Nothing But the Truth...So Help Me God

Exodus 4:11-13

The LORD said to him, "Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the LORD ? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say."

But Moses said, "O Lord, please send someone else to do it."


Mark 13:10-11

And the gospel must first be preached to all nations. Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.


Luke 19:37-40

When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"

Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"

"I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out."


The verses in Exodus are dealing with excuses. To give a brief overview of what is going on, we are shown that Moses is trying to find any reason to not do what the Lord has told him to do: go before Pharoah and tell him that the Lord commands him to let His people go. It's easy to think that if we were in Moses' shoes we would not have been afraid. However, when I dig deep inside, I even have a fear of going to another country to preach the Gospel of Christ. My fear isn't of an army like Pharoah's, but of leaving my own comfort zone. Everything I know is here is what I think. I don't know anything about anywhere else. But, as we travel into the book of Mark we see that the gospel must be preached to the nations first. If we dig a little bit farther back, we see that Jesus is asked when the temple would be destroyed. In his answer, Jesus is talking about the end of time. We have been given a task to preach to the world. Fortunately, per Jesus, "just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit" (Mark 13:11). Finally, when looking at the verses from Luke, we see that those following Jesus, literally and spiritually, cannot hold back what they know to be true. What a glorious picture is painted here. The King of Kings, Jesus Christ, is greeted just as that. This scene is but barely a taste of what is in store when He finally makes His return. You see, Jesus Christ is King. It is the part that He has chosen to share Heaven and that we who have accepted Him, have become adopted sons and daughters of the living God. We are heirs. What have we to fear?