WHAT IS TRUTH?
Genuine Truth
I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.– Jeremiah 33:6, NKJV Anne writes: Years ago my mother was invited to a very prestigious dinner party in London, England. As she conversed, Mother discovered that the distinguished-looking older gentleman seated beside her was the former head of Scotland Yard, Great Britain’s equivalent of the FBI. Fascinated, she respectfully began to probe him for anecdotes. As he opened up under her genuine interest, he revealed that the departments under his authority had included those for forgery and counterfeiting. When she surmised that he must have spent a lot of time studying counterfeit signatures, he corrected her. “On the contrary, Mrs. Graham. I spent all of my time studying the genuine thing. That way, when I saw a counterfeit, I could immediately detect it.” My mother’s dinner partner had unwittingly touched on a very important principle. If you and I want to be able to detect counterfeit truth, we need to immerse ourselves in the real thing. We need to saturate ourselves in the truth of the Word of God. |
Truth was one of the subjects in my lecture yesterday. We watched a DVD discussing Truth, and whether a foetus is human. The late Jack Kinsella said “Well, its not an Aardvark nor an Artichoke”. Ravi Zacharias explained “Truth must correspond to Reality”. Then this morning Anne Graham Lotz sent her daily reading which I am pleased to reproduce above. Her website is found at: Just Give Me Jesus She is a “chip off the old block” as you humans say!
Gibber! Gibber!
Chugley
The Truth Seeking Chimp
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Like you Chugley, this morning I was delighted to receive Anne Graham Lotz’s helpful insight into the meaning of “Truth”. I agree that, as a member of weak and fallen humanity, I must measure the value and goodness of my everyday thoughts and actions by a standard outside of myself…and that standard is God’s Word. Jesus is the eternal Word become flesh (John 1:1), and Jesus is the focus and purpose for all the “Word” of God – the Bible. He is the “Truth”, and for me, I stick to that Truth each day as I trust and obey…the Lord being my Helper (John 14:26).
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