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AUGUST 26
THE LOVE OF THE TRUTH
“Because they received not
the love of truth, that they
might be saved. And for this
cause God shall send them
strong delusion, that they
should believe a lie.” (2
Thess. 2:10-11)
Two ways are set before us
here: receiving the love of
the truth to work into us
into salvation; or,
receiving a strong delusion,
literally, an inworking
delusion, so that we believe
a lie. Interestingly enough,
God sends them both. He
brings forth vessels of
mercy, and vessels of wrath.
Those who refuse, who
receive not the love of the
truth, in turn will receive
an inworking error, and then
have to pass through a
judgment to be purged of
that error. This is learning
the lesson the hard way,
having to go through a
process of correctional
chastening, until they learn
that it is far better to
receive the love of the
truth. Yet God retains
sovereign control over this
entire process. “I also will
choose their delusions, and
will bring their fears upon
them, because when I called,
none did answer; when I
spake, they did not hear:
but they did evil before
Mine eyes, and chose that in
which I delighted not.” (Isa.
66:4). God knows exactly
which inworking delusion
will subdue and teach that
it is an evil and bitter
thing to forsake the way of
the Lord.
There is a love to be
received along with the
truth, for knowledge alone
will not hold you. When the
vision tarries you soon
become entangled in all
sorts of strange diversions,
and a prey for those spoken
of in Daniel 11:14, “the
robbers of thy people shall
exalt themselves to
establish the vision – as if
they were able to fulfill
it, but they shall fail.
Those who do not have a
love for the truth will
exalt themselves and set
about to establish the
vision –– as if they were
able to fulfill it, but they
shall fail.
When you have a LOVE FOR THE
TRUTH you will not want to
see any self-effort destroy,
mar, or try to fulfill it
after the flesh. You will
wait with an eye single to
God knowing He will fulfill
His Word. “Great peace have
they which love thy law: and
nothing shall offend them.”
(Ps. 119:165).Ray
Ray Prinzing
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