If we eat from (or want to eat from) the bread of sincerity and truth, we need to realize we can’t just feed the flesh and expect to live forever.

Eternal life doesn’t work that way. Believe me…I totally understand how the flesh wants what the flesh wants. And each of us gives in to it. That’s the whole reason Jesus even came to earth as a man.

Our souls are eternal. Our spirits can be, too. Our bodies aren’t. So, if we meander through life with a singular, physical perspective, we can justify almost anything our little hearts desire. The despicable things we’re capable of have no limits. Paul even wrote how someone among the Corinthians had “such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles…that a man has his father’s wife.”

Paul was also frustrated by the fact that the Corinthians weren’t even upset by this. He found them to be “puffed up”. He told them they should deliver this person to Satan. Wow, that’s harsh. But one line later we can see the true love found in the bread of sincerity and truth when Paul says “…that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus”. Paul knew that this person’s spirit was in jeopardy.

A lot of people, mostly comedians, have shared the story of how a woman might ask a man if her pants make her bottom look too big. And, of course, the question begs the truth to be withheld. But that’s not of eternal importance.

On the matter of whether someone’s spirit will live forever in paradise with God, truth should not be withheld. If we love our fellow man (and we’re told to do so), we should be willing to share the bread of sincerity and truth. It may be initially more difficult to swallow, but it’s eternally nutritious for the spirit.

In Faith, Hope, and Love”

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