
Chasing Truth - Sunday, July 21st 2024
John 8:31–32 NIV
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Lies we are told:
1. Truth doesn’t exist.
2. Everything is relative.
3. There are no absolutes.
4. It’s all a matter of opinion.
5. You ought not to judge.
6. Religion is about faith, not facts.
“we love the truth when it
us, but we hate it when it us.” —Augustine
John 18:37–38 ESV
37 Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” 38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, “I find no guilt in him.
TRUTH is not
TRUTH is
TRUTHS ABOUT TRUTH
1. Truth is
2. Truth is
3. Truth is
4.
5. Truth is not affected by the
6. All truths are
Contrary
We can
Law of non-contradiction:
Self-defeating statements:
1. There is no truth — is that
2. All truth is relative — Is that a
3. There isn’t THE truth, only MY truth! — Is that just
4. It’s true for you but not for me! — Is that true for
1 Corinthians 15:14 NIV
14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.
“In sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.” —C.S. Lewis