Date:   4/26/2008 10:49:39 AM ( 16 y ago)
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Having a passion to seek and obtain objective truth is much more important to the Christian than is realized. Many people PREFER truth, but the Godly Christian must have a never ending passion to discover the absolute/objective truth for themselves (not as a busybody in other people’s lives). 2 Thessalonians 2:10 is the best illustration of the significance of truth…”…because they refused to love the truth AND SO BE SAVED”.

At first glance of this verse, many people tend to run to the commentaries, scholars, and ‘spin doctors’ to make this verse make sense to them, arguing that Jesus is the foundation/cornerstone of salvation. Books, argumentation, intellectual/scholarly interpretation and rationalization have always been mankind’s escape from objective truth and allowed the formation of a biased SUBJECTIVE truth, yet The Lord CLEARLY tells us that a ‘PASSION for truth’ is necessary to be saved.

In order to remedy what would commonly and mistakenly be called a ‘contradiction’, understanding is necessary, not rationalization.

The only real reason humanity ever wanted to deny the objective/absolute truth is that the denial of responsibility for one's own actions becomes possible, but this 'denial of responsibilty' also requires denial of a true sense of SELF.

The overwhelming message of scripture is that God wants to restore a true sense of self (re-establish our identity for our own happiness and to be able to have a personal relationship with the real us). The GOSPEL ('Good News' about the lamb of God) is given mainly that we might be reconciled to God, but scripture in entirety contains a full assessment of the human condition. Scripture is a "mirror" (James 1:23) that exposes darkness to light and teaches us (the individual) about who we really are.

All throughout history, the real "self" has often been found to be unattractive to the conscience and incompatible to God's spirit, but denial of it prevents repentance in Christ and a true two way personal relationship with Him (His spirit "yearns jealously", James 4:5).

It's important to know, understand, and believe only the objective truth about yourself, but also to believe the objective truth everything that is your business ONLY ("live quietly and mind your own affairs", 1 Thessalonians 4:11).

In rejecting absolute truth, you demoralize and alienate yourself, but you also make a personal relationship impossible.

 

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