TRUTH WILL OUT

MATTHEW 10:2

A. "THERE IS NOTHING COVERED THAT SHALL NOT BE REVEALED; AND HIS, THAT SHALL NOT BE KNOWN"
  1. Experience - life itself - attest to the truth of the words of the Son of God:
    1. Cain had slain Abel, his brother; his brother's blood made the crime of Cain known - Gen. 4:20
    2. Moses slew the Egyptian; thought that his sin would remain hidden; but the very man he thought to defend made the crime known - Ex. 2:12-14
  2. Our Lord emphasized the above truth on different occasions:
    1. Mark 2:22
    2. Luke 8:17; 12:2
  3. The Saviour spoke these words to encourage the disciples to preach the gospel of the kingdom:
    1. They faced stiff opposition from the clergy of their day
    2. Rejection of their message by many would tend to discourage them B. TRUTH WILL OUT
  4. This fact is awe-inspiring:
    1. "My word...shall not return void unto me" - Is. 55:10-11
    2. "My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure" - Is. 46:10
    3. "I will work, and who shall let it?" Is. 43:13
  5. This ought to embolden God's messengers not to become intimidated by the dreadening of the enemies of the truth:
    1. Think of the apostles - Acts 4:18-19; 5:27-29
    2. "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper" - Is. 54:15-17
    3. "I speak forth the words of truth" - Acts 26:25
  6. Truth is irrepressible:
    1. "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My word shall not pass away" - Matt. 24:35
    2. "It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than one title of the law to fail" - Luke 16:17
  7. The words of our opening text are heaven's assurance:
    1. Against failure in the ministry - I Cor. 15:58
    2. That truth will out, regardless of all opposition - Jer. 23:29 C. THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE TO THE DIVINE PRINCIPLE OF OUR OPENING TEXT
  8. What is within will come out:
    1. The secret things of the heart will make their presence felt
    2. We often imagine or speak of the past that it is dead; but there is an old adage which says, "Done, but not done with"
    3. "What a man soweth that shall he also reap" - Gal. 6:6-8
    4. A nail driven into the wood will leave its mark
    5. "Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh" - Matt. 12:34; Luke 6:45
  9. It is just as true that a Christ like spirit will out:
    1. What is in us of His nature will come out; "The light shineth in darkness, and the darkness could not smother it" - John 1:5 - Phillips Brooks
    2. There are times when one feels that our witness for the truth is so ineffective, yet truth will out - sow the see, and God will give the harvest
  10. Truth will out:
    1. This ought to cause us sober reflection in all we do - either in secret or otherwise
    2. It must cause us to think twice before we act
    3. One may be able to cover up a deed for years, yet truth will out - all things are naked before the all-seeing eyes of God - Ps. 139:1-11
    4. Truth is a two edged sword; works both ways - Heb. 4:12
  11. It is wonderful to be on the side of truth:
    1. It cannot be defeated, no matter what the weapons against it may be
    2. Jesus Christ is the embodiment of truth, that is the secret of the power of truth - John 14:6
  12. Truth will out


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