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What Is Truth?

What Is Truth?. Part Two The Biblical View of Truth. Two Clashing Views of Truth. Our modern world is suffering from truth decay … among many, truth is no longer 1) knowable, 2) absolute, 3) objective), or 4) universal

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What Is Truth?

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  1. What Is Truth? Part Two The Biblical View of Truth

  2. Two Clashing Views of Truth • Our modern world is suffering from truth decay … among many, truth is no longer 1) knowable, 2) absolute, 3) objective), or 4) universal • The Bible speaks of many things that are true, but it also speaks of the nature of truth (what makes truth, true); “truth” is found approximately 220 times in scripture

  3. The Truth About Truth • “Truth” in the OT comes from the Heb. ‘emet (support, stability) and speaks to that which is faithful and conforms to fact; that which is real and not erroneous; that which is authentic and reliable • “Truth” in the OT did not mean a personal belief formed by social custom, construct, and creation (as per postmodernism)

  4. The Truth About Truth • “Truth” in the NT comes from the Gr. aletheia and speaks to that which is faithful, reliable, genuine, accurate, factual, real (veracity); opposite of falsehood, lies, error • “Truth” in the NT did not mean a personal belief formed by social custom, construct, and creation (as per postmodernism)

  5. The Truth About Truth • For something to be truth (true) it must first correspond to reality; what is real and factual; what actually exists (Gen. 42:11-20; Deut. 13:12-14) • What makes truth, truth? What is truth? (Jn. 18:38) Truth corresponds to reality (Mt. 26:73; Mk. 14:70; Lk. 22:59) • Statements of truth (1) accurately reflect or represent factual reality (no fables, fiction, or myths) and (2) stand on rational verification (Rom. 1:4; 1 Cor. 15:1-8, 12-19).

  6. The Biblical View of Truth 1. Truth is divine, not human (Rom. 1:18,21; 1 Thess. 2:13) 2. Truth is objective, not subjective (Jn. 8:40; 17:17) 3. Truth is knowable, not unknowable (Jn. 8:32; 1 Tim. 2:4; 4:3) 4. Truth is exclusive [narrow], not pluralistic (Jn. 14:6) 5. Truth is absolute, not relative (Jas. 1:17-18)

  7. The Biblical View of Truth 6. Truth is universal, not cultural (Gal. 2:5,14; Eph. 1:13; Mk. 16:15) 7. Truth is liberating, not enslaving (Jn. 8:32) 8. Truth is systematic, not unorganized (Psa. 111:7-8; Rev. 15:3) 9. Truth is ultimate, not passing (Prov. 4:7; 23:23)

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