People today believe that sincerity in what is believed makes things alright when it comes to the Lord. Sincerity never makes something true! We have to look no further than Saul of Tarsus in Scripture. He was sincere in his service to the Lord but lost and had to come to a knowledge of the truth.
Truth is truth and one cannot change something that is wrong into something that is right just because they are sincere in their belief. Today we live is such an age of political correctness that the absoluteness of truth is ignored.
Let's take math as an example. We know there are mathematical laws in place. Two plus two equal four! That is the truth all around this world!! That is the truth from history! If someone comes along and says they feel two plus two is five and believe it to be so with a sincere heart, it is still wrong. Try to get hired by a school believing in false mathematical equations. It won't happen.
Truth is not something that I want it to be. The truth is what the Lord speaks and teaches. Too many today are living in a sincere faith in what they believe but when you show them Scripture about the truth of what they believe, they ignore it or get upset. If one is sincere, why get upset when shown the truth from Scripture? Sincerity will not get you to God! It was Jesus who spoke: "If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." (John 8:31-32) The very ones Jesus spoke this to were Jew's who believed Him, yet Jesus calls them sons of their father, the devil (John 8:43-44) We have from Jesus the availability of truth, the necessity of truth, the blessings of truth and the reality of truth. The relationship between the word of the Lord and truth of His word is what makes one a disciple. Not someone who simply claims sincerity in what they believe. We must put our faith to the test by continuing in His word. That's the secret. When we find something in Scripture that strikes down something we believe as true, we find ourselves at a cross road having to determine if we will continue in His word or reject it.
Here's the bottom line: you must love the truth. To love the truth means you abide in God's word, you continue to heed His word and seek the truth making corrections in your faith as the word exposes the truth to you. You must love the truth above all else!! I can't stress that enough. Why? Because without an honest heart seeking the truth, you will fall prey to deception believing a lie. The scariest thing to me from God's word is this: "For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness." (II Thes. 2:11-12) God will help people find falsehood if all they want is sincerity in what they believe. God too will help you to the truth if the truth is what you seek along with a willing heart to change when confronted from Scripture what is true!
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