How Important Is Truth?

How important is Truth to You?

Do you make sure you have reliable, accurate information on which to base your decisions? Knowing the truth in any situation is very important—possibly even a matter of life and death!

For example, a doctor’s visit to diagnose an ailment is often accompanied by a range of tests that provide information to both the doctor and the patient. We need true, accurate test results to identify the correct course of treatment for our future well-being. But how important is truth in today’s culture?

Our phones now give us on-demand access to unlimited information at any time, plus expert commentary on any subject. With instant availability of all of this information and advice, together with the accumulated historical experiences of several millennia, it might reasonably be expected that people today would be better informed, better prepared, and closer to understanding real Truth than any generation that came before them.

Unfortunately, this is not the case. The technology that provides access to information does not also provide discernment to help us choose that which is true. It seems that increased choice does not lead to a better understanding of the Truth but to an entitlement to choose whatever you feel serves you well. But, as with the doctor and the test results, Truth is the only quality that actually does serve you well. 

This is also what is happening in the world of faith. Rather than seeking the truth of our existence and looking to build a relationship with the Creator of mankind and the universe, many people want to choose a type of faith that fits their lifestyle. Even Christians frequently opt for a “cafeteria” relationship with God, where they can pick and choose the parts of the Bible they wish to follow and reject the rest.

When you visit your doctor, your future physical health depends upon the accuracy and truthfulness of your test results. Identifying the Truth within claims of faith is even more important; your choice will lead either to a blissful eternity in Heaven with Jesus, your loving Lord and Savior, or to an eternity of dark separation from Him.

And eternity is a much, much longer period of time than our brief lives on Earth.