Showing the truth

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. – 2 Corinthians 4.2-4

Lies, trickery, deceit, half-truths, innuendos. These are ugly, ugly words. Just reading them makes us think that these are things that should never be a part of the Christian’s life or ministry.

Sadly though we see a lot of that in the church and in ministry today. We can see tricks and gimmicks and deceptions to try and help people see their need of the gospel. We can use exaggeration and hyperbole to make the world look extra bad. I saw a video recently that tried to make every Disney film into some type of attempt to subconsciously pervert the minds of the child. In the past the same thing was done with rock music and other things.

We don’t need this stuff. It is often so absurd that it does more harm than good.

Instead we just need to simply speak of and manifest the truth of God in our lives. Only that is going to prick the conscious of man into his need of Christ. Only that will break though the veil that blurs men’s vision.

Just speak the truth. Just live the truth. Just be the truth.

Nothing else will work.