Truth

We are living in a time in which truth to most people is relative. That is, there is no one truth that holds for all people. Many believe that what they think is truth. Many of us had heard that this is common among those who are not believers in Christ but the sad reality is that it is true for many who are believers. We tend to listen to this ideas and opinions of others over and against the absolute truth of the Scripture. That is why I feel that it is so important to pray a prayer like David's in Psalm 25:4-5 before we begin our daily reading of Scripture.
" Make me to know your ways, O LORD;
teach me your paths.
Lead me in your truth and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation,
for you I wait all day long."
Here are a few quotes from John Piper on why truth is so important.
"If God exists, then He is the measure of all things, and what He thinks about all things is the measure of what we should think. Not to care about truth is not to care about God."

" Our concern with truth is simply an echo of our concern with God."

"To love God the Father, the Son, and the Spirit is to love truth. To pursue them is to pursue truth. Passion for their vindication in the world involves a passion for the truth. There is no separating God and truth , as if one can put relationship against truth. 'God is' precedes 'God is love,' and 'God is' has content and meaning. God is one thing and not another thing. He has character. His nature has contours that define Him. Concern with the true God, who is not created in our own image, is at the bottom of a truth-driven life."

"Indifference to truth is a mark of spiritual death"

2 Thess. 2:12 -They all will be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness. "This shows that believing truth involves the affections, since its alternative is 'taking pleasure' in something else. It also shows that truth is moral not just cognitive, since its alternative is wickedness and not just falsehood. "

"Loving truth is a mark of a God-entranced world-view. It is obedience to the first and greatest commandment."

These quotes can be found in the book A Godward Life on pages 106-108
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