The Spirit of Truth will guide you: avoiding the ditch on either side of the narrow way

“If what you thought to be true was not, would you want to know?”

A  friend posted this question on social media and the responses were  surprising. Instead of the universal “of course!” which I anticipated,  several individuals replied “it depends” or “not necessarily.” Openly,  several people admitted before their peers that, given a choice, they  would rather believe some lies than have to change their minds.

“The  truth shall set you free,” Christ said; yet how many would rather live  in bondage than bear the personal responsibility that freedom brings?

This is a time of exposure, of paradigm shifts,  of repentance, and of changing one’s mind. Yet a potential pitfall is  that in swerving to avoid a trap, we don’t careen into a ditch on the  other side.

Two specific concerns for the body of Christ in this time of shaking are that,

1. We  would not be divided by non-foundational issues, but would commit to  give each other grace where there’s difference of opinion
2. In  our rejection of the prevalent lies we realize have propped up much of  the culture, we would not embrace new lies simply because they’re novel  and non-mainstream

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See also:

https://dissentfromdarwin.org/

https://emilytomko.com/the-classroom-pulpit-how-the-religion-of-humanism-undermined-a-generation/