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Jesus said that the world did not know the Holy Spirit (Jn.14:17). The Holy Spirit is holy, and He is also the Spirit of truth, neither of which the world is interested in. As we watch, the world is moving farther and farther away from holiness and truth. People run after pleasure of all types and do not seem to care what boundaries God has laid down. In the comparatively recent past, we have seen almost an absolute decay of moral values where sins which everyone considered as gross are being practised openly as normal. God's values which everyone used to recognise in their conscience are even being blamed for generating hatred and divisions among people.

The pressure on us, those who know God because of His grace towards us, is increasing, to make us compromise. We are being pushed towards accepting the new norms of society or at least keeping our silence and offering no resistance. Many Christians and even some denominations have accepted the new norms, thinking that they are being progressive in their thinking and moving with the times, and not holding on to archaic ideas that are no longer relevant to the modern world.

Will we remain with the 'Holy' Spirit and stick with His truth? It is becoming increasingly difficult to do so. But we can't say we haven't been warned (2Ti.3:1-5). Let's read this passage and understand God's desire for His children to remain close to Him, and thus safe from being carried off with the flood of immorality and falsehood.

In the guise of an angel of light, Satan is parading through the streets of the media, proclaiming tolerance, acceptance and graciousness, even while peddling lies calling them truth. This attack begins in our mind and finds an entrance because we certainly don't want to be bigoted, narrow-minded or to hate anyone. The 'virtues' Satan calls us to are attractive to us as Christians because they appear to be a part of Christ's nature. But the poison is hidden in asking us to give up certain parts of God's truths in order for us to show those virtues. This should expose Satan's tactics to us.

Something that has been slowly making Christians vulnerable towards this attack on the truth is their unfamiliarity with the Bible and the truth God has revealed there. As the pace of life has gone up, people have begun to satisfy themselves with the titbits they receive from the pulpit once a week. If we don't know the truth ourselves, we will naturally find it difficult to discern when falsehood is presented to us. We can't leave that discernment to the leaders.

Let us get back to the Bible, each of us, personally, spend time with it, listening to God speaking to us, and reordering our lives whenever we find a discrepancy with us. The Bible is actually more accessible for us than ever before, if only we want it. Let's rebuild our spiritual temple and walls and get back to God to worship Him in truth, and offering ourselves as living sacrifices to Him (Ro.12:1).

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