What Is Truth Part Four The Right Attitude

What Is Truth? Part Four The Right Attitude Toward Truth

Postmodernism vs. the Bible Part 1: Our modern world is suffering from truth decay … among many, truth is no longer 1) knowable, 2) absolute, 3) objective), or 4) universal Part 2: The Bible speaks of things that are true and of the nature of truth (truth is what conforms to reality) Part 3: One’s attitude and responsibility toward truth is not always what it should be (Isa. 59: 14 -15; Jer. 7: 27 -28)

Postmodernism vs. the Bible Part 4: One’s attitude and responsibility toward truth can be right (1 Kings 22: 16)

We Must Procure Truth The search for truth is not merely limited to a search … truth must be obtained and secured “Buy the truth and sell it not…” (Prov. 23: 23) “you shall know the truth” (Jn. 8: 32) “received from us the word of the message … as it is in truth” (1 Thess. 2: 13) “come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim. 2: 4)

We Must Practice Truth The search for truth is not merely an academic pursuit or a hypothetical and theoretical exercise … truth must be put into use daily “he that does the truth” (Jn. 3: 21) “worship in spirit and truth” (Jn. 4: 23 -24) “obedience to the truth” (1 Pet. 1: 22) “thy children walking in truth” (2 Jn. 4)

We Must Proclaim Truth The search for truth is not merely personal … truth must be preached to others for their good as well “in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation” (Eph. 1: 13) “the pillar and ground of the truth” (1 Tim. 3: 15) “handling aright the word of truth” (2 Tim. 2: 15) “fellow-workers for the truth” (3 Jn. 8)

We Must Plead Truth The search for truth is not merely a casual pursuit; but we must beseech, implore, and entreat others to come to the truth as well “speaking truth in love” (Eph. 4: 15) “repentance unto the knowledge of the truth” (2 Tim. 2: 25)

We Must Protect Truth The search for truth is not merely an impersonal object … truth must be personally defended against all attacks “the truth of the gospel might continue” (Gal. 2: 5) “walked not uprightly according to the truth” (Gal. 2: 14) “Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth” (Eph. 6: 14)

We Must Praise Truth The search for truth is not merely an obligation forced upon us … truth must be praised and adored in our life “every one that is of the truth” (Jn. 18: 37) “rejoices with the truth” (1 Cor. 13: 6) “we can do nothing against the truth” (2 Cor. 13: 8) “established in the truth” (2 Pet. 1: 12)

Postmodernism vs. the Bible We can know truth (John 8: 32) and God wants us to come to a knowledge of the truth (1 Tim. 2: 4) We are created by God and we are to follow his wisdom, not our understanding (Prov. 3: 5; Jer. 10: 23) We cannot know all there is to know, but we can know God’s truth (Deut. 29: 29; Eccl. 12: 12 -14)

Postmodernism vs. the Bible Truth does not decay, only those who hear it (Isa. 59: 14 -15; Jer. 7: 28) We can be certain about what God wants for us (1 Jn. 5: 13) There is nothing as good as the truth; there is no substitute for truth!