Introduction:
A. Truth is powerful (Prov. 23:23; Jn. 8:32).
B. Trust has fallen on hard times (Prov. 14:12).
C. Relativism: “Truth is relative to the individual and to the time or place in which he acts.”
D. Getting around the truth is not a recent event (Jn. 18:37-38).
I. Morality Is Determined By Truth.
A. Morality is not determined by popular opinion (Jer. 10:23; 1 Cor. 1:21).
B. What is truth?
1. Conformity to knowledge, fact, actuality, or logic
2. Fidelity to an original or standard
3. Jesus (Jn. 14:6; Heb. 13:8; Gen. 1:1; Jn. 1:1-3, 14, 17)
C. Absurd nature of relativism (2 Cor. 5:10; Isa. 5:20)
II. Truth Is Revealed In The Word Of God.
A. The blessing of revealed truth (2 Sam. 7:28; Jn. 17:17; 14:6; 12:48)
B. Are values chosen like clothes out of a closet?
C. Relativism affect on the church (Mt. 7:21, 24-27)
Conclusion:
A. Are you “of the truth” (Jn. 18:37).
B. Some may be out-of-line with the truth (2 Th. 2:10; 1 Tim. 6:5; 2 Tim. 3:8).
C. Truth matters (1 Pet. 1:22; Jn. 8:32).