Scripture:
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
Sat, 8 October 2022

A Love of the Truth

Observation:

What is the meaning of “love of the truth” (v.10)?

Deeper Reflection
IN THE NARRATIVE OF THE ANTICHRIST IN 2 THESSALONIANS 2 is the battle between “the truth” and falsehood and deception – the contradiction and counterfeit of the truth (2 Thess 2:3, 9-12). The truth is the Gospel, for people are to believe the truth “so as to be saved” (v.10). And “the gospel of God” is “the word of God” (1 Thess 2:9, 13). Indeed, the whole Bible is “the gospel of God” (Rom 1:1-3).Unbelievers are “perishing” (v.10) and “condemned” (v.12) because they “refused to love the truth” (v.10) and “did not believe the truth” (v.12). When unbelievers “refused to love the truth”, it means they “did not accept a love for the truth”10 and they “had not only not ‘welcomed’…this truth, but had no liking for it, no desire to possess it”11. The expression “love of the truth” is found only here in the whole New Testament. “The fuller expression of ‘love of the truth’ goes beyond the idea of accepting the Gospel on an intellectual level as something that is factually true or accurate, moving deeply to a passionate, emotional attachment to the Gospel: one is personally and fully devoted to this truth.”12It is theologically assumed that when a person “accepts a love for the truth” and is “saved”, this love for the truth should continue in his or her life in following Jesus. Do we have “a love for the truth” – the Word of God? Are we “moving deeply to a passionate, emotional attachment” to the Word of God, and “personally and fully devoted to” it?
10 Gordon D. Fee, The First and Second Letters to the Thessalonians, The New International Commentary on the New Testament (Eerdmans, 2009), 294, footnote 85 11 Gene L. Green, The Letters to the Thessalonians, The Pillar New Testament Commentary (Apollos, 2002), 323 – citing George Milligan 12 Jeffrey A. D. Weima, 1-2 Thessalonians, Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (Baker Academic, 2014), 541-42
Application:

What does it mean for me to have a love of the truth?

Prayer:
Write a prayer to God as your response from your meditation on and application of the Scriptures.
Prayer Pointers:
  • Give thanks and praise
  • Pray for Church Board: To grow deep in love of the truth
  • Pray for significant people
  • Pray for those in need
  • Pray for self

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Daily Devo
Daily Devotional Journal
Sun, 31 December 2023

Sunday Journal

Past Week’s Review
  • What was my high point and my low point for the week?
  • What gave me life and what drained me?
  • How was the Spirit of God at work?
Reflect

What is one key thing that God said to me this week in light of what has happened?

Respond

What is one thing I need to do in light of what God is saying?
Commit in prayer.

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