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TRUTH
December 2, 2010
"You can't handle the truth," shouts the line from the courtroom drama A Few Good Men. But I say it may be, "We don't even want the truth!"
So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter. Truth is nowhere to be found and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.
- Isaiah 59:14,15 TNIV
Isaiah sees a day when truth is not a value, maybe it's even held in contempt.
If truth is not a value, what is? Cosmetics, appearance, a facade at best, and at worst injustice, lies, and falsehood. I have two thoughts: Society will not work for long in such a world, and if followers of God are not grounded in truth...it's a vain facade. Isaiah preaches for truth and justice. He summons us to examine the role of truth that guides our lives.
Joyfully,
Dale Patterson