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This quarter we’re looking at the subject of Education.
Why did Jesus come? So we could see and know and understand the truth. For all the lies had blinded us to God, so that we couldn’t see. Because of the way we are, we prefer the lies, and believe in them. Isn’t it true that “A lie travels round the world while truth is putting its boots on”? But as Friend and Father, God couldn’t leave is like that. For our sakes he had to make sure we understood the difference, that we didn’t confuse truth and lie, so we could make a real choice. This is the purpose of what we might call “Divine Education.”
“What is truth?” asked Meister Eckhart, and then went to answer: “Truth is something so noble that if God should turn aside from it, I could keep to the truth and let God go.” We are to study truth for ourselves, examine the evidence, and come to a logical conclusion. It is not enough to accept the verdict of others, however believable. Nor is it acceptable simply to take the opinions of those in authority, however esteemed. We are called on to investigate truth for ourselves, to analyze and experiment, to make deductions and test the conclusions against what we observe, both theoretically and practically in our own lives. We are to accept nothing uncritically, and God invites us to examine his words and his actions to see whether they do indeed make sense, that they are true and trustworthy.
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