John 7:26

The people are vacillating. “What’s going on?” they ask. “Why do the authorities not say anything to keep him from speaking out here in the open? Do you think they are accepting him as the Messiah?” John 7:26 EFP 

As long as truth exists side by side with falsehood, there will be those who choose falsity over truth. There will be those so convinced of their position they will defend it even when truth is crying out to be heard. Truth can be challenged, and it does not lose its luster. But there is a second truth found in this passage.

Nothing can stop opposition to truth more rapidly than the living testimony of the genuine faith of a believer. The opposition may criticize theology, or even blame the church for all the evils of the world, but the staunchest opponent cannot argue against the living testimony of a believer who impacts his or her world for good. That is why we are called to live lives of love. Embrace the outcast. Rescue the destitute. Share a meal with the hungry. Defend the underdog and disenfranchised. And when they ask, all glory goes to the Father in heaven.

I want to be that kind of witness—living and loving unconditionally…like Jesus.