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I've Got Issues
“I’ve Got Truth Issues”
Carl Nichols
Romans 1:16-20
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
We don’t have a behavior crisis. We have a truth crisis.
Every crisis you see on the news is downstream from a crisis of truth.
BIG IDEA:
Truth is not something you create; it is something God reveals.
Three Truth’s about Truth…
1. Truth is revealed, not felt.
Romans 1:17
For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
Feelings are powerful, but they are not reliable.
Lie: “Your feelings are your truth.” (Relativism)
Truth: What is revealed by God is real whether you feel it or not.
2. Truth is discovered in creation, not self-creation.
Romans 1:18-20
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
Lie: “You create your own truth.” (Existentialism)
Truth: Self-defined truth is rebellion with better branding.
3. Truth is exclusive, not equal.
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
Lie: “All religions/roads lead to God.” (Pluralism)
Truth: Jesus is not “one” truth; he is “the” truth.
John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
HOW THE LIES WORK TOGETHER:
Feelings say:
“I decide what is right.”
Self-creation says:
“I decide who I am.”
Relativism says:
“I decide what is true.”
Romans says:
“God reveals truth—you receive it.”
The difference between following Jesus and not following Jesus is simple: Do you live by feelings or do you live by faith?