Apr 09

The two verses from John 8 regarding truth, verses 31 and 32, should never be read apart from each other. For they form what is called in computer logic an if-then statement. The then part of the statement will function only if the if prerequisite is fulfilled. In other words, for the then conclusion to be true, the if part must also be true.

Now we see why the world cannot be improved simply by looking to words or teachings, even if they come from God himself. There are constant warnings throughout the Bible to not only hear God's Word but to do it. Unless the teachings of the Bible are put into practice, they remain just one religious teaching among many in the world.

The world is ready to accept all kinds of religious and philosophical teachings in the hope of repairing the moral and religious decay so rife in the world's societies. But in the name of tolerance and diversity it puts all these teachings on an equal footing and declares that no one is any better or more true than

The truth is that truth is exclusive and that only one truth can really be true. Two plus two is four and only four. It cannot be any thing else. There is only one answer that is true. Truth will not share its basic reality with all the lesser pretenders that proud man declares are its equal. There is only one truth, only one way to that truth, and that way is Jesus Christ, who IS the truth.

Scripture for today: John 14:6
Thought for today: Truth is absolute, not relative.
Prayer for today: Lord, keep me from falling for the pretenders to truth that are so prevalent in the world. May I cling only to you who are the truth.

APR 09