However, if we
fail, if we sell the Truth, then it is our fault and in judgment we will suffer
much greater loss. I know some things are hard in life, however, there are no
excuses for failure. We are not alone, seek and you shall find, as and it shall
be given to you, but you must want the truth to find it. “Ask, and it shall
be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For
every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened.” Matthew 7:7 - 8
