Truth can be used as a weapon. I have seen (and personally experienced) the use of truth as a weapon.
What is truth without love?
When someone claims they love somebody, they will sometimes shelter the object of their "love" from the full truth. White lies are told. Part truths are told, where the "not so nice" parts are left out. Part truths are sugar coated. The story is twisted and coloured to the advantage of the one speaking.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) said,
"In war-time, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies".With the amount of lying that occurs today, we all must be in a continuous state of war.
What is love without truth?
Love depends upon trust.
Trust is created and nurtured and protected by 4 mandatory factors:
- Benevolent best interest in the other party (ie. love)
- Open & honest communication (ie. Truth)
- Competency
- Predictable behaviour
Only Jesus can be fully trusted forever. Period. End of story.
Trusting humans isn't so easy. Many people make the mistake of trusting too much or too quickly. Others trust too little or too late. All of these extreme cases have significant losses, risks, and dysfunctional outcomes. Even when we trust the right amount at the right time, we are sometimes disappointed by a breach of our precious trust.
While trust can take a long time to form, it is usually destroyed in the blink of an eye.
Jesus embodies both truth and love simultaneously.
Jesus said there is no truth in Satan. Inside Satan, there is pure hate for all that is good.
We humans are like lost sheep that wander in the gray area between Jesus and Satan. We nibble the grass here, then go over there for what seems like good reasons at the time. Often, there is little or no awareness, a lack of caring, miserly sharing, intermittent perseverance, a mediocre rate of improvement, and unclear or unspecific goals in our lives. For the most part, we humans do as we please. We run away to a different area when the consequences get too painful or risky.
If Satan starts to nip at our heels, we run a little closer to Jesus so as to be under His protection. As soon as the immediate danger passes, we wander back to the darker shades of gray as we please. In other words, most of us lack any visible commitment and consistency in our behaviors, and half-hearted allegiance to Jesus Christ. Most of us are mediocre Christians, luke warm at best.
Most people don't realize we are now in End Times. Times have changed. We need to change too.
The geographical size of the gray area is shrinking fast. The shade of gray is getting a darker and darker. Soon there will be a chronic shortage of the gray area that remains,, and an uncomfortable shade of gray (ie. a significant lack of light) . As the gray area disappears more & more, we humans will soon be forced to choose: Pure White or Pure Black.
If you fail to choose, Pure Black is the default, with you eventually being tossed into the Lake of Fire with eternal suffering.
You must make a conscious, express choice of Jesus Christ, Heaven, light, white, and everlasting life.
Choose soon.
Make sure all your family, friends, and neighbours understand the important choice that must soon be made.