The Truth: how should we present "The Gospel Truth"?

The truth is something that most people are dying to tell but many can’t speak the truth in love. Truth without love is at most equivalent to a mere pronouncement of judgement but as we all know, not only are we not fit to pass judgement onto our brothers but we are above all else commanded not to judge others, because that task is reserved for the only one true judge, the Christ without any wrongs whatsoever.

I have been chatting to some folks about such issues but it came to my attention that a lot of us don’t even know or do they see any wrong in doing what they do, as long as they think they are onto something…but wait a minute. Who are you to tell me what I should or should not do? This is quite a fitting question to ask. It should be one question that guides and governs our interactions and relations with other people regardless of what we think of them or how we have classified them according to the standards God knows where we get them… perhaps we ought to realise and be aware that all that we do whether good intentioned or bad will one day be judged for what it was worth. One thing I have realised is that through our love of truth we have destroyed a lot than we have actually preserved, so what’s the use? Shouldn’t we rather work on our methods then if these are the types of results we are getting after all the labour we put into it?

Of course we possess the truth! This is truly an undoubt-able fact. There is definitely no contesting its validity. However what is at stake is the packaging and ultimately the way we then present our truth to those that we think need it. As much as we want to give it to them we should also realise that these people also reserve the right to be heard and for their opinions to be respected no matter how skewed to our perceptions such views might seem. It is love beyond all else that straightens these perceptions other people have about certain things that we hold so dear to us and have such a conviction of, to the extent that we just want to shove all of it into their mouths even if they don’t want it or don’t understand why their views, but not ours are wrong.

This is quite a psychological issue if you come to think about it…and the only way to win this battle is to go the psychological way and of course with God’s wisdom because whether you like it or not He created psychology and He wants it to be used to convict and to shed some light to His truth to those whose minds and thinking are shaped and bear an inclination towards psychological fact.