The Truth

Brothers and sisters: You once were alienated and hostile in mind because of evil deeds; God has now reconciled you in the fleshly Body of Christ through his death, to present you holy, without blemish, and irreproachable before him, provided that you persevere in the faith, firmly grounded, stable, and not shifting from the hope of the Gospel that you heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, am a minister. (Colossians 1:21-23)

Aren’t we still?  Aren’t we still alienated and hostile in mind because of evil deeds?  Are we holy, without blemish, and irreproachable before Jesus because we persevere in our faith, firmly grounded, stable, and not shifting from the hope of the Gospel?  Each of us must truthfully answer these questions.  

The challenge is to acknowledge what are evil deeds.  Many people believe distinguishing between good versus evil is subjective.  They have concluded it’s all in the eye of the beholder.  They are wrong.  The distinction is not subjective!  The truth is defined by the ethical teaching of Scripture such as loving our neighbors as ourselves.  Otherwise, we live a lie.

Deacon David Pierce