Love and truth

For the last few days, I've been thinking about things that aren't mutually exclusive, and yes, I have been studying Math lately. One of those ideas is that truth and love can not be separated. If I love people in my life, then I'll tell them the truth. If the truth (Jesus) is in me, then I can't help but love others. Then, thinking logically, what's outside of love and truth? Hate and lies is the only answer that seems to make sense. This would explain why many of us are hateful, and deceived. We all have most likely met people who fall into the following categories.

Category A:
Truth without love.

Some people can be as ruthless as a prosecuting attorney, ripping someone apart with the truth, rather than being gentle as Scripture tells us to teach (II Tim 2:24).

Category B:
Love without truth.

On the other extreme, are people who are so into "feeling good" that they forget the charge to literally thrive in God's Word (Col 3:16). I used that specific verse, because emotion is still expressed, but it's done so because of truth. We're grateful to God for all that He's done.

That is of course, if we know, what He has done. If we don't know, there's probably a reason for that. It's not enough to say that famous sinner's prayer, it's a life that is completely given over to Jesus. The best way to say this is if it's starts with faith, doesn't it also continue with faith? I still remember giving my life to Jesus when I was twelve, but it's that same child like faith that will carry with me for the rest of my life (Col 2:6). However, if I only hold onto that prayer from childhood, how will that work for an adult who needs Jesus? So, even if I know, I still need to be reminded.

So, after I've been thinking about this for a few days, I found a really cool verse today.

"and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved." II Thess 2:10

And when I did a search on biblegateway.com , I found these verses too.

"Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart." I Peter 1:22

"Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love." II John 1:3