Remembering The Truth

Ephesians 4:14-16

We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming. But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body's growth in building itself up in love.

Notes on the Scripture

 

The world is full of a number of things. Especially today, in the information age, we are bombarded by ideas and arguments, not to mention our own thoughts at everything that goes on.

It is natural for children and even young adults, to whom so much of the world is new, to experiment with accepting and believing new ideas of all kinds. They are naturally susceptible to fraud, deceit, and manipulation. Every parent worries about sexual manipulation, drug use, and "getting into cars with strangers". 

But older children are likely to spend time enraptured by new, odd, and even bizarre political and religious doctrines. In college, they might be tempted with variously ideals like communism and by "objectivity" ideas with their religion. 

Your child may very well think that Miley Cyrus is the greatest musician of all time. Here, the Bible tells us that when we become adults, we must develop intellectual and emotional maturity; we must learn not to be "blown about by every wind of doctrine". This is not to say that we should close our minds or stop learning. 

That is an equally foolish, and common, form of immaturity; really, if there is one lesson we should learn as adults, it is that just because we think something doesn't mean it's automatically true. We must not cling to ideas out of pride and defensiveness.

But there is one great Truth that we have learned and which we must hold to so firmly that a hurricane cannot dislodge it: Our conviction that Christ, the Son of God, lived, taught, died, and was resurrected, in order that our immortal souls might be saved through His grace. And we must speak this truth in love, not in hatred.

Let Us Pray.....

Heavenly Lord, I know I am not alone saying these prayers or reading your Word this day, but many people unknown to me, from all stations of life, have joined together in this brief moment of devotion. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be among the community of all who pray in the name of Christ this day, and remain among us always.

Amen.