The Truth Is Out There

“The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.” (1 Corinthians 2:14)

What is Truth? Who do you believe? What makes sense? How far should you accept difference or tolerate wrong thinking?

In postmodern culture where relativism reigns and tolerance is the acid test for being socially acceptable, the idea of Absolute Truth is as out of place an air conditioner in an igloo. It doesn’t make any sense to the “enlightened” sage of our age that Absolute Truth might exist. Truth is what you make of it. Truth is what you experience. Truth is situational. It’s no wonder that God’s Word, which reveals Absolute Truth as a Reality, would suggest that such human “wisdom” is foolishness.

As this passage indicates, through the indwelling of a Holy Spirit, the person who accepts a Christ-centered frame owns a GPS (God Positioning System) for what is True and Right and Holy. And what looks like utter foolishness in the eyes of man can actually be what’s truly True from God’s perspective. Man’s wisdom is limited by time and space and bias. God’s wisdom is timeless, omnipotent and pure. Jesus, of whom Christians believe is the Incarnation of God on earth, claimed He was “the Truth” (John 14:6) and those who followed Him would find the Truth and that “truth would set them free” (John 8:32).

It’s pretty simple when you think about it. The Absolute Truth really is out there and wise men still seek it.


NOTABLE QUOTABLES ON TRUTH:

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four; calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. –Abraham Lincoln

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong. –Albert Einstein

Postmodernists believe that truth is myth, and myth, truth. This equation has its roots in pop psychology. The same people also believe that emotions are a form of reality. There used to be another name for this state of mind. It used to be called psychosis. –Brad Holland

Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on through by way of a ready exit without pausing anywhere along the route. –Elizabeth Kenny

The truth which has made us free will in the end make us glad also. –Felix Adler

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. --Arthur Schopenhauer


Father, in a world where Your Truth is ignored or deplored, we accept that You are Real and Your Way is Right. Jesus, thank You for showing us the Father and the Path to Truth. Spirit, we ask that You always Guide us toward Absolute Truth so that our lives might be filled with joy and peace and love. Amen.