11.29.2009
2 Thessalonians 2:10 10 "...and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved." New American Standard Bible
With the tide of madness and evil that floods our world there is one escape: the love of the truth, as presented in the Bible. It is the truth of God that makes one free (John 8.32) and the response to that freedom ought to be the love of the truth.
A wise person once said, “To forsake belief in the Almighty is not to believe in nothing, but to believe in anything.” Those around us who believe the most preposterous things are those who do not love the truth – their motto: A.B.T., Anything But Truth.
The love of the truth is sent by God to every person on the face of the earth in a manner in which they could receive, if they could believe. But like baseball infielders who are taught to catch rocketing ground-balls, not everyone catches what is thrown at them. Not everyone receives the truth they encounter and sadly for those who reject it, the only other option is the easy pop-up of deception cleverly disguised as man’s reasoning.
To love the truth is to know the truth, and to keep the truth. The other part of that love is to compare the truth with everything else that is offered. To deny the truth is to proclaim it too hard (cf. Matthew 25.24ff) and go after the ease of deception and be satisfied with that.
To love the truth is to know the truth, to read the truth, and to live the truth in order to embrace the truth no matter how unpopular it may be to my fellow man. GK Chesterton: "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried." I was born and am born again to try the truth because of the love of the truth.
Father in heaven,
You have called me to truth not just to know it but to learn it, love it, and live it. With the madness and deception of the world, that ought to be a no-brainer. And yet I so struggle. Help me according to the promises of the Thessalonian letters I pray in Jesus’ Name, amen.
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