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Jn. 18:36-38 “Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now is my kingdom not from hence. Pilate there-fore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?”
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AGE OLD QUESTION
TRUTH OFTEN IS NOT HIGHLY REGARDED
--Such was the case in Isaiah’s day
Isa. 59:14 “Truth is fallen in the street”
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AGE OLD QUESTION
TRUTH OFTEN IS NOT HIGHLY REGARDED
--Such was the case in Isaiah’s day
--Many then preferred lies to the truth
Isa. 30:8-10 “Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever; that this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord; which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits”
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AGE OLD QUESTION
TRUTH OFTEN IS NOT HIGHLY REGARDED
--Such was the case in Isaiah’s day
--Many then preferred lies to the truth
--For that reason many didn’t know right from wrong
Isa. 5:20 “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
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AGE OLD QUESTION
TRUTH OFTEN IS NOT HIGHLY REGARDED
--Such was the case in Isaiah’s day
--Many then preferred lies to the truth
--For that reason many didn’t know right from wrong
--Paul warned of same attitude
2 Tim. 4:3, 4 “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”
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AGE OLD QUESTION
TRUTH OFTEN IS NOT HIGHLY REGARDED
--Such was the case in Isaiah’s day
--Many then preferred lies to the truth
--For that reason many didn’t know right from wrong
--Paul warned of same attitude
--The same attitude prevails today
“Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted.” ---NBC’s Ted Koppel
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AGE OLD QUESTION
TRUTH OFTEN IS NOT HIGHLY REGARDED
MODERN ANSWERS TO “WHAT IS TRUTH?”:
--”All truth is relative”
>Grows out of idea man is product of evolution; thus “truth” is ever changing
>Such is self-contradictory
>Even some religions have helped promote this false view
“It makes no difference what one believes in religion, as long as one is sincere”
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AGE OLD QUESTION
TRUTH OFTEN IS NOT HIGHLY REGARDED
MODERN ANSWERS TO “WHAT IS TRUTH?”:
--”All truth is relative”
--”Whatever one feels or decides is truth”
>This makes truth subjective in nature
>Most apply this only to moral or religious matters
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AGE OLD QUESTION
TRUTH OFTEN IS NOT HIGHLY REGARDED
MODERN ANSWERS TO “WHAT IS TRUTH?”:
--”All truth is relative”
--”Whatever one feels or decides is truth”
DICTIONARY: “That which is true; that which conforms to fact or reality; that which is characterized by being in accord with what is, has been, or must be.”
OPPOSITE OF TRUTH: Fiction, fantasy, fable, falsehood
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SOURCE OF TRUTH
GOD----Truth
God, Author of Truth, Rules By TruthPs. 31:5 “O Lord God of truth”
Rom. 3:4 “Let God be true, and every man a liar”
Ps. 89:14 “…mercy and truth shall go before thy face”
Tit. 1:2 “In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised”
WHAT IS TRUTH?
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SOURCE OF TRUTH
GOD----Truth
God, Author of Truth, Rules By Truth
Satan, Author of Lies, Rules By Lies
Jn. 8:44 “There is no truth in him”
Rev. 12:9 “…Satan, which deceiveth the whole world”
WHAT IS TRUTH?
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SOURCE OF TRUTH
TYPES OF TRUTH
GOD----Truth
WHAT IS TRUTH?
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SOURCE OF TRUTH
TYPES OF TRUTH
GOD----Truth
Physical
Moral
WHAT IS TRUTH?
Spiritual
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SOURCE OF TRUTH
TYPES OF TRUTH
WHERE REVEALED?
GOD----Truth
Physical
Moral
WHAT IS TRUTH?
Spiritual
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SOURCE OF TRUTH
TYPES OF TRUTH
WHERE REVEALED?
GOD----Truth
Physical
Moral
Nature
WHAT IS TRUTH?
Spiritual
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SOURCE OF TRUTH
TYPES OF TRUTH
WHERE REVEALED?
GOD----Truth
Physical
Moral
Nature
Bible
WHAT IS TRUTH?
Spiritual
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SOURCE OF TRUTH
TYPES OF TRUTH
WHERE REVEALED?
GOD----Truth
Physical
Moral
Nature
Bible
WHAT IS TRUTH?
Spiritual
Jn. 17:17 “Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth”
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SOURCE OF TRUTH
TYPES OF TRUTH
WHERE REVEALED?
HOW LEARNED?
GOD----Truth
Physical
Moral
Nature
Bible
WHAT IS TRUTH?
Spiritual
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SOURCE OF TRUTH
TYPES OF TRUTH
WHERE REVEALED?
HOW LEARNED?
GOD----Truth
Physical
Moral
Nature
Bible
ObservationExperimentationInvestigationImplication
Revelation
WHAT IS TRUTH?
Spiritual
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SOURCE OF TRUTH
TYPES OF TRUTH
WHERE REVEALED?
HOW LEARNED?
GOD----Truth
Physical
Moral
Nature
Bible Revelation
WHAT IS TRUTH?
Spiritual
EACH KIND OF TRUTH IS REAL & NECESSARY TO MAN’S WELL-BEING
VIOLATION OF TRUTH BRINGS UNPLEASANT CONSEQUENCES
REQUIRES EFFORT TO LEARN & APPLY
WITHOUT KNOWING TRUTH, EVERYTHING A MYSTERY
ObservationExperimentationInvestigationImplication
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CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUTH
SELF-EXISTENT (External Standard-Objective)
I Tim. 2:4 (God) “would have all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth”
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CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUTH
SELF-EXISTENT
NARROW
Mt. 7:13, 14 “Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in therat; because strait is the gate and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”
Eph. 4:4-6 “There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all”
(External Standard-Objective)
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CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUTH
SELF-EXISTENT
NARROW
HARMONIOUS
--Bible does not contradict itself
--Bible does not contradict scientific facts
--Contradictions in religion not caused by the Bible
I Cor. 14:33 “For God is not the author of confusion”
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CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUTH
SELF-EXISTENT
NARROW
HARMONIOUS
BENEFICIAL
--Exists for our good
--Physically, improves standard of living
--Spiritually, improves character; makes us free
Jn. 8:32 “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
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CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUTH
SELF-EXISTENT
NARROW
HARMONIOUS
BENEFICIAL
--Exists for our good
--Physically, improves standard of living
--Spiritually, improves character; makes us free
--Why, then, is there so much evil in world?
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CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUTH
SELF-EXISTENT
NARROW
HARMONIOUS
BENEFICIAL
ABLE TO STAND THE TEST
I Thes. 5:21 “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good”
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CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUTH
SELF-EXISTENT
NARROW
HARMONIOUS
BENEFICIAL
ABLE TO STAND THE TEST
EVERLASTING
Ps. 100:5 “His truth endureth unto all generations”
Ps. 117:2 “the truth of the Lord endureth forever”
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TRUTH MUST BE GIVEN PRIORITY
MUST RECOGNIZE ITS WORTH
Pr. 23:23 “Buy the truth and sell it not”
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TRUTH MUST BE GIVEN PRIORITY
MUST RECOGNIZE ITS WORTH
MUST LOVE IT
2 Thes. 2:10 “And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie; that they all might be damned who believe not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
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TRUTH MUST BE GIVEN PRIORITY
MUST RECOGNIZE ITS WORTH
MUST LOVE IT
MUST PUT IT ABOVE FAMILY, FRIENDS, PLEASURE, PREFERENCE, FEELINGS
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