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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nSubjective truth is based on personal opinion or experience. I like Merle Haggard’s music. For me, that’s the truth. For my wife, that’s not true at all. That’s subjective truth. Objective truth is something that is true regardless of opinion. Merle Haggard is a Grammy award winning artist. That can’t be argued. The problem is we, in the church, have begun to blur those concepts. But I think I know why…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can remember hearing the\nword “rapture” a lot. I remember wondering why we only sang the 1st,\n2nd and 4th stanzas of “Just as I am”. That 3rd stanza was awfully\nlonely. I remember hearing it wasn’t acceptable to dance in God’s presence. I remember\nhearing that our loved ones became angels when they died and arrived in Heaven.\nI remember hearing that if you didn’t get baptized, you weren’t saved. I heard\n“once saved, always saved” and “get saved every week”. It\ntook a while to unpack all of this, but I learned some things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I never found the word \u201crapture\u201d in the Bible. I learned that there’s nothing wrong with the 3rd stanza of hymns. I read where David danced before the Lord (2 Samuel 6:14). I read that angels were created before humans and we are given tasks that the angels aren’t allowed to do (1 Corinthians 6:2-3). Angels are purely servants and we have been given much authority. Our loved ones are simply having the best time at the most lit party creation has ever seen. Remember the man on the cross next to Jesus? He was invited to Paradise by Jesus Himself… but he didn’t get baptized. Salvation is based on one thing, to believe, understand and obey the one true God that He indeed sent Jesus as His son and became the eternal sacrifice for us. When truly understood, it leads us to a place of gratitude and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So where did all that\nnonsense come from? Not sure, but it simply doesn’t appear in the Bible. But\nthese days, we have a new problem. In the past, people would claim things that weren’t<\/em> anywhere in the Bible. But\ntoday, our new dilemma is there are things that ARE in the Bible that society\nis choosing to ignore. The problem with either is that it simply doesn’t line\nup with what God says and has clearly laid out. My Granny is not an angel.\nShe’s hanging out with her friends and family and Jesus Himself. Also, it is a\nsin to live together prior to being in a marriage covenant. I didn’t write\neither of those, but they exist completely autonomous of my approval or\nacceptance. That’s the thing about truth, it doesn’t require your approval. It\njust exists. It’s like facts, they don’t care about your feelings. They just\nARE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A growing trend is people in\nthe church saying, “I don’t feel like everything the Bible says lines up\nwith My truth.” There are a few problems with that phrase. First, and I\nrealize I say this a lot, but God doesn’t always care about how you feel when\nit comes to obedience. He never said, “Do what I say, unless you don’t\nfeel like it… in that case, just do whatever you want.” Nope. That never\nhappened. Remember, if you make a decision based on a feeling, when that\nfeeling changes, the decision changes with it. We cannot base truth or reality\non how we feel. Because one day we feel one way and the next moment we feel the\nexact opposite. The other problem with this phrase is “My Truth”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The new “in-phrase” is “My truth”. This implies that it is an unarguable entity. Its implication is fact… except it’s not. The phrase “My truth” should be more correctly translated “My opinion” or “my experiences”. This phrase stems from that subjective truth and the belief that our feelings hold a higher value than facts. The feeling that a loving God could never send someone to hell. The feeling that a loving and forgiving God would accept everyone regardless of their actions against His word. He’s supposed to be a loving God. So if you live together before marriage, well, you’re loving each other so God will understand… except there’s one problem… that’s not at all what the Bible says. It’s also false that God “sends” anyone anywhere. He doesn’t. I didn’t write it. I just read it. And it is very easy to understand on this issue and many others that society is trying to make murky. Remember, confusion is always from the enemy; never from God. The phrase “My truth” is basically used to justify what you wished the Bible said… but doesn’t really. This is a growing cancer in the church… just ask Joel Osteen. He’ll be glad to tell you all kinds of cool stories that don’t line up with scripture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The question of, “why\nwould a loving God send anyone to hell” or “why doesn’t a forgiving\nGod just let everyone into Heaven?” is another topic for another day. But\nthere simply is NO SUCH THING as “My Truth”. It’s either THE truth or\nit’s NOT THE truth. The only way you will know what THE truth is, is to dig in\nto God’s word and find out for yourself. Don’t take my word for it. Don’t take\nanyone’s word for it. Read it. If you have questions about it, ask someone that\nyou know will give you a real and true answer, regardless of how it will make\nyou feel. Ask someone smarter than you. If you don’t know anyone smarter than\nyou, then there’s another problem at hand. Haha. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Blurring the lines of subjective <\/strong><\/em>and objective <\/strong><\/em>truth is dangerous and irresponsible, at best. God was very clear that “all scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16). God’s word on marriage, sex, treatment of others, forgiveness, and many other topics is the objective truth. They stand strong outside of our opinion, approval, or acceptance. There’s nothing subjective about what God has instructed. So what does “My Truth” and the Easter Bunny have in common… you guessed it. They don’t exist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Stay Classy GP! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Grainger <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What does My Truth and the Easter Bunny have in common? Welcome to the church of God of Christ of apostolic visionary missionary Lutheran Catholic Baptist with a side order of Pentecostal Holiness. How cool would that be if that were a place? We all come from different backgrounds. We all grow up hearing people … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/truth-pic-2-1024x848.jpg\")
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