What the World Needs Now, is Truth Sweet Truth!

Imagine a world where ultimate truth (God) was unknowable. A world where our origins, purpose, and meaning could never be determined and the value of a human person is zero. In this world, only human passions are law because ideas such as real goodness, moral truth, proper justice, mercy, and self sacrifice are lost to the savagery of indifference. Some claim that we do not need ultimate truth (God) to pursue goodness as a society, but this supposes that all will agree on what this "goodness" should entail, and that most will want to abide by this goodness. The most important flaw in this belief, is that it cannot validate authoritatively what "goodness" is, so why should anyone be forced to abide by a possibly invalid system? What if I believe I have a better system that works for me?

These ideas have been intruding on western civilization for a few hundred years, and society has felt the biter sting of this existential non-sense. This base humanism has found a warm home in destructive ideologies and these systems have dealt with their detractors by mass murder, prison camps, "re-education" facilities, terror, and political/social demagoguery. When man is the measure, the transcendent ideals of truth, morality, and beauty are crushed under the feet of subjectivity, moral confusion, and perversity. When we lose the hope of pursuing truth, or are forced to resign from this pursuit, our humanity is denied us ("Man shall not live by bread alone"). When God is abandoned, he is replaced with religious and intellectual superstitions that starve the soul with lies and deception.

Truth is not an option; We must find it or die because without the truth (God) we are already dead. Jesus said, "If you do not believe that I am, you will die in your sins". He also claimed to be truth. If he is life and truth and we refuse him, the only other option is death. If we as Christian believe we have the ultimate truth (not all truth) revealed in Jesus Christ, our responsibility is apparent. We must speak about Christ death, burial, and resurrection, and forgiveness for sins, and we must work out our own salvation with humility and determination before God (the Truth) and the world. This is difficult because self deception and hypocrisy are so much easier and tuned to our nature. We are surrounded by kingdoms of lies, our own fallen nature, and constant temptation to dim the light of Christ. We must encase ourselves with scripture and with the company of true believers. We must take every opportunity of spiritual comfort, wisdom, love, and truth, and pray daily for the power to shine the ultimate truth revealed in Jesus Christ. TOTT