Have you noticed it’s getting harder to tell what’s true? We’ve gotten used to hearing half-truths and distortions on the news, but now propaganda and lies spread like wildfire through social media. Even worse, Artificial Intelligence drowns out reality by generating tidal waves of fake images and videos. Does Truth Even Exist? There are some who say that objective truth doesn’t really exist—that you can have “your truth” and I can have mine. When Abraham Lincoln was challenged by someone arguing over facts, he asked, “How many legs does a cow have?” The reply was, “Four, of course.” “That’s right,” agreed Lincoln. “Now, suppose that you call the cow’s tail a leg; how many legs would the cow have?” “That’s easy, five legs” was the confident reply. “That’s where you’re wrong,” Lincoln said. “Calling a cow’s tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.” The point is that some things are true, regardless of what others say. Does Truth Really Matter? What we accept as truth affects how we build our lives. In a similar way, woodworkers use a square to make sure their cabinets line up properly. Builders use a level when constructing a house. If the squares and levels are wrong, the cabinets and homes will need to be rebuilt. The decisions we make every day—as well as our character—are influenced by what we believe. Building our lives on truth is as important as ever, but what can we use as our source of truth? How can we make sure that our lives are headed in the right direction? Where Can We Find Truth? Truth isn’t determined by what you want it to be, nor defined by the popular opinions of the day. According to the Bible, truth is something we can discover and know. And more than that, truth is found in a Person. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me” (John 14:6). Jesus taught people that the way to God is not found in religious rituals, but through Himself. Jesus claimed to be God and proved that claim with many miracles. The Bible contains eyewitness accounts of what Jesus said and did. The authors of the four Gospel accounts (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) lived in the time of Jesus, and wrote about things they personally witnessed, or heard directly from those who did. There are skeptics who claim that the Bible wasn’t written until many centuries after Jesus lived. However, thousands of surviving manuscripts have been dated much closer to the time of Jesus. In fact, there are more surviving copies of Bible texts than any other ancient book. What Is The Truth? The heart of the Bible’s message can be summarized as: God made you, God loves you, God judges sin, Jesus died for our sin, and Jesus rose again. The God of the Bible isn’t an abstract force: He knows you personally and cares about you deeply. God demonstrated His love by sending His Son, Jesus, to take our place in judgment. Jesus died for our sin to satisfy the holiness of God, and He rose from the grave to offer us new life. We are told that “every one of us shall give account of himself to God” (Romans 14:12). All who reject Jesus will have no hope, and will be “cast into the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:15). But everyone who turns from their rebellion and trusts Jesus as Lord and Savior will be saved. Hear these words of Jesus: “he that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life” (John 5:24). Will You Accept The Truth? Jesus said, “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32). Do you believe it’s true? Your eternity depends on what you do with the truth.
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