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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:
“ALL Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and
is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the
man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for
every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
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!
God bless you!
David
A. Sargent, Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
*
Roger von Oech, Ph.D., A Whack on the Side of the Head, Warner Books,
1983, p. 23.
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