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Monday, August 24, 2015

Receiving the "love of the truth"


Here is a great piece of Scripture.  You know how when you point out sin and people say things like "that isn't very loving.  Jesus said love your neighbor."?  Take a look at what this Scripture has to say about that.

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12(NKJV)
10and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 
11And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 
12that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Now you could interpret "did not receive" in a couple of ways.  Did not receive as in heard it and rejected it or did not receive as in never heard the truth. 

In either case I believe that it is saying that lying to someone and telling them "awe it isn't your fault" when it clearly is for example; is not showing that person love.  Telling them that they don't really have to believe in Jesus as long as they are a good person again is not showing them love.  It is actually allowing them to perish.  I think we would all agree that that isn't loving. 
 
People can't make course corrections and change when no one shares the truth with them.

As the Bible says, "the truth will set you free!"

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