I’ve been thinking lots about truth lately. Why aren’t more people responding to the
truth of the gospel?
Well, unfortunately, one of the reasons is because of the
people who already believe. I don’t know
how many times I’ve heard it: “I don’t
believe in God because Christians are so-o-o arrogant!”
Unfortunately it’s true, Christians can at times be very
arrogant.
The problem of course is that the Gospel is not about the
failings of the people who believe. It
is, thankfully, bigger than us. Bigger
than our mistakes… our sins… our brokenness and yes, even bigger than our
misguided arrogance.
Having made my honest confession… If you put your hand in fire… you will get
burned. If I’m condescending or arrogant
when I state that truth, does that make it less true? If I’m rude, or call you an idiot first, that
will not prevent you from getting burned by the flames.
So it is with truth.
The truth of a thing is not affected by the arrogance or
humility of the messenger. Truth has
it’s own legs to stand on.
When we are pursuing truth we need to guard ourselves
against being put off by the attitudes of others.
The issue is: Is this
Truth? Whether I like the messenger or
not is completely irrelevant.
Of course there is no reason for Christians to be
arrogant. They are ‘saved’ by admitting
they are not worthy to be saved. This
alone ought to make Christians the most humble of all people on the planet.
But… Unbelievable
believers do not negate truth…
my 2c
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