Truth Divides

It is inevitable that the things written in this blog may start an angry discussion or fight. In fact, I may be resented by some readers. Many will most likely view me as intolerant or unloving? Do I want to be viewed by others like this? Of course not! However, I do want to tell the truth and the truth divides.

I am reminded of a quote by Adrian Rogers who said, “It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error.” Writing about truth will have the effect of exposing everything else as error. And people who are in that error will not be happy about finding themselves in that error or me labeling it as error. The truth is that I will find myself, as I have many times while reading Scripture, in error. The question is, “How will each of us respond when we find ourselves in error?” Will we agree with God that he is right and repent or we will disagree with God and argue that he is wrong and rebel? Ultimately, this is where division occurs. Those that agree with God and those that do not.

Jesus was compelled by the truth. So we must be compelled by the truth. Our children must be compelled by the truth. Jesus told His disciples, “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you” (John 15:18-19). The quest for the world’s approval is nothing less than spiritual harlotry. James knew this when he wrote “Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God! Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God” (James 4:4). There always has been and there always will be incompatibility and division between the a Christian and the world. Christian thought is out of harmony with all the world philosophies. Genuine faith in Christ entails a denial of every worldly value. Biblical truth contradicts all the world’s religions. Christianity itself is therefore antithetical to virtually everything this world admires and thus divides.

Welcome to Biblical Truth Matters Dot Com!

This is my first attempt at writing a blog. I’ve decided to write it for my children. I want them to know that Biblical Truth does matter and that their Daddy believes in a Biblical, unchanging, absolute truth. I want them to know and love the truth! Why? Because Scripture says one of the key characteristics of “those who perish” is that “they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved” (2 Thessalonians 2:10). The obvious implication is that a genuine love and acceptance for and of the truth is built into saving faith. Jesus said, “they have known the truth, and the truth has set them free” (John 8:32). I want my children, Kinsey Jane (now 8), Kerrigan Jules (now 6), and Jackson Simon (now 3) to heed the wise council of Solomon who said, “Buy the truth, and do not sell it” (Proverbs 23:23).

NOTHING in all the world is more important and more valuable than the truth. It is my prayer, that through this blog, my children will NEVER forsake or deny the truth.

Kinsey Jane (8), Sarah, Jackson Simon (3), Jason, Kerrigan Jules (6)