If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil, but if well, why do you strike Me? John 18:23
At one point in His interrogation, one of the temple guards slapped Jesus across the mouth for His perceived insolence and disrespect to the High Priest. Jesus responded with this challenge and question. "If I'm wrong, prove it. Show me. Otherwise, why are you lashing out?"
Deep down, we don't like the truth. It's convicting. It's unflinchingly points out where we fall short.
Jesus is the embodiment of Truth. Naturally, He becomes the lightning rod for all our self-protective tactics. He gets the full measure of our defensive anger.
He won't back down. Truth is still Truth.
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I personally think we don't like the truth because…it is the truth. It says all we wouldn't want to be said about ourselves and it sums us up more than we think. I believe people have run from Christ because He is the truth and (like you said) we don't like the truth. But, no matter how far we've tried to run from it or how much we've plugged our ears and 'blah-ed' to block it out, like you said–Truth is still Truth. Thanks for the post!!