Desiring the truth vs. loving the truth
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I see a distinction in that people could be and/or are seeking truth while at the same time rejecting Biblical Truth.
They do not know or understand that they are one and the same and embodied in the Person of Jesus Christ.
Some may have some sort of affinity with Jesus and accept He was a good person (etc) while
rejecting everything else about Him due to His close association with the God of Scriptures,
which they reject along with organized religion in general and Christianity in particular.
They do not know or understand that they are one and the same and embodied in the Person of Jesus Christ.
Some may have some sort of affinity with Jesus and accept He was a good person (etc) while
rejecting everything else about Him due to His close association with the God of Scriptures,
which they reject along with organized religion in general and Christianity in particular.
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Why would anyone be trying such a futile exercise? You can either love the truth, and make every effort to find the truth, and hold fast to it, or you can pretend you want the truth by trying to accommodate man-made and humanistic ideas at the same time.
Let's take the example of John Calvin. He knew the truth since it is evident in his commentaries. But he was not content to hold fast to the truth no matter what others were teaching. So then he modified the truth to accommodate Reformed Theology. But absolutely no one will admit to this, or even bring it up.
Let's take the example of John Calvin. He knew the truth since it is evident in his commentaries. But he was not content to hold fast to the truth no matter what others were teaching. So then he modified the truth to accommodate Reformed Theology. But absolutely no one will admit to this, or even bring it up.
The problem is everybody thinks they know the truth and anybody who does not agree with them is being deceived or part of a cult. Those who spend much time studying scripture even looking up greek/hebrew words demand recognition and attention and so it goes on. Look at the bible discussion threads as evidence. The thing is if they spent less time studying scripture and more time doing Gods word eg helping others in need I am sure that God would be more pleased.
Amen and also brother sometimes as people hear the truth , they don’t love what it’s telling them and never embrace it
Not everyone who sees the light will come to it sometimes we prefer darkness because it doesnt expose us
“And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”
John 3:19-21 KJV
God knows all but he doesn’t like it when we hide from his presence to conceal sin . Sometimes we aren’t done sinning and so we hear repentance and we don’t love that idea is what I mean fifty years ago I didn’t really hear this I wasn’t ready
“And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: he is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.”
Luke 6:46-49 KJV
i didn’t realize it u til later in life but I was avoiding letting that question and lesson into my heart , I was still wrapped up in the world then
Not everyone who sees the light will come to it sometimes we prefer darkness because it doesnt expose us
“And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”
John 3:19-21 KJV
God knows all but he doesn’t like it when we hide from his presence to conceal sin . Sometimes we aren’t done sinning and so we hear repentance and we don’t love that idea is what I mean fifty years ago I didn’t really hear this I wasn’t ready
“And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: he is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.”
Luke 6:46-49 KJV
i didn’t realize it u til later in life but I was avoiding letting that question and lesson into my heart , I was still wrapped up in the world then