One of the most memorable lines from cinema in the past few years comes from the movie A Few Good Men. In that movie, during a tense cross examination scene in a military court room, a Marine officer yells at his accuser “You can’t handle the truth!”
Most of us can handle the truth and spend a great deal of time trying to discover it. But what is truth? I have heard the expression before that “you have your truth and I have mine.” By saying that, a person would have to believe that truth is not an absolute, but rather an opinion wrapped in subjectivity.
Recently the newspaper had a story about a college professor from Duluth who is convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that 9/11 never happened. Everything was a government conspiracy. From remote controlled planes flying into the towers to a missile hitting the Pentagon, it was all a fake. He believes this so strongly that this has become his truth.
However, as Christians, we are taught that truth is an absolute and not subject to negotiation or interpretation. We know that the truth is the Word and the Word will never change. Books come and go, history is subject to revisionism, but the Word of God is everlasting.
Mark Hall (from the musical group Casting Crowns) has written a song called The Voice of Truth. In that song he tells how we are bombarded with lies every day that come from the world. Our only defense from lies that look like truth is to learn the real truth contained in the Word. Not only can we handle the truth, we also hunger for it. The truth will set us free!
Most of us can handle the truth and spend a great deal of time trying to discover it. But what is truth? I have heard the expression before that “you have your truth and I have mine.” By saying that, a person would have to believe that truth is not an absolute, but rather an opinion wrapped in subjectivity.
Recently the newspaper had a story about a college professor from Duluth who is convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that 9/11 never happened. Everything was a government conspiracy. From remote controlled planes flying into the towers to a missile hitting the Pentagon, it was all a fake. He believes this so strongly that this has become his truth.
However, as Christians, we are taught that truth is an absolute and not subject to negotiation or interpretation. We know that the truth is the Word and the Word will never change. Books come and go, history is subject to revisionism, but the Word of God is everlasting.
Mark Hall (from the musical group Casting Crowns) has written a song called The Voice of Truth. In that song he tells how we are bombarded with lies every day that come from the world. Our only defense from lies that look like truth is to learn the real truth contained in the Word. Not only can we handle the truth, we also hunger for it. The truth will set us free!
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