The statement: “You have your truth, and I have my truth and nobody can say their truth is better than the truth of another person,” is a badge of modern individuality. We take pride in the thought that everybody gets to decide for themselves what is true and what is not. It’s almost as if we’re saying, “Nobody’s going to tell me what to think or say or do!”
In some ways, the idea that everyone determines truth for themselves might be valid – at least for the moment. How do you prove your response to questions like: “Why am I alive? What’s the purpose of my life? What happens when I die?” Whatever our answers to those questions might be, there is an element of faith or trust embedded in those answers.
However, one day, if there actually is Truth with a capital T, we will find out what it is and be confronted by that Truth. Now granted, that is going to happen after we die, but that doesn’t in any way lessen its importance. If a person believed the actual Truth in this life, there will have to be benefits after death. If the person believed something different to be the Truth in this life, then there are very probably going to be negative consequences after death when the individual is confronted by their error.
Far from being a philosophical exercise with no practical applications, the search for Truth is one of the most important aspects of our lives. It is not being overdramatic to say that all of eternity hinges on discovering the Truth.
Jesus Christ said a great deal about truth and even went so far as to say that he is that Truth with the capital T that we have been considering. If Jesus was just a human being, that would be a fairly arrogant thing to say. But his physical resurrection goes a long way in confirming that statement, making it a very worthwhile endeavor to check out the Truth according to Jesus. That’s exactly what we’re going to be doing this Sunday morning. We’d love to have you join us.
Sunday Morning Worship: 10:00 am