Following Truth

There is a difference between searching for truth and accepting predetermined truths. One begins with an honest attempt to discover what is real and the other is an attempt to bolster preconceptions. In religion, truth is defined as adherence to whatever that religion has already decided is the truth. The longer the religion has been in existence, the longer the list of doctrines, tenants and declarations. A new convert is not asked to search for the truth, instead he is told that these are the truths he must accept. Following Jesus is a search for the Truth itself. In Jesus we find truth living and embodied. He is not a list of doctrines to be studied and believed. Jesus is the truth meant to be followed and lived.