Agent of Truth
Contrary to what the culture tries to tell us, we are made to describe and correspond with reality, not be its author
You shall not act as we are acting here today, all of us according to our own desires, for you have not yet come into the rest and the possession that the Lord your God is giving you. Deuteronomy 12:8-9
In those days there was no king in Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes. Judges 21:25
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do anot rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6
As a rational animal we are agents of truth. There is a natural requirement of logic to either assimilate or reject environmental dynamics and its implications in the realm of faith and virtue. In a world chock full of error, differing opinions/perspective, and many (an increasing number) different claims on what is true and what is false, it is difficult to remain motivated to investigation. Narrative of life, temptation, and bad things in the culture all undermine one's pursuit of what is true. Yet, truth is reason's end and direction. Reason is meant to describe reality and thereby interact harmoniously with it. Therefore, if reason is used effectively, it does not willfully separate from truth. The greatest possible reality is the one that is. After all, if we let our “reality” lose conformity to the truth i.e. reality as it actually is, then what we perceive as good will shift from what is actually good too much lesser goods and we will lose sight of what is truly bad. This is the problem not only of relativism (which is the universal justification many subjective moralists use), but of sin in general. If our concept of reality is skewed so also is our deduction, self-image, image of God, and ultimately, of what it means to live rightly.