CHAPTER ONE
THE SPIRIT OF TRUTHFULNESS
A Christian; a good Christian; holds truth above all other qualities. After all, the only words that Jesus Christ spoke in His own defence to Pontius Pilate was
Joh:18:37: Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
We are all to seek truth. It is because of this spirit in us to seek TRUTH that we, good Christians, have developed science. Science is nothing more than a method of filtering misconception out of our body of knowledge. Our knowledge therefore becomes truth until proven otherwise. In which case, we good Christians, reserve the right to change our mind.
Knowledge and scientific truths however, some think, have turned against us. Our own sword of knowledge is threatening to disillusion us by denouncing the existence of God. Of course such a generalisation is far off the mark but there are some puritans in the world who think such things and unfortunately teach these same misconceptions to others.
The search for truth and truth itself does not deny God. On the contrary truth fulfils the person. This is because it is impossible to be honest unless one is first truthful and one cannot be sincere unless one is first honest. These three qualities TRUTH, HONESTY and SINCERETY are the foundation of a good Christian.
So a Christian, a good Christian, esteems truth above all other qualities. There is no other way to be a good representative of the Lord than to first be truthful.
To deny truth even scientific ones is to deny the God of truth. God is truth and the search for truth will always lead to the knowledge of God. This is why Jesus said “I seek the truth” in His own defence. When He could have said anything else He chose to say simply “I seek the truth”
We know in our hearts that what is written above is truthful. We know in our hearts that civilisations throughout history have usually strived to discover truth in all things. We, good Christians, will not be deceived easily or for very long because there is a spirit within us to seek the truth.
The Spirit of Truth dwells within the hearts of men and women. It makes its presence known on a daily basis. Whenever someone would try to fool us, we become suspicious, because our senses are sharpened toward truth.
Even when truth itself presents us with dilemmas, we continue to trust in the sense, and the spirit of truth within us will give us no rest until we solve the quandary confronting us.
It has come to the attention of many people in the world that Darwin’s famous theory of evolution confronts us with truth which appears to hold a blatant disregard for the writings of the Holy Bible; both Old and New Testaments. One would think at first sight that if the theory of evolution and the mountain of evidence which support it are correct, then the notion that God created us is untrue.
By definition God cannot be untruthful so where does a good Christian stand when confronted by these two opposing theories?
A good Christian must as a representative of God follow truth.
It is the Spirit of Truth which has caused this situation to come about and it is the spirit of truthfulness which will win out over dogma and misconception.
God will not have any person deceived. Not one person in the world can be deceived by God or by any truthful follower of God because a truthful follower of God knows when to say “I don’t know”; or “shall we seek an answer together”.
The Spirit of Truth has come into the world in order to fulfil the prophecy of John;
Joh:16:13: Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
The Spirit of Truth will lead you in all truth not to deny God but to complete the knowledge of the universe within you.
This earth is not the only planet in the universe but God is the God of all. Some truths such as are discovered on earth may not hold true on other planets so beware.