From: allan-sv@algonet.se   
      
                        The truth is not always pleasant   
      
   If you observe how Jesus and his apostles preached and taught   
   God's word, then you see that they did not appear with exaggerated   
   kindness or flattery. They did not try to represent the message of   
   salvation so pleasant as possible. No, they preached THE TRUTH   
   and many, specially the Pharisees and the teachers of the law,   
   comprehended the truth as very unpleasant, and so it has always   
   been. The worst enemies of the living Christianity have always   
   been found among the religious leaders.   
      
   Some people comprehend my articles as condemnatory and   
   unpleasant, but what I have written are such things that I have   
   been praying of for many years. Most contents in my articles are   
   the Lord's answers to my prayers. It can feel as a humiliation and   
   unpleasant when we discover that many things which we have   
   believed are not according to God's word. Yet, we must humble   
   us before God's word. If we do so, then God forgives us and we   
   become free from the erroneous attitude we have had. And what   
   we first comprehended as hard and condemnatory become   
   liberating. The truth makes us free and we get more understanding   
   of God's word.   
      
   Unfortunately, there are many who make the mistake that when   
   they hear or read something that not agrees with their opinion and   
   seems unpleasant, then they reject it and do not consider finding   
   how the things are.   
      
   Some people mean that I write as if I know everything, but they   
   think of that way only because they themselves know so little of   
   the Bible. If we are the good friends of Jesus, then we can get to   
   know quite a lot, for in him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom   
   and knowledge. Col. 2:2-3. What I have written in my articles are   
   such things that ought to be well known among the Christians.   
   All Christians ought to know it, but they do not know it because   
   they believe more on the churches than in God's word. In the   
   churches there are great ignorance, and they not even know in   
   what they are members. If we want to know the truth of the Body   
   of Christ, then we must go to Jesus outside the religious camp.   
   Hebr. 13:13.   
      
      
   Allan Svensson   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)