March 13, 2021
As a child when I was in grade school, I would sometimes take tests that were in a “True or False” format. I would usually have to circle or write in the letter T or F. I remember how the teacher would sometimes use a statement that was worded in a way that made it hard for me to decide which answer to choose. I had a 50-50 shot on my answer. It was crucial that I read the statement thoroughly because just one word could change the entire meaning of the statement.
The Bible talks about what is true. In fact, John 17:17 reads “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” Jesus stated God’s Word is truth. Jesus also said in John 14:6 “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” Jesus claims Himself as The Truth. Since God’s Word is truth and Jesus Himself is THE Truth, it must be important to know Jesus and His Word.
“What is truth?” is probably the most important question we will have to answer in our lifetime. Truth is a controversial topic. There is a term we hear about in our current culture known as Postmodernism. This is a Western philosophy, a late 20th-century movement that is characterized by broad skepticism, subjectivism or relativism. It is a view that ethical truths depend on the individuals and groups holding them. But in reality, this ideology has been around since time began. The Bible says in Judges 17:6b, “but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.” And in Proverbs 14:12 we read that “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” We humans often think that we can decide for ourselves what is true. We want truth to accommodate our own selfish desires. That is also known as humanism, a progressive philosophy of life without God.
Truth has been under attack since the Garden of Eden. Satan was the first to attack truth when he deceived Eve, leading her to doubt what God said. Since the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3), we all have been rejecting God’s law (God’s truth). We have followed our own fleshly desires instead of God’s desires. We think that we know better than God. WE want to define truth. We want to decide what is right and what is wrong. But this thought process poses a problem. What if a person wanted to kill someone that they do not like? Or what if someone says it is okay to steal something from someone just because they want it? Having a mindset that we can define our own truth, this is MY reality, and all is relative leads to pain and loss. Who decides what is relative? Who decides right and wrong? Can you see the problem with this kind of mindset? Can we really decide for ourselves what the truth is?
Whether we like it or not, there is a standard in this world that has been here since creation. It is God’s standard. God’s laws have been part of this world from the beginning. God’s natural law is what sustains creation. The sun remains the exact same distance from the earth and has not gotten any closer or farther away. If it moved, we would either burn up or freeze to death. God’s creation was made with order, with guidelines. In the Bible, Romans 2:14-15 says, “For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)” God’s creation is instilled with a sense of right and wrong yet our flesh or natural tendency is to follow our own selfish desires.
Creation was perfect and in perfect order before sin entered the world. But when sin entered, disorder and death came with it. The first sin came when truth (God’s Word) was questioned. The Bible says that we are wicked from the start. In Jeremiah 17:9-10 we read, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.” According to these verses, our hearts are so dark and deceived that we cannot even know or understand ourselves until God reveals truth to us. 2 Corinthians 4:6 reads, “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” We do not have the authority to define truth. We are not self-created, we have a Creator who defines truth. He is truth. We are sinners. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” Romans 3:23
The Bible not only talks about the truth, but the Bible also talks about the false. Throughout scripture there are warnings about deception and lies. In John 8:44 the Bible says that Satan is the father of lies. In Matthew 24, where Jesus is talking about the signs of end times, He warns us four times in just one chapter about coming deception. In Revelation 18, 19, and 20 we read about Satan’s deceptiveness too. Satan is the god of this world and he blinds us from truth until God opens our eyes to Himself. In 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 we read, “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”
Just like Satan deceived Eve way back in the beginning. (Genesis 3) He is still tricky today. He will manipulate and try to get us to doubt God’s Word. But with God’s help, we can choose to believe in our Creator. He loves us so much that He gave us the way to be free from sin and death. As we read in a previous paragraph, Jesus is the way! (John 14:6)
As I think back on those true and false tests I took in school, I remember that I would have to reread the statements two or three times before deciding which answer to circle. If I circled the correct answer to enough of the questions, I passed the test. What do we do about the test God has laid before each one of us? God has written out His statement. It is the Holy Bible. He has given us all we need to know Him and to walk in truth. In 2 Timothy 3:16-17 the Bible says, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” There are only two choices we have for God’s Word. TRUE- Jesus Christ, the way, the truth, and the life. Or FALSE- Satan, sin, death, and hell.
The choice is set before you and you have a 50-50 shot at choosing the right answer. What answer will you circle? Will you place your faith in Jesus Christ today? I am praying for you to choose the right answer.
Scriptures for Further Study:
Psalm 15:1-3, Psalm 25:4-10, Psalm 26:2-4, Psalm 31:4-6, Psalm 33:3-5, Psalm 40:9-11, Psalm 43:2-4, Psalm 45:3-5, Psalm 51:5-7, Psalm 54:4-6, Psalm 57:2-4, Psalm 60:3-5, Psalm 61:6-8, Psalm 69:12-14, Psalm 71:21-23, Psalm 85:9-11, Psalm 86:10-15, Psalm 89:13-15, John 1:13-17, John 3:20-22, John 4:22-24, John 8:31-47, John 14:5-18, John 15:25-27, John 17:16-20, John 18:36-39, Romans 1:18-25, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-15, 2 Timothy 2:15-26, 2 Timothy 4:1-4, 1 John 1:5-10 In the menu of this website there is link that reads, “Do You Know Jesus?”. If you would like to know more about Him, please follow that link. If you have any questions, click on the contact link to send me a message.
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