Saturday, May 7, 2011

Truth-telling

Luk 14:1-6  And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.  (2)  And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.  (3)  And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?  (4)  And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;  (5)  And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?  (6)  And they could not answer him again to these things.

Jesus was always willing to tell the truths that needed to be told in the face of lies, even when those who were telling or believing the lies were violently opposed to the truth.  Whether it is the Pharisees conspiring to kill Him, or Peter trying to convince Him to play it safe and stay away from Jerusalem (“Get behind me Satan”).  When facing Pilate, Jesus said that “for this cause came I into the world: to testify to the truth.”

In fact, He IS the truth.

Do I know “the truth”.  Hmmm…well, not really, but in an attempt to love my wife and family, I am seeking the truth, and asking for wisdom, and looking for it as for hid treasure.

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