• John 18:37-40 – “What is truth?”

  • There is one, objective truth.

    • I Corinthians 1:18-20

    • I Corinthians 14:20 – God wants us to be good thinkers!

    • Dr. Frank Turek – I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist

    • Common rebuttals:

      • “There is no truth.” > Is that true?

      • “We can’t know anything.” > Then how do you know that?

      • “All truth is relative.” > Is that truth relative?

      • “There are no absolutes.” > Is that an absolute?

      • “It’s true for you but not for me.”

    • I Corinthians 2:5

  • God’s Word is that truth.

    • II Timothy 3:16-17

    • Each of us needs to examine the evidence for the inspiration of the Bible.

      • Scientific foreknowledge

      • Historical reliability

      • Fulfilled prophecy

      • ApologeticsPress.org is a good resource for information.

    • Titus 1:2

    • Acts 5:30

    • What’s the truth about the death of Jesus?

      • Bible: Acts 5:30

      • Quran: Surah 4:157 – “They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him …”

    • All religious teachings in the world can’t be true!

    • Romans 3:4

  • Satan tries to suppress God’s truth

    • Genesis 3:1-5

    • Isaiah 5:20-21

    • John 8:44-47

  • This results in religious and moral confusion.

    • “You shouldn’t judge me.”

      • Matthew 7:1-5 – Jesus was teaching against hypocritical judging.

      • I John 4:1

      • Galatians 1:8

      • Aren’t you judging me for judging you?

      • People aren’t really against judging – just judging they don’t like!

    • “Homosexuality is not sinful.”

      • Romans 1:25-27

      • “Being against homosexuality is like being racist!”

        • Race is sacred. Genesis 1:27. Racism opposes what God has designed.

        • Sexuality is sacred. Hebrews 13:4. Homosexuality opposes what God has designed.

    • “Pretty much everyone is going to Heaven.”

      • Stephen Hawking

      • Mark 9:42-48 – Jesus warned about the reality of hell!

    • “Pornography doesn’t harm anyone.”

      • Matthew 5:27-30

      • Matthew 18:6

    • “I can choose my own gender.”

      • The commonalities between body integrity disorder and eating disorders.

      • God created people as males and females. A very small percentage are born with indistinct genitalia.

        • Matthew 19:12 – Some are born eunuchs.

        • Matthew 19:4-6

  • We need to confront Satan’s lies with the truth of God’s Word!

    • John 1:1-5, 9-11; 3:19-21

    • John 8:31-32 – If we obey Jesus, we can be free from sin!

    • John 9:34; 11:53 – Rejection and suppression of truth.

    • John 14:6