WHAT IS TRUTH?

TOPIC: WHAT IS TRUTH?
TEXT: II TIMOTHY 4:1-8
FOCUS TEXT: JOHN 18:38


EVERYONE BELIEVES IN SOMETHING OR SOMEONE. FOR MOST PEOPLE THEIR BELIEF IS THE RESULT OF WHAT THEY HAVE HEARD FROM OTHERS. MANY TIMES THOSE WHO SPOKE TO THEM WERE DECIEVED THEMSELVES AND DID NOT KNOW THE TRUTH. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO BELIEVE THE TRUTH BT WHAT IS THE TRUTH?

1. TRUTH IS A STATEMENT OF WHAT IS REAL OR WHAT IS RIGHT AS COMPARED WITH WHAT IS FALSE OR WHAT RIGHT IS.
2. TRUTH IS A STATEMENT ABOUT THE ULTIMAE REALITIES OF LIFE. BECAUSE TRUTH HAS TO DO WITH ULTIMATE REALITY, TRUTH WILL AFFACT A PERSON’S DESTINY.
SITTING IN A CHAIR IS SIMPLE ILLUSTRATION OF TRUSTING IN SOMETHING. A PERSON WILL NOT SIT IN A CHAIR UNLESS HE OR SHE BELIEVES THAT WILL SUPPORT HIM OR HER.
CONSIDER FLYING IN A PLANE; BEFORE YOU ENTER A PLANE YOU MUST HAVE CONFEDENCE IN BOTH THE PLANE AND THE PILOT. YOU MUST BELIEVE THAT THE PLANE WILL FLY. WEATHER THE PLANE AND PILOT ARE TRUSTWORTHY OR NOT CAN BE A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. EVERYONE BELIEVES IN SOMETHING OR SOMEONE.FOR MOST PEOPLE THEIR BELIEF IS THE RESULT OF WHAT THEY HAVE HEARD FROM OTHERS. MAY TIMES THOSE WHO SPOKE TO THEM WERE DECIEVED THEMSELVES AND DO NOT KNOWTHE TRUTH. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO BELIEVE THE TRUTH WHAT

MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT IF SOMETHING IS SPOKEN BY A TEACHER IN SCHOOL, READ IT FROM INTERNET, WRITEN IN THE BOOK, HEARD VIA TELEVISION OR PRINT MEDIA IT MUST BE THE TRUTH. UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. SOMETIMES TEACHERS AND WRITERS HAS BEEN TAUGHT WHAT IS WRONG AND SO THEY TELL OTHER WHAT IS WRONG.
HERE ARE ONE EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT IS NOT TRUE AND HOW IT HAS AFFECTED MANY PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IT. AMONG THE GREAT MANY EDUCATED EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS THERE IS A BELIEF THAT THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTE STANDARDS OF RIGHT AND WRONG GIVEN BY GOD, AS THE BIBLE TEACHES. THESE PEOPLE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT GOD HOLDS THEM RESPONSIPLE FOR THEIR BEHAVIOUR. THEY HAVE NO STANDARD TO MEASURE RIGHT AND WRONG BEYOND THEIR OPINONS. THEY MAKE UP THEIR OWN RULES OF WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG. SOMETIMES THE RULES WE MAKE UP ARE BASED ON WHAT PERSONALLY WANT TO DO. ONE OF THE POPURAL SAYING IN NORTH AMERICA TODAY GOES LIKE THIS “IF IT FEELS GOOD, DO IT”
ONE WAY TO TEST THE TRUTH OF A PERSON’S WORDS IS TO SEE WHAT THAT PERSON’S ENEMIES SAY ABOUT HIM OR HER.WE SEE THIS HAPPENING IN SOCIETY AND COMMUNITY LIKE OUR HERE. WHAT WE BELIEVE WILL DETERMINE HOW WE ACT AND THE KIND OF PERSON WE ARE. BECAUSE WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. SO WHO HAS THE TRUTH AND WHO MAY BE TRUST?

IN THE WORLD TODAY THERE ARE MANY WHO CLAIM TO HAVE THE TRUTH. OUR ACTIONS RESULTS FROM WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE TRUE .IT IS MOST IMPORTANT THAT WE BELIEVE WHAT IS TRUE, OR WE MAY LOSE OUR SOUL FOREVER.