A famous actor recently said that after his latest role in a TV series he was going to quit acting and “bring truth to the world”. He wouldn’t elaborate on just what he meant by bringing truth to the world, but my hope is that he meant he was going to begin spreading the Gospel.  Let me say emphatically that if that truth isn’t Jesus, it’s not the truth.

 

                Some would say that truth is relative, therefore what is true for you may not be true for me.  They are wrong. That isn’t truth at all.  Truth doesn’t change.  Our opinion of truth may be different, but the truth remains the same. The dictionary says that truth is considered to be absolute, if it is valid in and also beyond all times and places. Therefore, a universal truth is considered logically to transcend the state of the physical universe, whose order is derived from such truths.

 

                Did you catch that last sentence? Order of the universe is derived from absolute truth.  That doesn’t mean that just the placement of the planets and stars is determined by absolute truth, it means that the order of everything in the universe is determined by absolute truth:  Flowers and trees, the animal kingdom, and yes…human existence. Without absolute truth there would be chaos.

 

                Many would say that relative truth is proved by certain examples.  For instance, some say pepperoni pizza is good and some say pepperoni pizza is bad. Therefore, each has his own truth. Wrong.  Each has his own opinion of the truth that pepperoni pizza tastes like pepperoni pizza. You may like it, or you may not like it but that doesn’t change the way it tastes.  Good and bad are adjectives…simply describing your opinion of the taste.

 

                Am I tall or short?  That depends on whether I’m in a room full of kindergarteners or on a basketball court with NBA players.  So, is my height a relative truth? Absolutely not.  My height remains at 6’3” no matter what your opinion is. That’s the absolute truth.

 

                There is right and wrong that is absolute.  There is good and bad that is absolute.  Do you want to know those absolute truths? Look to the word of God as it plainly says that “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8 NIV).  That sounds a lot like the definition of absolute truth, doesn’t it?  Therefore, Jesus is the answer to every question, and He is the solution to every problem too.

 

Say good things about your Savior and His Church on the Bluff.