What is truth?

Perhaps you will recall when Christ told Pilate: "You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice." that Pilate goes on to ask the question that has confounded the philosophers throughout the ages: " "What is truth?"

We can answer the question in a couple of different ways. We can confess the fact that as Christians, we believe that all truth flows from God for He alone is true. We know that His truth shall endure for all generations. His Word and Law are truth.

We also believe that the gospel is exclusive. Jesus cries in John 14:6 "I am the way, THE truth, and the life. No man come to Father, but by me." We recall the sermon in Acts 4: "that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. "This is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’ "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

We know from Romans 1 that the lost man will always exchange what truth he is given for a lie. Except the Spirit of God quicken his wicked heart, he will choose to worship the creature rather than Creator. The fool will say in heart, "There is no God."

It is this exchange of truth for lie that we see in startling fashion among the pagans. In this country it would appear that we cannot simply know what the truth is. Even if we do know what the truth is, we dare not treat our knowledge as truth and must supress it, rather than to share it, for to do so is to needlessly and shamelessly violate the rights of our countrymen.

It is now difficult to even interpret our laws and it is only with great deliberation that the Supreme Courts labors to figure out what the Constitution means. Even our words, such as "marriage" carry much baggage that is difficult to discern what is intended by the word as judges strive to interpret what parties can lawfully marry.

We are commanded to honor and fear the powers that be. We pray for our leaders, beseeching God to turn their hearts toward him and to write His laws in their hearts. While wee groan in anguish as we see our leaders striving with all diligence to remove any element of truth from the public's eye that they can, we rejoice that the "heart of the king is in the hand of God, like rivers of water, he turns it wherever he wills."

Our President professes to be a Christian. His actions betray his words, for rather than portraying a man who fears God and believe that His Word is true, he instead chooses to speak lies and further obscure the truth. The photo above show a picture of Bush signing the registry at a Shinto shine. He goes on to bow before the sign, clapping his hands to awake the spirits, as the ritual goes. This all happens while the Japanese delegate remains outside, for it just wouldn't do for him to mix religion with politics. Bush goes on to comment that the Shinto religion is very much like the Christian religion. Let's not mention that 60 years ago Japanese and Korean Christians were killed for refusing to bow before these shrines.

This defiance of the gospel is nothing knew. Just last year President Bush opened the doors of the White House to the Hindu Diwali festival, during which Carl Rove lights the 'dipak' as part of the ceremony. Dr. Piyush C. Agrawal, the president of the Association of Indians in America exuberantly declares: "President Bush deserves our sincere ´gratitude´ for creating history by opening the door of The White House for a Hindu ceremony.."

The presidents affection for Islam is well known. He has often remarked that both Islam and Christianity are identical faiths that worship the same God. Once again he opens the doors to the White house to honor the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. His intent is clear: "I want to thank you all for coming to celebrate an honored tradition of the Muslim faith, and wish you a, 'Ramadan Mubarak'" He then pauses, like a good Muslim cleric, to offer a benediction: "As we celebrate this special Iftaar, we renew the ties of friendship that bind all those who trace their faith back to God's call on Abraham. We recognize the many hopeful works we have achieved together. We look forward to learning more from each other in the years ahead.
I'm so grateful that you joined us today. I wish you a blessed Ramadan, and may God bless you all" Earlier in the speech, with exuberance he declare that for the first time, a copy of the Koran has been placed in the Presidential library.

There is much more that can be shared, but istis apparent that we have a president who is an idolator and seeks to destroy the gospel by expressing his polytheistic views. The truth of the matter is that "You shall have no other gods before me." It is a shame to see our President violate the truth of God's law and to use our public buildings as forums to celebrate false religions.

It drives me crazye to observe that inspite of these idolatrous lies that many people within the evangelical Christian community view this man as their champion to hold up the truth of God's Word. Millions of Christians cast their votes for this man, believing confidently that this man of faith would defend the Word of God that they hold so dear and establish principles of righteousness.

We must be wiser than this. We must render to our President all that is due - " ...honor to whom honor, fear to whom fear...", It is easy to scorn and ridicule, but I believe that our efforts would be better spent in praying for the salvation of his soul. God will cast down the wicked in their futile imaginations, we can be sure of that. We may be disturbed by the movement in this country to steer away from the principles of God's Word, but rest assured that God's Word will endure forever. Do not lose heart and recognize that it is our duty as churchmen to thunder the truth of God's Word everywhere. Yes, our faith is exclusive and we believe that truth is represented only through the God of The Bible. We preach His precepts and we delight in His law. Let the wicked rage and imagine their vanities while we proclaim the truth: "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life - no man comes to the Father, but by me."