We live in a world where we hear of fake news and alternative facts daily as so many try to manipulate information to match their world view. This is nothing new with humanity having struggled from the earliest times to know what the truth is and what to do with it. Discovering what truth is and how we relate to it has occupied many of the greatest philosophical minds from ancient times until the present day. The standards, patterns of thought and their outworking in behaviours and culture in our society today are very similar to those of the time of the early church. It was into this environment that the Apostle John wrote his three short letters, to help and to guide believers as they sought to live out their faith in their day. We are going to think about the second of these letters, to see what it can teach us about living for Jesus in our day, considering the following:
- Tasting The Truth
- Trusting the Truth
- Testing The Truth
In doing this we will see why Jesus said "Know The Truth And The Truth Will Set You Free"