Introduction
- Proverbs 23:23
- Objective – truth that exists independently of individual perspectives, emotions, or biases.
- Subjective – based on my individual experience, and not to be universally applied.
- John 8:44
Truth is inescapable
- Acts 17:16-21, 30-33 – Did their rejection mean that what Paul said wasn’t true? No!
- Some things are universally true.
- Some people believe people can choose to be cats.
- If you try to say there is no objective truth, you are making a statement about objective truth and are inconsistent with yourself.
Humans often have a flawed perception of truth, but that doesn’t mean truth doesn’t exist.
I may be opposed to the truth.
I may be mistaken.
- Hebrews 5:11-14
- Dan Barker tried to argue that since all Christians don’t agree, God may not exist. But all atheists don’t agree either!
I may be sincerely mistaken.
I may be deceived.
- II John 1:7
- Matthew 7:15-18
- I John 4:1
- If I am deceived, I need to become more discerning.
Truth exists, even in the moral and spiritual realm.
- John 14:6 – Is this objective or subjective?
- John 17:17 – Is God’s word only true sometimes? No!
- John 8:31-32
- John 12:48 – God’s word will judge us.
- Romans 1:28-31, 18, 25
- Romans 2:5-8 – “the truth”