God's Word Is Truth

 

Cultural critic Michael Medved said that by the time a child graduates from high school one has spent “vastly more time on TV than in all the classrooms [he’s] ever entered.” He goes on to make the point that we should care more about our kids being good, than just if they are looking good. He said that television hinders this, and it’s a huge problem with America’s children because it teaches “that the biggest crime in not being immoral but being unattractive.” The ‘times’ have changed. Culture has changed Technology has advanced. Today’s children are not only addicted to TV but now the internet, electronic games, texting, email, social media, and more. They have easy access to such things through devices like internet ready game systems, iPods, tablets, and smart phones. An increasing number of the very young are carrying smart phones. Hard to believe why they would even have a need for one. Millennials find it hard to imagine that the world once operated without the devices they possess today. While I certainly am not anti-television, technology, and the like, I am however concerned about who and what is rearing our children. When a young person can tell me more about the latest fashion trend, the newest gadget on the market, and who’s sexually active with whom on their favorite sitcom but can tell me very little about the Word of God, much less tell what Jesus has done for them and how they intend to live for Him, then – “Houston; We have a problem!”

A young boy was called as a witness for the defense in an important trial. The prosecutor asked a great many questions in his cross-examination and finished with one he was sure would destroy the boy’s credibility. “Your father has been telling you how to testify, hasn’t he?” The youngster answered without hesitation, “Yes, sir.” Casting a smug and knowing glance at the jury, the lawyer then asked, “And just what did your father tell you to say?” “Well,” the boy began, “My dad told me that you would try to confuse me with a lot of questions, but if I would be very careful to always tell the truth, you’d never be able to mix me up.” Truth is always timely, relevant, and appropriate.

[John 17:17] Fifty years ago, who would have ever thought that there would be such a change in our country and the world as we see today? “…How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing. See, your house is left to you desolate” (Matthew 23:37-38). Truth will never go out of style among honest people. God’s Word is truth, and it is by means of this truth that God saves one’s soul. Nothing else will serve that purpose. Wherever and whenever the truth is planted in honest hearts, the end result will be salvation. Wherever and whenever something other that the truth is planted in hearts, there may be many impressive results, but salvation will not be among them. How sad it would have been if that youngster had attempted to tangle with that lawyer on his own terms. What a powerful force he wielded by simply sticking to the truth. How sad it would be if God’s people tried to tangle with the devil on his own terms, but what a powerful force is brought to bear when they simply stick to the truth. No matter how well educated we are or how much we value our own or someone else’s opinion, God’s law and wisdom is greater and our only hope of reaching heaven. “Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil” (Proverbs 3:7). We need to read and study God’s Word daily so we can know how to stand for the truth. Let’s not get caught up in the trap of thinking that if “good” people do good things through good living, God will accept it as one’s salvation. Devotion to God’s Word and baptism guarantees life eternal with God (Revelation 22:14-15).