{"id":299,"date":"2013-01-01T11:29:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T18:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wholebible.com\/blog\/?p=299"},"modified":"2013-05-22T16:54:47","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T22:54:47","slug":"relative-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wholebible.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/01\/relative-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Relative Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Whole Bible Christianity’ chapter 1 ‘Relative Truth’<\/p>\n

The first evidence of enabling a part Bible church is that most Christians are falling away from belief in, and practice of, God\u2019s Word as absolute truth. And I\u2019m using the term \u201cfalling away\u201d (Matthew 24:10<\/a>) on purpose, because in part humans want to avoid truth. Studies done by Christian research group\u2019s show only 11% of generic Christians, or 25% of those who are \u2018born again,\u2019 think the Bible is absolute truth. Don\u2019t believe studies? Ask around. It\u2019s clear that most people using His name almost believe Him.<\/p>\n

Let me restate the study results a little differently. A little more than one out of 10 Christians, or only 1 out of four of those who claim to be born again, believes the Word is absolute truth. Of every 100 people in a church, about eleven believe God\u2019s Word completely. In a church of 2,000 maybe 220 think the Word is completely true. A church of 300 has around 33 who really believe God, and 267 who do not. If everyone in that group says they are born again, only 75 believe God while 225 do not (all assuming a linear distribution). Is it any wonder we have drifted so far?<\/p>\n

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. (John 17:17<\/a>, ESV)<\/p>\n

We prefer relative truth, meaning truth that is relative to our own way of thinking. Sort of like \u2018the majority rules.\u2019 We want to vote on truth, and veto God\u2019s definition if it\u2019s not comfortable. We\u2019re filled with pride; submitting comes hard, and God\u2019s Law is an objective standard without wiggle room. And we like to wiggle. Ever since Adam and Eve wiggled into fig leaf garments and wiggled into the bushes at the approach of God, we\u2019ve tried to wiggle away from His holiness. Chips off the old Adam and Eve blocks. We want what He has (blessings and eternal life) but not what He is (thrice holy, perfect and just, sovereign and righteous King of Kings). When He approaches, now in the form of the Bible, our instinct is still to hide. Or try to get Him to just go away and leave us alone. The apple doesn\u2019t fall far from the tree, does it?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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