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Jn. 18:36-38 “Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now is my kingdom not from hence. Pilate there-fore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?”
AGE OLD QUESTION
TRUTH OFTEN IS NOT HIGHLY REGARDED
--Such was the case in Isaiah’s day
Isa. 59:14 “Truth is fallen in the street”
AGE OLD QUESTION
TRUTH OFTEN IS NOT HIGHLY REGARDED
--Such was the case in Isaiah’s day
--Many then preferred lies to the truth
Isa. 30:8-10 “Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever; that this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord; which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits”
AGE OLD QUESTION
TRUTH OFTEN IS NOT HIGHLY REGARDED
--Such was the case in Isaiah’s day
--Many then preferred lies to the truth
--For that reason many didn’t know right from wrong
Isa. 5:20 “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
AGE OLD QUESTION
TRUTH OFTEN IS NOT HIGHLY REGARDED
--Such was the case in Isaiah’s day
--Many then preferred lies to the truth
--For that reason many didn’t know right from wrong
--Paul warned of same attitude
2 Tim. 4:3, 4 “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”
AGE OLD QUESTION
TRUTH OFTEN IS NOT HIGHLY REGARDED
--Such was the case in Isaiah’s day
--Many then preferred lies to the truth
--For that reason many didn’t know right from wrong
--Paul warned of same attitude
--The same attitude prevails today
“Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted.” ---NBC’s Ted Koppel
AGE OLD QUESTION
TRUTH OFTEN IS NOT HIGHLY REGARDED
MODERN ANSWERS TO “WHAT IS TRUTH?”:
--”All truth is relative”
>Grows out of idea man is product of evolution; thus “truth” is ever changing
>Such is self-contradictory
>Even some religions have helped promote this false view
“It makes no difference what one believes in religion, as long as one is sincere”
AGE OLD QUESTION
TRUTH OFTEN IS NOT HIGHLY REGARDED
MODERN ANSWERS TO “WHAT IS TRUTH?”:
--”All truth is relative”
--”Whatever one feels or decides is truth”
>This makes truth subjective in nature
>Most apply this only to moral or religious matters
AGE OLD QUESTION
TRUTH OFTEN IS NOT HIGHLY REGARDED
MODERN ANSWERS TO “WHAT IS TRUTH?”:
--”All truth is relative”
--”Whatever one feels or decides is truth”
DICTIONARY: “That which is true; that which conforms to fact or reality; that which is characterized by being in accord with what is, has been, or must be.”
OPPOSITE OF TRUTH: Fiction, fantasy, fable, falsehood
SOURCE OF TRUTH
GOD----Truth
God, Author of Truth, Rules By TruthPs. 31:5 “O Lord God of truth”
Rom. 3:4 “Let God be true, and every man a liar”
Ps. 89:14 “…mercy and truth shall go before thy face”
Tit. 1:2 “In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised”
WHAT IS TRUTH?
SOURCE OF TRUTH
GOD----Truth
God, Author of Truth, Rules By Truth
Satan, Author of Lies, Rules By Lies
Jn. 8:44 “There is no truth in him”
Rev. 12:9 “…Satan, which deceiveth the whole world”
WHAT IS TRUTH?
SOURCE OF TRUTH
TYPES OF TRUTH
GOD----Truth
WHAT IS TRUTH?
SOURCE OF TRUTH
TYPES OF TRUTH
GOD----Truth
Physical
Moral
WHAT IS TRUTH?
Spiritual
SOURCE OF TRUTH
TYPES OF TRUTH
WHERE REVEALED?
GOD----Truth
Physical
Moral
WHAT IS TRUTH?
Spiritual
SOURCE OF TRUTH
TYPES OF TRUTH
WHERE REVEALED?
GOD----Truth
Physical
Moral
Nature
WHAT IS TRUTH?
Spiritual
SOURCE OF TRUTH
TYPES OF TRUTH
WHERE REVEALED?
GOD----Truth
Physical
Moral
Nature
Bible
WHAT IS TRUTH?
Spiritual
SOURCE OF TRUTH
TYPES OF TRUTH
WHERE REVEALED?
GOD----Truth
Physical
Moral
Nature
Bible
WHAT IS TRUTH?
Spiritual
Jn. 17:17 “Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth”
SOURCE OF TRUTH
TYPES OF TRUTH
WHERE REVEALED?
HOW LEARNED?
GOD----Truth
Physical
Moral
Nature
Bible
WHAT IS TRUTH?
Spiritual
SOURCE OF TRUTH
TYPES OF TRUTH
WHERE REVEALED?
HOW LEARNED?
GOD----Truth
Physical
Moral
Nature
Bible
ObservationExperimentationInvestigationImplication
Revelation
WHAT IS TRUTH?
Spiritual
SOURCE OF TRUTH
TYPES OF TRUTH
WHERE REVEALED?
HOW LEARNED?
GOD----Truth
Physical
Moral
Nature
Bible Revelation
WHAT IS TRUTH?
Spiritual
EACH KIND OF TRUTH IS REAL & NECESSARY TO MAN’S WELL-BEING
VIOLATION OF TRUTH BRINGS UNPLEASANT CONSEQUENCES
REQUIRES EFFORT TO LEARN & APPLY
WITHOUT KNOWING TRUTH, EVERYTHING A MYSTERY
ObservationExperimentationInvestigationImplication
CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUTH
SELF-EXISTENT (External Standard-Objective)
I Tim. 2:4 (God) “would have all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth”
CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUTH
SELF-EXISTENT
NARROW
Mt. 7:13, 14 “Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in therat; because strait is the gate and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”
Eph. 4:4-6 “There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all”
(External Standard-Objective)
CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUTH
SELF-EXISTENT
NARROW
HARMONIOUS
--Bible does not contradict itself
--Bible does not contradict scientific facts
--Contradictions in religion not caused by the Bible
I Cor. 14:33 “For God is not the author of confusion”
CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUTH
SELF-EXISTENT
NARROW
HARMONIOUS
BENEFICIAL
--Exists for our good
--Physically, improves standard of living
--Spiritually, improves character; makes us free
Jn. 8:32 “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUTH
SELF-EXISTENT
NARROW
HARMONIOUS
BENEFICIAL
--Exists for our good
--Physically, improves standard of living
--Spiritually, improves character; makes us free
--Why, then, is there so much evil in world?
CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUTH
SELF-EXISTENT
NARROW
HARMONIOUS
BENEFICIAL
ABLE TO STAND THE TEST
I Thes. 5:21 “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good”
CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUTH
SELF-EXISTENT
NARROW
HARMONIOUS
BENEFICIAL
ABLE TO STAND THE TEST
EVERLASTING
Ps. 100:5 “His truth endureth unto all generations”
Ps. 117:2 “the truth of the Lord endureth forever”
TRUTH MUST BE GIVEN PRIORITY
MUST RECOGNIZE ITS WORTH
Pr. 23:23 “Buy the truth and sell it not”
TRUTH MUST BE GIVEN PRIORITY
MUST RECOGNIZE ITS WORTH
MUST LOVE IT
2 Thes. 2:10 “And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie; that they all might be damned who believe not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
TRUTH MUST BE GIVEN PRIORITY
MUST RECOGNIZE ITS WORTH
MUST LOVE IT
MUST PUT IT ABOVE FAMILY, FRIENDS, PLEASURE, PREFERENCE, FEELINGS
