… people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth…
Summary: No one likes the idea of being robbed, but what if what the robbers took was worth more than all the money in the world?
“Help! I’ve been robbed!!”
“Oh — wait. I let it happen…”
Paul’s statement that some people have been “robbed of the truth” is thought-provoking. How do you “rob” someone of the truth?
Does someone sneak into your mind at night and find where you have hidden the truth and then take it?
The human mind is a funny thing. It is a bit like a leaky bucket. People are always putting things into our minds, wagging their finger at us, and sternly warning, “Now remember what I told you!”
Sometimes, instead of waiting for whatever they put in our minds to leak out, we just toss it as soon as they are out of sight. We know what we like, and we know what we don’t like.
Unfortunately, hanging on to the truth is hard.
One reason is our tendency to forget. Those are the “leaks” we were talking about. Another is that when people come along and start pouring words in our ears, it messes with our thinking. Certain words are especially effective at stirring our mental pot and making it hard to hang on to the truth.
The Good News for believers is that we have the Holy Spirit. Jesus promises that the Holy Spirit will help us stay grounded in the truth:
”But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” (John 14:26)
For those who are unwilling or unable to listen to the Holy Spirit, the truth is sometimes pushed out by other “truths” that people claim are real.
I’m not suggesting that people who are easily confused are rejected by God. We are, after all, his sheep (John 10:14). But confusion about the truth can render us ineffective in our work for the Body of Christ. That is why it is important for believers to read the Bible every day; we need to stay grounded in the truth.
Application: Read your Bible every day.
Food for Thought: How do you know what the truth is, and how do you guard against losing it?
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