Quotes about Truth

Get into the Word regularly (John 17:17).

After all, no one is comfortable being told that he or she is a sinner. In our marketing-oriented churches, making people comfortable and happy can easily become the primary thing.

Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.

The nature of rumor is known to all.

I must dispel vanity with vanity.

Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.

The first reaction to truth is hatred.

For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man's wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.

It is certain because it is impossible

Truth and the hatred of truth come into our world together. As soon as truth appears, it is regarded as an enemy.

unchanging truth, that unless we become as little children in the doing of our Heavenly Father's Will, we cannot enter into our Eternal Home.

This is discussed at greater length in chapter 6, "Seeks Discipline." A committed member is committed to speaking the truth in love to his brothers and sisters, to helping them avoid pitfalls, and to encouraging them in holiness and Christian joy. A committed member will not be wrongly intrusive in the lives of others—a busybody—but he also will not be "hands off" when it comes to caring for and counseling others.