Article No. 1047
Virtue -or- Virtual?
“Make every effort To supplement your faith With VIRTUE, And VIRTUE With Knowledge”
2 Peter 1:5
It is increasingly hard to tell today what is
REAL and TRUE
-and-
UNREAL and FALSE.
As 24-hour news and on-line video shorts commonly appear to be so authentic to be practically
undeniable the line between what is true and false becomes obliterated to the point that
it is becoming impossible to know what to believe or not believe —
and this is precisely the difference between VIRTUAL and VIRTUE.
So while these two words may sound and look similar, they actual mean the exact opposite.
VIRTUE is defined as “Truth, Uprightness & Morality.”
It is a quality that flows as an attribute of the HEART and seeks that which is good.
It is honest and sincere which does not deceive or mislead.
On the other hand VIRTUAL is a distoration of the core Latin word 'virtus'
to to be “Any Image That Is NOT Real”.
They are synthetic copies that are not sincere or authentic
that are facsimiles of what really is true designed to
enter into and Confound the MIND.
Jesus warned us repeatedly that a characteristic of the end times would be DECEPTION
and VIRTUAL elements continually surround us each day in our highly-connected world.
It is then easy to be mislead if you do not keep your eye on God’s WORD as
TRUE and on Christ as the “The way, the TRUTH, and the Life.”
Friend, having a Virtuous Mind is to not be deceived by the lie of the Virtual Mind.
Remember Jesus’ dire warning:
“Watch out that no one
— DECEIVES YOU — ”
Matthew 24:4
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