John
16:1-4 (NIV) "All this I have told you so that you will not go astray. 2
They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, a time is coming when anyone
who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. 3 They will do such
things because they have not known the Father or me. 4 I have told you this, so
that when the time comes you will remember that I warned you. I did not tell
you this at first because I was with you.
NOTE: Truth does not
always look like it is successful. In fact, many times, truth will not look
like truth but rather will be perceived as foolishness. We do not have to
defend truth to the n-th degree. We are
to have a defense for anyone who calls us to account for our hope, but that
does not mean we will win the argument. But truth, and especially scripture has
an internal effect on people that we can't see, and God will use it in the
person's heart. Our job is to not despair as we see the world turn away from truth but rather to be faithful to employ truth even when it
is unpopular.
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