Love of Truth Breeds Hatred of Falsehoods

The Truth Will Not Stay Buried

(1 Corinthians 15: 3-8; 22,23)

I hate every false way.  Love of truth breeds hatred of falsehoods. The godly man was not indifferent to anything; what he did not love he hated.  David was not a waverer, he knew what he felt, and he expressed it. The psalmist's detestation was as unreserved as his affection.  He did not always have a good word for any practice that could not stand the light of truth.  He was determined to avoid every form of error and sin.  May the Holy Spirit so rule in our hearts that our affections toward the precepts of the Word will be the same as David's.  Commentary taken from the Treasury of David - by Charles Spurgeon

My thoughts on this passage...

Today, we see books to do with "A loving God would not send anyone to hell."   They state God is love, and a loving God cannot send anyone to hell because that would go against who He is by nature.  They ignore what Jesus says about hell in the Bible. 

The Bible does say God is love.  Love permeates His whole being.  It is the essence of who He is.  God is also holy, just, righteous, and many other good things.  The thing is, God isn't part holy, part just, part righteous and so on, covered by a blanket of love.  He is completely holy, completely just, completely righteous, and completely love. He is not part anything, but wholly everything good. 

This is why because of His holiness, He cannot look upon sin; because of His justice, sin must be punished; because of His love, Jesus paid the penalty for our sin, died in our place, and imputed His perfect righteous life to all those who would put their faith in His shed blood, and His substitutionary act on our behalf.  

According to Scripture He died, was buried, rose on the third day, and was witnessed by over 500 people, plus the disciples. When he ascended back to heaven 40 days later in a flesh and bone body (Luke 24:39), He promised to return.  In the meantime, He would send the Holy Spirit to be with all those who belonged to Him and He would be their Helper. (The resurrection: 1 Corinthians.15:3-8; 20-23; Luke 24:13-45; the first four chapters of Acts)

According to Jesus, (according to Scripture) there is a hell, and all those whose names are not written in the Book of Life will have their part in it, along with Satan and his apostate angels.  Being in denial of it does not make it untrue.  It will not save you.  There will be no sin in heaven.  The only way into heaven is by humbly recognizing we are a sinner in need of a Savior, repenting (to turn from known sin),  and putting our faith in Christ Jesus and His substitutionary atonement on the cross, believing that He died and rose again from the dead. He will one day return, not as Savior, but as Judge against all those who have rejected Him.  Revelation 19:11-16;  Rev.20:11-15; Rev.21:6-8).

If He is not your Savior and Lord yet, please sincerely and humbly seek Him.  He says that if you will seek Him with all your heart and mind you will find Him.  He is able to forgive all your sins, regenerate your heart to love Him, and give the Holy Spirit to bring God's Word to life for you so you can grow spiritually, progressively taking on His character and love..

We all know others, family, friends, co-workers, and acquaintances, that may still be believing the lies of Satan and have not yet recognized they are sinners in need of a Savior.  We must not give up praying for them to come to a saving faith in Christ Jesus.  Let’s ask God to work in their hearts and lives to draw them to His Son, whatever it takes.  We want them regenerated and in heaven with us.

When we know Jesus, we naturally want others to know Him too.  Our part is to pray for others, live our lives intentionally being aware that God is able to bring anyone across our path that needs an encouraging word, a listening ear, a prayer, or help with something.  Through some of these God incidences God may be preparing hearts to want to know Him, or he may be healing hearts that need a special word.  If we are to be a vessel for the Master’s use, we need to be prepared and pre-prayed before we leave home and… be alert during the day for whatever God may bring across our path. Ask God to give you His Word for anyone He brings across your path and if they are a seeker, let them ask a question to open up discussion. This actually happened once with me and a Hindu lady. I prayed God would have her ask a question about Him, and she did.  I was amazed (I guess I should not have been, but I was).

Have you experienced God-incidences in your life?  You probably have.  If we are really busy, we may not have recognized it at the time. Other times we have no doubt about it.  Start looking for them.  Stay alert and be prepared.

Are you prepared to meet different type challenges during your day?  One of them could be a God-incident.

Hebrews 13:3  says, “Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.”

Most importantly, do you know the correct Biblical doctrines about God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)? Do you have knowledge of the attributes and character of God?  Do you know the full gospel message, in case someone should ask you, or know the Bible references?  If you are not certain, don’t guess.  Use a Bible to look them up or go to an online Biblios.com or Bible Gateway to look up information.  If you just guess, you could possibly give out doctrinal error.  You don’t want to do that, so humbly tell them you will look it up for them and get back to them shortly.

Want to share any God-incidents?  Please do so in the comments section. It would be nice to hear other's on this.  :)

~Annie~