For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth - 2Co 13:8 ISV.
In an age where every person can easily air an opinion, post an article and express a point of view with unprecedented potential to reach a high number of audience, the possibility of getting at the truth always has been greatly reduced. Like they say, there are two sides to every story. At times, there's even a third side - the CCTV side - or a fourth - the accidental passerby with a phone camera side.
Sometimes what we start to believe is the story that gets to us first. Many people don't bother to check the facts after hearing one side. But the good thing about the truth is that it's always there. It will not change. It can stand the test of time. A precious thing like the truth cannot be destroyed. Sooner or later, someone somewhere will discover it and bring it to the mainstream. There's something about the truth that's compelling and so he who knows the truth won't be easily silenced nor intimidated. Apostle Paul says this: "For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth" (2Co 13:8 ISV).
It's not as though the truth cannot be hidden, because it can be. There are times when it's hard to get to the truth because, according to Winston Churchill, "...truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." But we need not worry about the truth. For its sake, a lot of people are willing to make sacrifices so that it will prevail.
When falsehood spread in the church of Corinth, Apostle Paul had to respond and he did it in writing. He was the man of the hour to stand against lies and make the truth known. Though there are many spreader of lies, once the voice of truth speaks, it comes with a power that lies don't have. Truth will stand and prevail in the end for if God has to take sides in every argument, He will definitely stand on the side of truth. Truth is borne in wings of angels, made sharp by the Spirit of God that it cuts through the soul, inspires the hearer to rise above himself and opens his eyes to a reality that's beyond self, beyond this world and into the heavenlies. Truth on our side doesn't mean we will always come up the winner in the eyes of men. But we will definitely be the winner in the sight of God and guess who sleeps better? Who can live without being ashamed? Who can face God in judgment with confidence? Only he who, despite the sometimes many immediate disadvantages, took the side of the truth.
Those who try to suppress the truth, destroy the truth, or modify the truth with lies will soon find out that truth can hit back. No one can destroy truth because it will always prove its correctness. Time will. Experience will. Disregard the truth and it will bite you back with unpleasant consequences. This is better demonstrated by sin. Sin is nothing but lie sugarcoated to appear like truth. Many souls have been destroyed by sin. The consequences of sin are all around us - brokenness in individuals, in families, in institutions. Sin corrupts morals, people and societies. The consequences of disregarding the truth shout at us every day.
How do we then proceed in finding the truth so as not to fall victim to lies? All truth emanates from God. Jesus calls Himself the truth (John 14:6). God is the starting point of all truth. When we discover His truth, we will be ready for all the blessings of the truth and, just like Paul, also be ready to defend the truth, expose the lies and make sacrifices so that truth can prevail. All of us may soon be made to choose to either speak for the truth or to side with the lies. As early as now, it's important that we know where truth starts and ends and where lie begins. Otherwise, we either gets sucked into lies because we don't know any better, or we become the propagator of it, mistaking it for truth. Let's know the truth because it's the best shield against falsehood. It's difficult to be familiar with all lies. By nature, lies are varied, many and multiplying quickly with every iteration. Therefore, let's know the truth well and all lies are easily identified because however well they're made, lies can only look like the genuine material but cannot be exactly like it.
