The first night of The Truth Project was last night. Already, my mind has been exhausted. One of the simplest questions – “what is truth” – Apparently had no definite answer. It quickly became obvious that people from all walks of life, with their own ideas and confirmations of reality, had no concept of truth. No one could recite the definition off the top of their head, no one could provide concrete examples to wrap our minds around… there was a lot of stuttering, a lot of scrambling, a lot of random metaphors hoping to prove relatable and just a lot of looks of complete stupidity as we, mankind, stared in the lens of a camera, unable to confidently answer the seemingly simplest question of our time.
What is truth?
I even hesitated when I went to rattle off my own definition in my head, which made me mad. It’s not that hard, I scolded myself. Truth is reality. Reality is absolute; Truth, in turn, is absolute.
However. Some people don’t believe in absolute truth. Some people believe that truth is relative; truth is perception, something that is different to each individual person. Some believe we’ve been given the right to choose our truth; a right that we cling to because we, as mankind, are victims to captivity. We make excuses to justify what God already knows is excusable by Truth He provided. Which, to me, sounds like we’re just doing a lot more work than we really should; we cannot embrace “The truth, The way and The life” that has been set before us, in black and white.
Here’s the reality. TRUTH is scripturally sound. TRUTH is absolute. Supreme, fixed, preset, specific. There is no way around it; no way to bend it to accommodate personal preference or belief. From the beginning of Creation, Truth has been unwavering.
Another amazingly valid point brought up: some people claim “faith” rather than Christianity. They claim to be faithful; rather than confirming to be of God.
Why? To save face? To live in the grey; to avoid fixation?
To avoid Truth?
You have Faith? Faith in what? What TRUTH do you engage your faith in?
As one guy so perfectly put it last night, people across the world are dying for their own (false) Truths… what would happen if we could all stand together in the One Truth that we all are made to know? What if we could recite the same definition and provide the same concrete examples? How powerful would we be?
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2 comments:
As a Christian, the central fact of my life, Corianne, is my love affair with Jesus. I know He is the truth, even as I know that my own frail human ability to comprehend Him in all his glory is finite and weak. Others may know Him in ways that make no sense to me. In other words, Christ is the one great Truth, but I am not always sure that everyone will come to Him in the same way as you and I have done. I know His life is a pattern for our own, and His death and resurrection are the means by which we have hope. I know that is true for everyone, but some will come to Him via a different story. Does that make sense?
I absolutely agree! We each are blessed to have our very own "story" with Him; that is what is so great about the God we serve! Thanks for your comment; I've missed ya!
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