October 30
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Modern
Myths: There Are No Absolutes by Dr. D. James Kennedy
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‘And
you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.’—John 8:32
Let's look
at some modern myths—assertions by our society that contradict biblical
truth.
The first and perhaps most
prevalent is “There are no absolutes; all truth is relative.”
Have you
perceived this attitude recently? You can hear it in statements such as
“'Things change, and what we believed ten years ago no longer fits,' or, another one, 'That may
be true for you, but it’s not true for me”; or, 'That concept works in America,
but it would never work in China.'”
The statement “There are no
absolutes; all truth is relative” contradicts itself because it’s an absolute
statement. When people assert that no absolutes exist, they really claim that
God doesn’t exist because God is the ultimate absolute. “No absolutes” means
no inspired Word of God. It means no Jesus Christ.
But absolutes do exist. The
Bible constantly deals with absolutes: life and death, obedience and
disobedience, righteousness and sin, saved and lost, light and darkness, good
and evil, faith and unbelief, heaven and hell, God and Satan.
Not only do
absolutes exist, but we can know and understand them. The Bible says, “These
things I have written to you…that you may know that you have eternal life,
and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God,” 1 John
5:13.
We can know that we must receive Christ as our Lord and Savior; that
no one can mock God; that all have sinned; that one day we shall all give an
account of ourselves; that Christ is the way, the truth, and the life; and
that Christ prepares a place for us in heaven.
When we know the absolute truth,
it sets us free to realize God’s will in our lives. Don’t let cultural
relativism fool you into thinking that each person can determine his or her
own “truth.” We all may perceive minor aspects of truth differently, but that
doesn’t support the idea of relative truth. Truth is eternal and unchangeable.
Do you want to know the absolute
truth? Then look into God’s Word today. Search the Scriptures for God’s
truth, and let it set you free according to John 8:32.
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