Truth is Truth

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
TRUTH IS TRUTH
Prov 13:5
5 The righteous hate what is false,
but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
NIV
Although there may be some truth in the fact that a believer should certainly tell the truth at all times and hate whenever that truth is either stretched or distorted. It may also be true that some people, if not all, who care not about God may well tell the truth for the most part but may also expand and distort that truth for personal gain of some sort. But I think this speaks of an aspect of truth or false of much greater significance. Being a believer in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit I certainly dislike anything which defames his name, his person, and his truth. I am not quite sure I can say I hate it, but perhaps that is the right word. I cannot stand to hear unbelievers spew out false doctrines of human invention and imagination. I find it almost intolerable to sit silent when they vomit or I should say regurgitate the false ideas of preceding unbelievers. I know in my heart that, for the most part, they are simply trying to justify they lives. I think they believe if they deny the existence of God then they are not accountable to him for they actions. But in the end if a person is classified by God as wicked their lives will bring shame and disgrace upon them as they stand before the judgment sit of God. I have no fear of this shame and disgrace as I can stand before God declared innocent by him due to the actions of Jesus Christ in whom I trust. I have been classified, declared righteous by God and thus I am free of all shame and disgrace. I suppose hate the words and ideas of ungodly people because they do not acknowledge God, but I cannot say I hate the people. If I am to live as Jesus lived I must love all people no matter of their disdain for the truth of God. The truth is the truth and that is that.