What is truth? (of what importance/significance is it to humanity).
Our quest for real truth is of course honorable, but is it a fools' quest?, is truth a 'phantom' that is irrelevant to humanity and only exists in our hopes and dreams?
God really does have an enemy, but the ENEMY OF CREATION doesn't rob banks or cheat people, etc. (satan is only the chosen scapegoat of humanity so we don't have to accept our own responsibility (Leviticus 16 has 2 scapegoats).
The HISTORY of institutional belief systems is not WHAT WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED about (we already know that a SYSTEM/"rigor of devotion" is not what God desires of us).
God wants the heart and mind (soul) of a person who sincerely wants to "draw near" to Him (impossible by human efforts but God will fill the gap and draw near to you).
In this generation, God has inspired many to look for REAL TRUTH...(but can you hack accepting that the true name of our faith is "THE WAY"?).
Act 2:17 'And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;
....and we shall "PROPHESY"/announce a new message of greater understanding.
Now that it is fully understood about the water that flowed from Jesus's side on the cross, we only need to understand (so that we do not lose heart) that there will still be skeptics galore both young and old that will still imagine with wonder (romantic/heroic) tales/"visions") and dreams of fantasy.
2Th 2:10 because they refused to love the truth AND SO BE SAVED.
Jhn 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am THE WAY, and the truth, and the life;..."
Jhn 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way,.....".
Act 22:4 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering to prison
Act 19:when some were stubborn and disbelieved, speaking evil of the Way
Act 19:23 About that time there arose no little stir concerning the Way.
Act 22:4 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women,
Act 24:14 But this I admit to you, that according to the Way,
Act 24:22 But Felix, having a rather accurate knowledge of the Way,
Can you accept that Jesus is THE WAY?????.......................
...or would you rather simply disregard the truth (more convenient than challenging the status quo moneychangers????)
Verse is from the RSV.