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What's
Right? Two men had an argument. To settle the matter, they went to a judge for arbitration. The plaintiff made his case. He was very eloquent and persuasive in his reasoning. When he finished, the judge nodded in approval and said, "That's right, that's right." On hearing this, the defendant jumped up and said, "Wait a second, judge, you haven't even heard my side of the case yet." So the judge told the defendant to state his case. And he, too, was very persuasive and eloquent. When he finished, the judge said, "That's right, that's right." When the clerk of court heard this, he jumped up and said, "Judge, they both can't be right." The judge looked at the clerk of court and said, "That's right, that's right." * So,
what IS
right? Another
way of stating the question is: “What is TRUTH?” Many in the world espouse "ethical relativism": “Whatever is true for you is true for you and whatever is true for me is true for me. But no one should force his or her views on other people since.... everything is relative.” In
stark contrast with this mindset stands the inspired
Word of God: What is right? What is truth? God’s Word is THE truth (John 17:17). The
TRUTH
is… “the way of man is not in himself; It is
not in man who walks to
direct his own steps” (Jeremiah 10:23).
There is A way that SEEMS right to a man, but in the end it leads to
death (Proverbs 14:12). But
God has revealed the way for us through His Word, a
“lamp” to our feet and a light to our path (Psalm
119:105). The TRUTH is… man has a sin problem. “For ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). And, if not resolved, our sins will condemn us eternally (Romans 6:23). The TRUTH is…"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). The TRUTH is… Jesus is THE way, THE truth, and THE life, and NO ONE comes to the Father except through Him (John 14:6). The TRUTH is… one must: believe in Him (Acts 16:30-31), repent of sin (Acts 17:30-31), confess Christ before men (Romans 10:9-10), and be baptized (immersed) into Christ for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38). The TRUTH is… one must: CONTINUE to walk in the light of His Word in order for his sins to be continually cleansed (1 John 1:7). The
TRUTH is…
KNOWING
the truth will NOT save us (Matthew 7:21-27, James
1:22) - unless we OBEY it! David A. Sargent, Minister Church of Christ at Creekwood * Roger von Oech, Ph.D., A Whack on the Side of the Head, Warner Books, 1983, p. 23. To Subscribe to "Living Water" send a blank e-mail to:
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