2013-09-19 - Relative Truth
2 Tim 3:3 For the time will come when they will not endure
sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate
for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,
4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn
aside to myths.
Pilate asks Jesus, "What is truth?", scoffing.
The problem we see today has been around for a very long time. The Pharisees
wanted to get rid of Jesus so they lied to have Him executed. Unknowingly
they where the tools that fulfilled Jesus' purpose for taking on mortal flesh
and being born into this world. Jesus was an enemy to their truth, so they
justified their actions. The idea that deity would come and die for mankind
is also scoffed at by many today. What is truth? The question is asked because
those asking have given up on authoritative, unchanging truth. The idea of
a fixed right and wrong today is being trampled under foot by the culture.
And we allow it.
I saw a recording of a few minutes of a talk show where the host and a guest
were talking about how we all must ascend and become like gods, improving
as we go until we achieve this god-like state. When a Christian in the audience
stood and quoted scripture and presented the truth of the Gospel the discussion
that followed clearly divided the audience. It didn't get hostile, but there
were lines clearly drawn. The truth was defended well that day.
Paul, as a Roman citizen, appealed to Caesar during his discussion with Festus.
Paul felt his calling to go to Rome and possibly speak the Gospel before
the Roman Emperor. Since the Emperor was considered a deity Paul would be
speaking heretical words punishable by death, but Paul felt the call to go
and preach. It is believed that Paul either died of old age under house arrest
speaking to anyone who would hear him tell about Christ, or that he was executed
in Rome. Either way he spoke the truth of Jesus Christ.
What is true today depends very much upon with whom you speaking. But none
of that changes truth. Truth is the source of everything that is true. Two
plus two equals four is true, but its veracity is founded in truth. Jesus
told us that He is the way, the truth and the life. He is the source of all
these things. All these things hold together, math for example can be used
to accurately describe the physical world and the behavior of objects and
forces like gravity, because God is the unifying source of Truth.
The unchanging truth is becoming unpopular these days. Unless we, the church,
are willing to stand up for the truth the light we are suppose to be to the
world will grow very dim, and the world will become even darker than it is.
(Read Rev. chps 2-3)
How willing are we to stand up for the truth? Are we prepared to defend the
truth?
"The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who
speak it." George Orwell
Grace &
Peace,
Mike
jmhoskins@gmail.com
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All verses are from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless
otherwise noted.
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