INTRODUCTION

In the Spring of 1972, we withdrew from a relatively small organization based in Cleveland, Tennessee, called The Church of God.  However, it was not until October, 1981 that we officially organized under the name "The People of Truth."

I have been asked the question, "The People of Truth? aren’t all Christians people of truth?"  The answer, of course, is "Yes," in that all of them that believe, and are justified by faith in Jesus Christ have embraced Him who is "The way, the TRUTH, and the life" (Acts 8:26-39).  However, the Apostle Paul made that fact a little clearer when he said, "When ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.  But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements?"  Being born again, a baby in Christ, we know our Father in heaven about as much a human babies know their fathers

If we really wish to know God, we will have to pay the price.  We must "Buy the truth and sell it not." (Proverbs 23:23).  We must "Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.  For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.  That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.  Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee" (Prov. 22:17-21).