The Voice of Truth!

The Voice of truth!

Truth is the foundation of everything we do here at Verity entertainment. Why? Because lies are the foundation of everything Satan does in his kingdom!

I must have written a dozen blogs by now talking about truth vs lies but it’s such an important topic, and there is so much to talk about. But today I want to talk about hearing the voice of truth! It is a voice that is drowned out by many different voices, all of which are NOT from God! It always seems like God’s voice is hard to hear because Satan tries everything in his power to make sure you don’t hear him! 

One of the best examples of this is in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. Harry and Ron are in a position to destroy one of the Horcruxes and Harry being the great friend that he is insists that Ron destroys this one. 

Harry: Ok Ron, Do it!

Ron: But that thing affects me more than it affects you and Hermione.

Harry: All the more reason.

Ron: No. I can’t

Harry: Then why are you here? Why did you come back?

Harry’s tone is hard, meant to wound. This stops Ron. He steps back, grips the sword with both hands. Harry nods.

Harry: I’ll have to speak to it in order for it to open. When it does, don’t hesitate. I don’t know what’s in here, but it’ll put up a fight. The bit of Riddle that was in his diary tried to kill me.

Ron nods and then Harry sweeps a layer of frost from a flat rock, lays the locket down.

Harry: On three. One. Two. Three. (in Parseltongue) Take me inside...

Click! The twin doors of the locket SNAP open. Behind each glass window a LIVING EYE blinks -- Tom Riddle’s eyes.

Harry: Stab it, Ron. Now.

Ron raises his trembling hands, poises the sword. Then a VOICE hisses from the Horcrux.

Voldemort: I have seen your heart and it is mine...

Harry: Don’t listen to it.

Voldemort: I have seen your dreams, Ronald Weasley, and I have seen your fears...

Harry: Ron. Don’t listen to it!

Voldemort: Least loved, by the mother who craved a daughter. Least loved, by the girl who prefers your friend...

Harry: Ron. Stab it!

The locket QUIVERS in Harry’s fingers, turning WHITE-HOT, and he releases it. As the eyes gleam SCARLET, Harry grimaces and a FLASH OF BLINDING LIGHT BURSTS forth, leaving in its wake two FIGURES floating in the darkness -- GHOST IMAGES of Harry and Hermione.

Riddle Harry: We were better without you, happier without you.

Riddle Hermione: Who could look at you beside Harry Potter? What are you, compared with the Chosen One...?

Ron stands transfixed, sword in hand, horrified.

Harry: Ron. It lies! Stab it! STAB IT!

Riddle Harry: Your mother confessed that she would have preferred me as a son...

Riddle Hermione: Who wouldn’t prefer him, what woman would take you, you are nothing, nothing, nothing to him...

The ghostly Hermione, frightening yet beautiful, entwines herself around the ghostly Harry, her hair running like silk over their faces as she leans forward and covers his mouth with hers.

Harry: Do it, Ron! Kill it!

• Ron’s head turns then, to Harry, and Harry freezes. A trace of SCARLET glints in Ron’s eyes. He raises the sword high and -- for a moment -- Harry looks fearful. Then, Ron pivots and brings the blade down hard, cleaving the locket. A SCREAM echoes throughout the forest and the ghostly Harry and Hermione turn to dust, becoming one with the vapor drifting from Ron’s mouth and all is...Quiet.

This is easily one of the best scenes in the entire Harry Potter franchise. It gets me emotional everytime I see it! Because that’s what Satan does to us every single day, we hear his voices scream at us, he uses our fears, our insecurities, anything he can to bring us down! And meanwhile the voice of truth is background noise. This gets me emotional because it’s not really fiction to me, it's real!! But in the end Ron chose to listen to the voice of truth and destroyed the lies that were being thrown at him! Literally!!

That is what we have to do, both voices are going to come no matter what, and if you are walking the narrow path, you will have multiple voices from the enemy because you are a threat. But in the end it’s a choice: do you listen to the lies, or do you listen to the voice of truth, take up your sword, and destroy the lie! 

I can’t exactly do a blog about the voice of truth without mentioning the incredible casting crowns song with the same title, that makes me cry everytime I hear it. I’ll just let these lyrics speak for themselves. 

Oh what I would do to have

The kind of faith it takes

To climb out of this boat I'm in

Onto the crashing waves

To step out of my comfort zone

Into the realm of the unknown where Jesus is

And He's holding out His hand

But the waves are calling out my name

And they laugh at me

Reminding me of all the times

I've tried before and failed

The waves they keep on telling me

Time and time again. "Boy, you'll never win!"

"You'll never win!"

But the Voice of Truth tells me a different story

The Voice of Truth says, "Do not be afraid!"

And the Voice of Truth says, "This is for My glory"

Out of all the voices calling out to me

I will choose to listen and believe the Voice of Truth

2 Corinthians 6: 7-10

7 by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 8 by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; 9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Choose to listen to the voice of truth and drown out the lies!

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