TheBETTERLife Post
Week of December 15-20, 2014
Some have informed us that there is no such thing as truth and that if truth does exists, it cannot be known. Others asserted that everything is true and nothing is true, insisting that truth is whatever the individual chooses to call truth and that 'what is true for one is not necessarily true for another' Does that sound familiar?
Well, if you carefully listen to the argument you would realize that much of the confusion lies in information overload. In our technologically advanced Information Age, there appears to be too much to browse and too many options to choose from. As a result many have become confused about the truth.
THE WAY I SEE IT
In nature, some things are similar while others are opposite. Opposite things are usually easy to distinguish but not so easy with similar things. In both cases however, we do have common grounds.
First, similar things are not the same things. For example, in some of our nocturnal cities, midnight may look exactly like midday. It's as bright and busy as noonday. But no one will argue that midnight - no matter how bright and busy - is not the same as midday.
Second, similar things may be identical in looks but opposite in composition.
Some identical twins are difficult to distinguish. Again, you'll agree that no matter how identical such twins may look, they are different people. Often, they are different in gender, temperament and other important compositional make up.
Third, whatever is true must of necessity be constant or eternal in nature. It must be affected by variable conditions. Making truth the reference from which all others take their bearings.
From these we may simply conclude that:
1. TRUTH does exist and can be known. Just because we don't know which one is true does not mean that none is true or that all is true.
2. TRUTH is not relative. For anything to be relative it must take its bearing from a constant. Whatever that constant is must also be the truth. Therefore, truth cannot be relative to itself.
The only one that meets all these conditions is JESUS.
JESUS declared and demonstrated that he is the TRUTH. "I am the way the TRUTH and life" he said. Some may sound like the TRUTH but are not the same as TRUTH. Some may act like the TRUTH but they are in fact lies.
JESUS demonstrated by his birth, death, resurrection, Holy Spirit as well as his promised return, that he is the TRUTH that was, is and ever will be. Some may claim deity but none transcends time and change like JESUS.
To know JESUS is to know the truth and to know the truth is to look intently and reverently into the WORD of God.
May this be for you a week of discoveries and blessings! In Jesus' name.
#PastorPeterOkaka, #FreshwaterChristianHouse
#TheBetterLife
#JESUS, #Christmas, #life, #reflections
Week of December 15-20, 2014
Some have informed us that there is no such thing as truth and that if truth does exists, it cannot be known. Others asserted that everything is true and nothing is true, insisting that truth is whatever the individual chooses to call truth and that 'what is true for one is not necessarily true for another' Does that sound familiar?
Well, if you carefully listen to the argument you would realize that much of the confusion lies in information overload. In our technologically advanced Information Age, there appears to be too much to browse and too many options to choose from. As a result many have become confused about the truth.
THE WAY I SEE IT
In nature, some things are similar while others are opposite. Opposite things are usually easy to distinguish but not so easy with similar things. In both cases however, we do have common grounds.
First, similar things are not the same things. For example, in some of our nocturnal cities, midnight may look exactly like midday. It's as bright and busy as noonday. But no one will argue that midnight - no matter how bright and busy - is not the same as midday.
Second, similar things may be identical in looks but opposite in composition.
Some identical twins are difficult to distinguish. Again, you'll agree that no matter how identical such twins may look, they are different people. Often, they are different in gender, temperament and other important compositional make up.
Third, whatever is true must of necessity be constant or eternal in nature. It must be affected by variable conditions. Making truth the reference from which all others take their bearings.
From these we may simply conclude that:
1. TRUTH does exist and can be known. Just because we don't know which one is true does not mean that none is true or that all is true.
2. TRUTH is not relative. For anything to be relative it must take its bearing from a constant. Whatever that constant is must also be the truth. Therefore, truth cannot be relative to itself.
The only one that meets all these conditions is JESUS.
JESUS declared and demonstrated that he is the TRUTH. "I am the way the TRUTH and life" he said. Some may sound like the TRUTH but are not the same as TRUTH. Some may act like the TRUTH but they are in fact lies.
JESUS demonstrated by his birth, death, resurrection, Holy Spirit as well as his promised return, that he is the TRUTH that was, is and ever will be. Some may claim deity but none transcends time and change like JESUS.
To know JESUS is to know the truth and to know the truth is to look intently and reverently into the WORD of God.
May this be for you a week of discoveries and blessings! In Jesus' name.
#PastorPeterOkaka, #FreshwaterChristianHouse
#TheBetterLife
#JESUS, #Christmas, #life, #reflections
