Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
What is Truth?
“15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.” (John 17:15-19)
The prayer of our Savior above affirms that the world is a great place, but the only way that we can be kept from evil is by seeking truth. The greatest enemy to freedom is ignorance. Ignorance of law sabotages freedom. The single greatest quest we can make on this earth is the quest for truth. To understand truth, we must understand law. By keeping the commandments of God, we are on the path of truth. Truth will add to truth, and light will add to light.
At the heart of all laws of God is the preservation of agency. With agency comes freedom. We should value freedom and agency above everything. To do that, we must search for truth for it is truth alone that can make us free. The price of freedom is in understanding captivity. God is the quintessential free agent. God wanted us to have that freedom; therefore, he created earth and organized temporal and spiritual laws to make it possible.
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