Relay for Truth

"To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, 'If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free' " John 8: 31, 32
Edith Schaeffer states in her book, "What Is a Family?", "The primary place for the flag of truth to be handed on (as in a relay race) is in the family. The truth was meant to be given from generation to generation. If those who knew God and who had so very much to tell about Him had always been faithful, and had always stuck to the commands or the rules of the relay, there would have been no gaps. Each generation would have learned from the one before. Fathers and mothers were to tell sons and daughters. There was supposed to be a perpetual relay of truth without a break. The gaps in the world's history and in geographic generations of families came because of the refusal to pass on the truth-as a flag in a race."

I agree, we are pivotal in relaying the truth of God and His plan for life. We often talk of "being set free by the truth". But notice the preceding verse from John's writings. "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples." We don't often recite that verse in combination with the 'freedom' we rely on. We live today in a world filled with competing ideas. Knowledge and discernment are key to continuing the relay. Deception is knocking on the door of our mind and spirit every day. We must grasp on to His teaching and defend it. This relay affects our eternity.