We live in a day where much of our society demands love void of THE truth. Notice, I said THE truth, not YOUR truth. It is not that people believe love and truth are independent principles expressed in isolation; most would say that they not only coexist but would contend that they can in no way exist apart from one another. Here is a phrase I’ve heard that helps express my point more clearly, “To love me, is to accept MY truth.” Did you catch it? Many people believe that if you don’t accept THEIR truth, you do not love them. What they really struggle with is a truth that calls them to change, so they create a truth that allows them to stay just how they are.
THE truth not only requires us to change, it demands it. The Word of God is nothing if not a bullhorn piercing the comfort of our sinful disposition. Because God loves us, He calls us out of who we are and into who He created us to be. To build a philosophical stance that THE truth is unloving requires us to fashion a God subservient to our passions, rather than a people subservient to God. God is love and God is truth. To make truth about you is to make yourself God.