What is TRUTH?? (Part 2)

(Another from Aug07 - see previous posts!!)

Hey, I’ve had a change of mind. I’ve been doing some more reading about truth, and discovered something different.

Believing the truth, really isn’t the most important thing. I discovered that believing the truth is the result of something more important.

The MOST important thing is to LOVE THE TRUTH!! We firstly need to be SINCERE IN OUR HEART!! That is what God looks at. To start with, the belief system could be completely wrong because of ignorance. But I believe that if there is a genuine desire in the heart to know and seek after the truth, will not a gracious God lead us into that truth?

So how did I come to this conclusion?

Check out these passages from the Bible:

“When the Gentiles sin, they will be destroyed, even though they never had God’s written law. And the Jews, who do have God’s law, will be judged by that law when they fail to obey it. For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is obeying the law that makes us right in his sight. Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right. And this is the message I proclaim—that the day is coming when God, through Christ Jesus, will judge everyone’s secret life.” (Romans 2:12-16, NLT)

“There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son. And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.” (John 3:18-21)

“This man (the Antichrist) will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles. He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them. So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies. Then they will be condemned for enjoying evil rather than believing the truth.” (2 Thes. 2:9-12, NLT)

“For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7, NKJ)

So, really the sincerity of the heart is really what matters most. It is from there that God will work. God, by his Holy Spirit, will work in our hearts and reveal to us HIS truth… will point us in the right direction.

On the other hand, we could have all the knowledge of the truth, but if that knowledge is not being worked out in our hearts, we are no better than an atheist who believes there is NO God. Because our hearts are not true to God, they are really rejecting the true God. We instead make ourselves god, because we want to do our own thing. The result will end up being deception. God will cause us to be greatly deceived and we will believe the enemy’s lies.

So really the secret is our “want to”!! Do we want to do what God wants? Are we prepared to surrender our wills to His?

That is the FIRST ABSOLUTE TRUTH!…. the TRUTH in our HEARTS!!! Is my heart absolutely FOR God?

And, I’ll write more tomorrow… or the next day….