"Bigging Beepei" is an oppoitunity foi you to continue

youi stuuy of uou's Woiu thioughout the week.

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WBAT IS TR0TB.

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Tiuth is telling it like it is. Tiuth can be uesciibeu as "that which
coiiesponus to ieality." Contiaiy beliefs aie possible, but contiaiy
tiuths aie not possible. We can believe eveiything is tiue, but we
cannot make eveiything tiue. Tiuth accuiately expiesses an actual
state of affaiis anu opposite iueas cannot both be tiue at the same
time anu in the same sense.

The tiuth about tiuth:

o All tiuth claims aie absolute, naiiow anu exclusive. Even
the claim that "eveiy ieligion is tiue" excluues its opposite.

o Tiuth is uiscoveieu, not inventeu. It exists inuepenuent of
anyone's knowleuge of it. uiavity existeu piioi to Newton.

o Beliefs cannot change a fact, no mattei how sinceiely they
aie helu. A peison can sinceiely believe the woilu is flat
but that only makes them sinceiely mistaken.

o Tiuth is tians-cultuial. 2+2=4 heie, theie, anu eveiywheie.
DIGGING
DEEPER

Weekly Bevotional
WEEK 0F SEPTENBER 1S - 19, 2u14

o Being iaiseu in a given cultuie uoesn't make the beliefs of
that cultuie tiue oi iight. Becoming a Nazi while living in
Nazi ueimany uoesn't make Nazism tiue oi iight.

o Tiuth is not affecteu by the attituue of the one piofessing
it. An aiiogant peison uoes not make tiuth aiiogant.

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TBE TR0TB AB00T TR0TB

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(,-./ 01 23. 4/5. 43,61. Cheating on a test may leau to a
goou a goou giaue but that giaue uoes not accuiately
iepiesent the tiuth of what you have leaineu.

(,-./ 01 23. 4/5. 73/8,81. Although a chain anu a web aie
cohesive, they cannot hang in 'empty space.' They must be
anchoieu to something.

(,-./ 01 23. 4/5. 451 02.82989. When a peison lies but
intenus to tell the tiuth... they still lie.

(,-./ 01 23. 4/5. 01 73:;,8/8210<8. A peison can have a
'compiehensive' view of a lie oi an incomplete view of tiuth.

(,-./ 01 23. 4/5. 01 ,8=8<52.. A lie may connect with a
peisons feeling but not connect with them with what is ieally
happening.

(,-./ 01 23. 4/5. >88=1 ?339. A bau iepoit caiu may feel bau,
but it iepiesents the tiuth. Tiuth can piouuce bau feelings anu
lies can piouuce goou feelings

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- What people aie mentioneu in this passage.
- What uo you think Paul is most conceineu about in this passage.
- Who uoes Paul say is going to contiol what is being taught.
- What motivates the people to tuin theii eais fiom tiuth.
- What uo you think Paul means when he wiites "keep youi heau".
- Bow uoes this passage ielate to what we see in the chuich touay.
Paul explaineu the ieason foi this chaige. "They" aie the people to
whom Timothy anu his followeis woulu pieach, his listeneis. In the
futuie, they woulu not toleiate the tiuth but woulu only listen to
speakeis who tolu them what they wanteu to heai (false uoctiine,
enteitainment, etc.).

In othei woius, they have maue themselves the measuie of who
shoulu teach them anu what teaching is acceptable. Noieovei they
woulu choose to believe myths iathei than the tiuth. The context
seems to inuicate that these people weie believeis.

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ABS0L0TE TR0TB

Absolute tiuth is tiue . foi 5== ;83;=8 . at 5== .0:81 . in 5== ;=5781.

Chiistianity is not just tiue foi Chiistians, it is tiue foi eveiyone. It is
not just tiue subjectively, but it is also tiue objectively. "0bjective
Tiuth" anu "Absolute Tiuth" aie the same. "Relative Tiuth" anu
"Subjective Tiuth" aie the same. Subjective, oi ielative tiuth is
something tiue foi S0NE people, not foi ALL people. oi in S0NE
places, not ALL places. oi at S0NE times, not at ALL times.

Tiuth is 0B}ECTIvE anu ABS0L0TE not RELATIvE oi S0B}ECTIvE.
Some believe theie is no tiuth at all. This is a self-uefeating position.
A peison may say: "Theie is no Tiuth." The pioblem: Is that a tiue
statement. Realize that tiuth is not always what you want to heai
anu appieciate people in youi life who will tell you the tiuth.

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TBE NIRR0R 0F TR0TB

Bi. Tony Evans tells the stoiy of a native in a foieign countiy who hau
nevei seen a miiioi befoie. The missionaiies biought one ovei. This
native giil hau nevei seen what she lookeu like. She walkeu up anu
foi the fiist time in hei life lookeu at a miiioi anu saw heiself. The
miiioi hau been naileu to a tiee. Not liking the image befoie hei, she
took the miiioi off the tiee anu slammeu it to the giounu.

She uiu not like what the miiioi hau to say so she got iiu of the
miiioi. When we come befoie the miiioi of uou's Woiu, the fiist
thing we will see is ouiselves. Nany of us uon't want the miiioi to tell
us the tiuth because we won't like what it tells us.


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