ACTING ON THE TRUTH

“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”  (1 John 3:18 NIV)

Truth is important.  But more important than that is what one does with the truth.  Truth gives the basis upon which a person can act.  But unless he acts on it, the basis is useless.  In all our preaching our ultimate goal is to have the truth act upon the will.  It is not enough to move people emotionally or have them give intellectual assent to what we say.  Unless the effect travels from the emotions and the intellect to the will, there can be no lasting impact on the life. 

-- Ajith Fernando in “The Christian's Attitude Toward World Religions"

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