Rally for Truth

No one cares to hear: "I told you so." What precedes those words is something that should not have surprised us, something we should have expected and seen coming. Nonetheless, things happen in our lives, our communities, our nation, our world that shock and stun us. After telling His disciples "if the world hates you [and it does], know that it has hated Me before it hated you," Jesus warned them, "I have told you these things so that you will not stumble or be caught off guard and fall away. They will put you out of the synagogues and make you outcasts. And a time is coming when whoever kills you will think that he is offering service to God. And they will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me" (John 15:18 and 16:1-3 AMP). While there seems to be a great demand for truth yet it truth is the object of rejection and hatred. Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life," and for it He was nailed to a cross. The hard cold fact is that the world cares nothing for truth. Those who insist on speaking only Truth - thus saith the Lord - are today labeled public enemies and at risk of being silenced. In speaking truth, Paul asked "have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth?" (Galatians 4:16 ESV). Recent events should be a rally-cry for Believers to remain true to Christ and to Eternal Truth. Let us not be counted among those who [as Jesus described] "fall awaty" and exchange truth about God for a lie (Romans 1:25). Now is the time to persevere, to endure, to exercise genuine faith - to "bear fruit and so prove" to be Jesus' disciples (John 15:8 ESV). Resist the urge to scatter; rather, let us unite and always ... rally for truth!