Truth Matters

When rumors and lies are spreading among the believers concerning the beliefs and practices of certain Christian groups, one response is to be silent and leave the judgment to the Lord, yet another response is to not let the lies to be believed as truth and refute it as the Lord leads, with the truth, for truth matters.

The latter has been my experiences of late, as misunderstanding and misinformation based on no facts have been evilly communicated, even by so called apologetic and preachers. To such Christian leaders I do not shy away and will not, for they cannot be ignorantly harbingers of false accusations, for their sake and ours too, who are misunderstood.

The Lord has sovereignty led me to some of them, surprisingly, the main ones. In face to face fellowship, I have used the Bible to refute the false accusations and questioned them back the basis of their false accusations. Surprisingly, they had none and were mum when asked to furnish proofs. Not a vindication nor self-justification, after every face to face dialogue-fellowship, the air of misunderstanding was cleared. And they mostly confirmed our orthodoxy and ended up appreciating the truth we uphold, which is the word of God. Seldom do I debate on the truth and I am not for it as it is mostly futile, but I do refute and stand for the truth, for truth matters.

To this day, at least seven well known Christian apologetic and leaders have I fellowshipped with in India, not counting those who simple pass on hearsay as evil reporters and of no repute to any by their character. And the result, our brotherly understanding was restored and we can fellowship and visit one another or exchange mails or phone calls. I do hope and believe, such face to face fellowships were the end of their being "accusers of the brethren".

This exercises and experiences strengthens my faith in the Lord and establishes me in the word. It helps me to dive into the Word of God deeper and deeper and experience Christ richer and richer. All things indeed works together for good, even the false accusations and the refutations thereof. Thank God, the Lord has been gracing me to experience this even as He placed me in the literature service. I love it and I enjoy it. Amen to the Lord's sovereign arrangement in all things.

Truth triumphs and I uphold it, and ever will, for truth matters.