When I was in high school, I enjoyed being on a debate team. Our object was not to establish truth but to convince the judges that our arguments were stronger than those of our opponents. So I didn't welcome the truth when someone from the other side shone its light on the issue and weakened my case.

Arguing against the light may be acceptable in debating, but it is terribly wrong in real life. Our attitude toward truth will ultimately determine our eternal destination--heaven or hell.

Many influential people today openly show their hatred for the light. For example, a recent book portrayed Jesus Christ as having had three wives. There is absolutely no evidence for such a claim, yet reviewers treated the book as if it had credibility. Either they have not read the biblical accounts of His life, or they don't want to believe that He is the sinless Son of God and the Light by whom all of us one day will be judged.

Jesus said that people who practice evil hate the light and do not come to the light, lest their deeds should be exposed (Jn. 3:20).

Lord, help us to love truth so that we will always welcome the light, even when it reveals that we are wrong.  — Herbert Vander Lugt