“The Name: Truth Encounter, Represents the Experience a Broken Christian has with the Lord, During Which He Reveals the Lie(s) They Have Believed and the Truth He Offers that Frees Them From Their Suffering.”
Most often, I am asked, "Why is it called Truth Encounter?"
First, Truth Encounter is not some Christianized incantation or a recitation of mystical words. It’s not chanting. It’s not a mantra. “Enlightenment” is not the goal, nor is “healing,” and the act of Truth Encounter itself does not have healing power.
I chose to title Truth Encounter as such because it is the shortest, easiest way to describe exactly what happens during the event: God presents His appropriate truth to a person who has, at the deepest level, believed a lie. I do NOT equate, in any fashion, Truth Encounter with “healing.”
From the Truth Encounter event the person feels relief. I believe that relief is actually Biblical peace and the result of repentance. In our modern culture that sensation of relief has somehow been translated into “healing.”
We must keep in mind that the goal of Truth Encounter is not to simply feel better, but for the broken Christian to accept & abide by the truth of Scripture. Peace is a reward for such obedience.
Yet, I can only guess that terms & titles such as “Inner Healing” abound because practitioners believe it is a process of praying for healing of the soul.
The act of Truth Encounter and any form of prayer is a declaration of submission and dependence upon God for his resolve to the need of a suffering Christian.
Yet, I suspect many more people are inclined toward the notion of “healing” because it sounds more inviting than changing one’s mind to be in alignment with Biblical truth.
CONCLUSION
Truth Encounter is not magical, mystical or some type of incantation. To be clear, I do not hold that Truth Encounter is the same as the other processes I discuss here.
Also, I think the idea of “inner healing” became pervasive because Broken Christians have a deep sense of relief after a successful Truth Encounter session and that sense of relief is Biblical peace, not “healing.” The peace is actually issued because the broken Christian responded Biblically appropriate once it became apparent they have believed a lie. That is to say, they accepted the Biblical truth and repented; that creates peace in one’s soul.
