You Can't Handle the Truth!

Most people will recognize the quote from "A Few Good Men" starring Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson in the title.

William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, once stated: "No legacy is so rich as honesty." I like this. Few people even bother to read Shakespeare anymore, because it requires both a lofty discernment and understanding. However, and in contrast, many individuals religiously read repetitive posts on #Farcebook, Instasham, #Twit, and other frivolous bastions of drama and persistent untruths. In doing so, they have collectively departed from what may be known and have exchanged the truth for lies. It's easier that way.

Blinded by science

Science is great and has advanced the human species and its biosphere extensively, but in the end, arguably to our actual detriment. Technology, once a timely benefit regarding the advancement of humanity, has now been transformed into a plethora of icons, idols, idleness and incessant idiocy.

And people lap it up like a barren land consuming the spring rains.

Moreover, when scientists follow the scientific method without bias, we typically benefit as a species; and yet conversely, when scientists seek their respective thirty pieces of silver, we suffer the loss of truth.

An example

Perhaps one of the top three illustrations of paranoid science concerns the climate change fear porn crammed down our thirsty throats, telling us, threatening us, that we're all going to die (checks calendar again) in 9.5 years. These are loaded, hyperbolic untruths which defy true science and instead serve to misinform the gullible who refuse to know the truth. The arrogance of men and women who wrongly believe that God is not in control of His creation is patently absurd.

One witty writer actually took the time to research all of the scaremongering from "scientists" and news publications from the legacy media dating back 50 years. It's a fantastic read that serves to make the blind see again, if they are willing. Read it, I encourage you to do so and see for yourself.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/investigating-mass-hysteria-over-1-degree-climate-change-1850

Can't versus won't

Herein lies the rub (to quote Shakespeare). There is a glaring dichotomy between can't and won't. Can't describes the inability to do something, such as mastering the SAT with a perfect 1600 score with little education or building a spaceship to the moon from bits and pieces gleaned from a junkyard. On the other hand, won't is a refusal to acknowledge something, primarily because the heart is depraved or willfully blinded. Sadly, many people fall into the latter category. "Like sheep, all have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way;" (Isaiah 53:6a, NIV).

Accessing the truth

You won't find much truth on social media because it is relegated to the insidious dustbin of cancel culture's ever-expanding vault. If you haven't been been kicked off or suspended from social media a few times, you haven't been advocating for the truth.

C.S. Lewis

Lewis was an avowed atheist. He set about to prove the Bible as a book of massive lies, and in the end he came to believe in the God of the Bible, manifested in the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Subsequent to discovering the truth, he remarked: "If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair."

The Bible

The canonical Bible that the early church approved of, and which was ultimately written by God, consists of 66 books penned by 40 men (as inspired by God) over a period of about 1,500 years. Therein one will find the truth.

Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6, NIV).

Many other "bibles" and heretical teachings exist which plagiarize the Holy Bible, notably the Koran, the Book of Mormon, the Jehovah's Witnesses version of the Bible, Egyptian and other worldwide myths.

Believe it or not

Everyone has a measure of faith. "Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God" (Psalm 20:7, NIV). David wrote this Psalm of truth. He was acutely aware of God the Creator.

One of the foremost commentators of the Bible was Matthew Henry. His response to this particular verse is spot on. He stated: "The children of this world trust in second causes, and think all is well if those do but smile upon them; they trust in chariots and in horses, and the more of them they can bring into the field the more sure they are of success."

Duly noted!

Where has your measure of faith been placed? In science? In social media? In rumors? In the world?

A word of encouragement

Do not be frightened that the world, as it is, is suffering labor pains, as it were. This was all foreordained before the foundation of the universe. God is 100% in control.

As we draw near to the end of the age, we live in both distressing and exciting times. Perhaps we will see Jesus coming in the clouds for His elect, but perhaps not. Nevertheless, we should set aside some time, even today, to reevaluate where we have placed our faith. Our eternity is dependent on it.

"For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians 6:2, NIV).

And...

"As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man" (Matthew 23:37-39, NIV).