Finding Truth 

   “If you make my word your home you will indeed by my disciples, you will learn the truth and the truth will make you free.” (John 8: 31 – 32) 

   People are always seeking the truth.  They look for it science, in technology, in psychology, medicine, and many other places.  The problem is they rarely look for it where it can actually be found, the words of Christ.

   No matter how much some want to rewrite the rule book, the rules for eternal life remain the same.  Truth doesn’t change based on the whims of the people.  What was true yesterday is true today and what was not is still not the truth.  Society, however, wants to define truth for itself and as long as it continues the truth will not be known to them.

   The truth is not found in the mixed up crazy ideas that many people have.  Their attempts to rewrite truth to their own liking is not only a waste of time but dangerous.  In teaching false truths, they lead others astray.

   It is also not found in the White House or the Senate or the House of Representatives, the courts or any other governmental body.  All of these institutions would like to believe they have the truth, but they are mistaken.  Congress has passed many laws only to overturn them once they were discovered to be wrong.  The Supreme Court once told a slave living in as state where slavery was prohibited that African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States. Therefore, he had no constitutional rights.

   Truth is not of human making; it is of God.  When we try to determine truth from falsehood, right from wrong, good from evil, we inevitably mess it up.  Adam and Eve learned that lesson the hard way and we continue to make the same mistake they did in the Garden of Eden.

   The truth is in God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  When we look for truth elsewhere we far too often fall victim to the lies of Satan.  As intelligent as we believe ourselves to be, we are not now, nor will we ever be able to know what truth really is without the guidance of our Lord.