Friday, July 30, 2010

The truth, and nothing but the truth

Today, nothing sets off most people more than someone claiming that there is absolute truth. Christians often bear the brunt of that resentment. Just claiming Christianity is enough to make you an enemy of the world. Jesus told us that would happen in John 15:20 “Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you.”
But the reality is if God absolutely exists, then there must be absolute truth. Jesus said in John 4:24 that “God is Spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. Worshipping a god of our own creation just isn’t going to cut it.
So where do we find this absolute truth from God? Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life, no man comes to the Father except by Me.” And then in John 6:63 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.” So then, the Word is the truth. Absolute truth. The absolute breath of God. The same breath that God breathed into Adam and man became a living soul, was breathed into the writers of Scripture as they penned the words of God, and it is the same breath that the Holy Spirit breathes into us that we might be born again.
But the Bible says that man has exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worships the creation rather than the Creator. They have rejected the truth of God’s word and now believe in something of their own creation. We need to tell them the truth, for that is the only way to salvation. As ambassadors of the Kingdom, it is our responsibility to proclaim it to everyone. 2 Timothy 2 says, "In meekness instructing those that oppose, if God perhaps will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil." Recognizing that they are trapped, ensnared and enslaved by Satan to do his will, we should show compassion towards the world. Only God can change hearts, but we are commanded to proclaim the Word to all the world, praying that God will grant them repentance, that they may acknowledge the truth.
If I believe in absolute truth, and an absolute God, then I must be absolutely obedient to Him and His truth. I can’t pick and chose what or when to obey. I bow my will to His will and lay down my life to serve Him. Fully, absolutely. You’re either serving God or Satan. You can’t serve two masters. If Christians absolutely served God with all their hearts, minds and souls, in accordance with the truth of God’s word, then all the world would come to know the truth, and the truth would set them free.

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