Is There Such a Thing as Ultimate Truth?
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Rick Reed, Senior Pastor, Metropolitan Bible Church, Ottawa
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The Christian faith affirms the existence of ultimate truth. By ultimate truth I'm referring to beliefs that accurately correspond to the nature of reality. Some things are absolutely true for all people in all places.
In our postmodern society, the notion of ultimate truth has fallen on hard times. Some have rejected absolute truth, opting for a subjective, relativistic world view. A friend once told me, ''You have your truth and I have mine." He was saying truth is subjectively, not objectively, determined.
The problem with relativism is that it is logically self-defeating. Take the assertion: ''Truth is relative." lf this statement is correct, then relativism has proven itself false. It's given us an ultimate truth. And that's the one thing it can't do!
But affirming the reality of ultimate truth still leaves us with another question: Can we ultimately know ultimate truth? We are all finite and flawed people. Can we ever hope to know absolute truth in an accurate way?
The Bible says God has made knowing ultimate truth possible. He has revealed truth to us in the Scriptures: "Your word is truth'' (John 17:17). He has also revealed truth in His Son, Jesus, who called Himself ''the truth'' (John 14:6). He promised those who held to His teaching, ''you will know the truth and the truth will set you free'' (John 8:32).
It's true that we only know ultimate truth ''in part'' (1 Corinthians 13:12). However, by knowing Jesus we can come to know it in a liberating and life-changing way.
Rick Reed is the senior pastor of the Metropolitan Bible Church in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Rick is a graduate of Biola University (B.A), Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (DMin). This article appears in Rick's book "That's a Good Question". Used with permission of the author.
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