The TRUTH of the Gospel
Today in church (as usual) we had a wonderful sermon. The topic was we are blessed to be a blessing, and Pastor Gillin illuminated how the promise given to Abram in Genesis is fulfilled in Christ and extended to us. As is typical for me, this spun my brain off into thoughts of love, for how can we better bless others than by showing them God’ love? (The choir sang “Fill Us with Your Love,” too!) But then I looked back at some of my previous posts and saw that I have written about love before, (See “Le Mot du Jour est ‘L’Amour’,” dated 2/17/14) and I felt like I should write this time on the topic of Truth. Someone wiser than I am has said the Gospel stands on the two feet of Grace and Truth. Now Grace and Love, while not the same thing, are inextricably linked, and I’ll save that discussion for another time. Today, I am more interested in exploring the “Other side of the coin,” as it were. I want to talk about God’s Truth. As some of yo