This Is How You Should Seek the Truth

Posted on Jun 01, 2017 Topic : Inspirational/Devotional, Men's Christian Living, Women's Christian Living

Every word of God proves true.
Proverbs 30:5 (ᴇsᴠ)

The universe is not a democracy. Truth is not a ballot measure. God does not consult us to determine right and wrong. It’s we who must go to revealed Scripture to find out what we should believe.

When we wonder what’s right, we’re to turn to God’s Word: “For the word of the Lᴏʀᴅ is right and true” (Psalm 33:4 ɴɪᴠ). As Psalm 119 depicts in every one of its 176 verses, God’s truth is at the heart of the spiritual life.

Unlike God, the devil promises without delivering. He’s always denying, revising, or spinning the truth, rearranging the price tags. Jesus called him a “liar, and the father of lies.” He said, “He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language” (John 8:44 ɴɪᴠ).

Everyone speaks their native language fluently. Have you ever known people who lie so convincingly that it’s difficult not to believe them? Satan’s the best liar in the universe. “Go ahead, you deserve it. This won’t hurt anybody.” He’s articulate, smooth, and persuasive.

When we speak the truth, we speak Christ’s language. When we speak lies, we speak Satan’s language. Jesus said, “My sheep listen to my voice” (John 10:27 ɴɪᴠ). He says, “But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice” (v. 5).

We’re to become familiar enough with God’s Word that we learn the sound of our Master’s voice, and can tell the difference between his voice and the devil’s impersonation.

In an age of endless Internet gossip, tabloids, false advertising, lying politicians, and “made-up reality,” how important is the truth? Reformer Ulrich Zwingli wrote, “The business of the truth is not to be deserted, even to the sacrifice of our lives.”

Luke makes a profound observation: “Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true” (Acts 17:11 ɴɪᴠ).

They searched the Scriptures daily—probing, not just skimming. The Bible should be primary, all other truth-claims secondary. We need a worldview informed and corrected by God’s Word.

Unless we establish a strong biblical grid, a scriptural filter with which to screen and interpret the world, we’ll end up thinking like the world. We desperately need not only Bible teaching, but group Bible study that explores the text and applies it to daily life.

The test of whether Scripture is your authority is this:
Do I allow God’s Word to convince me to believe what I don’t like,
what’s contrary to what I’ve always believed and wanted to believe?
Do I believe it even when it offends me?